Example sentences of "i [verb] [been] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I 'd a lump on my head the size of a goose egg ; I 'd been through some kind of hell in the spaces ; I 'd prayed for … it was not what I 'd prayed for at all .
2 I 'd been to thirteen convents but I had n't really been to school properly because I was working by the time I was thirteen .
3 Yes that 's how that 's how it was , yes all I was on that gate , I 'd been on that gate myself dozens of times .
4 I 'd been at that school for two terms , eight months at the most .
5 ‘ If I 'd been in cold sobriety I would never have married her .
6 I 'd been in this business long enough to know he was lying and that something was going on . ’
7 After I 'd been in three years , I got married .
8 They all put in their tenpenny 's worth about what they thought should be filmed , but nobody asked my opinion , and I 'd been in more films than the rest of the cast put together .
9 I had been along this track many times , and this was the first occasion on which I hesitated to pass the rocks .
10 I had been at great pains to appear distant towards him and been more successful than I had thought I could be .
11 According to these ladies , I had been at certain times a pirate , a builder , a healer , a spiritual teacher , a red Indian and a nun .
12 I had been on low-calorie diets and diets out of newspapers , but I just could not stick to them .
13 Within a week , I received a duplicated form to fill in stating all my details and demanding proof that I had been on that flight .
14 The morning after I had been to this party at the Spanish Embassy , I received an invitation from the Spanish Ambassador and Señora Puig de la Bellacasa to go to their Farewell Party .
15 She was built like a javelin thrower , but she blushed and I knew I had been in good hands .
16 Having been confined to a wheelchair for 18 years I had been in similar situations to this .
17 ‘ He had every reason not to take me seriously as a soldier as he knew how idle I had been in prior days in Layforce . ’
18 I had been in constant pain , since my accident , for nearly two years when I stumbled across the Alexander Technique .
19 And I think er Well Pat and I have discussed that a little bit as well , cos I 've been under some pressure in this direction with Alice .
20 I 've been into this look for quite a while now , I know the rules .
21 I mean , you could learn , but I 've been down that road and I do n't want you to follow .
22 Yeah , well I 've b t to tell you honest truth , I 've been on th I 've been down that road .
23 I 've been over this part twice , and look at the water . ’
24 I 've been on that plane , I have been on that plane
25 Erm I like doing water colour painting and I 've been on two holidays down in Cornwall and I 've done that and that 's very relaxing erm and it seems , you seem to forget about everything else , and that 's quite good fun er but erm obviously if it rains all your , all your colours get washed away , but that 's good fun .
26 I 've been on automatic pilot for 25 years .
27 Since I 've been on this course , I 've been on the bus a few times .
28 I 've been on this circuit for six months now , but I 've been driving cabs for twenty-four years .
29 time and time again they sit on the sidelines saying this is what we think do n't talk to us about it do n't debate it , do n't ask us to think about it , take it or leave it , if you do n't give us what we want we 'll sit back and moan and sulk and they 've played , I think that 's a very irresponsible line they 've played in the five years I 've been on this council and I hope that er again the issue on the next item on the agenda represents a change of heart on their behalf .
30 I 'm hearing things now that I have not heard in fifteen years that I 've been on this County Council and I would suggest erm to Mr that when he 's talking about things that this County Council ought to print , and I think the one suggestion he came up with is very sensible , he could perhaps follow up with a catalogue of those things which he considers need doing that after a hundred years have not been done .
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