Example sentences of "time [pers pn] [verb] [adv] been [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When all the time I had actually been with him I had always realized he was the type to make a pass at the nearest girl with his last gasp , and I had just happened to be that girl . |
| 2 | ‘ As I told you last night , this is the only time I 've ever been to Venice . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ It was a process of necessity , really but , since it was just me and a Portastudio , it was the first time I 'd ever been in the position of being able to write and record without any kind of pressure from anyone else . |
| 4 | It would be the first time she had ever been with John to a place that was part of her own particular world , unless one counted the Ash Wednesday lunchtime service at her uncle 's church . |
| 5 | It was the first time she 'd ever been on board ship . |
| 6 | Doctor Braby , hard-worked GP and police surgeon to the district , had done more than confirm the fact of death on this occasion , he had called immediate attention to certain peculiarities about the body , and boldly essayed a guess at the length of time it had actually been in the water . |
| 7 | The only time he 's actually been in London was a few years ago , when he accompanied me on a poll tax demonstration . |