Example sentences of "[adj] i 've [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's not a lot the act can do in terms for example of prosecuting people who use deception , it may just be possible I 've been advised , but it 's extremely difficult from an evidential and other point of view to do that . |
| 2 | sorry I 've been all round the |
| 3 | I 'm sorry , I 'm sorry I 've been a bit steady getting there , but I think it 's an important issue to tackle that , quality is horses for courses and we have to accept the fact that we 're gon na get prestige type jobs and quick slick jobs , especially in the beginning of March every year . |
| 4 | " I 'm sorry I 've been so dreary lately , " she said . |
| 5 | Sorry I 've been a time . |
| 6 | Sorry I 've been to disability Scotland |
| 7 | Sorry I 've been a while , I went into mum 's to take her shopping in and Uncle Philip was there . |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't mind admitting I 've been wanting to meet you for some time . ’ |
| 9 | What that basically means , wherever that happens anywhere else in the country , you go to South Wales , you go to West Lothian , places like that I 've been up to West Lothian , all services are reduced when your main industry 's removed from an area . |
| 10 | Oh I have to agree with that I 've been watching |
| 11 | ‘ But one way and another I 've been quite enough trouble to you already . |
| 12 | ‘ Oh , I 'm so sorry , ’ she said , ‘ I 'm afraid I 've been working too hard . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Poor Dora , I 'm afraid I 've been rather beastly to her . |
| 14 | He does n't talk to me much now because I 'm afraid I 've been the one who 's been tipping him out of the church when he 's smoking . |
| 15 | ‘ If you knew how much I 've been wanting to do this . ’ |
| 16 | Oh god is my hair okay I 've been out in the wind you know . |
| 17 | My sister always had her own trendy style ; ever since we were little I 've been aware that she was prettier than me , but she is unassuming and unaware of it . |
| 18 | From the little I 've been able to piece together when my father has chosen to let slip some information , I 've been able to get what I think is an accurate idea of what happened . |
| 19 | I can have one of these now I 've been the worst I 've been for about six months I really ! |
| 20 | I must be good I 've been round your mum every day but I have n't got it . |
| 21 | That 's all I 've been able to do all afternoon , sit here like bloody Mariana in the moated grange waiting for the telephone to ring . |
| 22 | At her home in Reddish , near Stockport , yesterday , she said : ‘ After all I 've been through , I feel bitter and disillusioned . |
| 23 | All I 've been doing is well , I 've been training , scales and arpeggios . |
| 24 | All I 've been introduced to that bloke as Sally 's friend ! |
| 25 | Yeah but we 've done some Your saying we 've got ta do something about Christmas that 's all I 've been doing this week ! |
| 26 | Oh , Anne , how terrible I 've been to you ! |
| 27 | It 's like I 've been dragged out of the pub and into a bloody video nasty . |
| 28 | My God , how stupid I 've been . |
| 29 | and you know the first time since we 've been married I 've been able to actually cook a roast dinner and washed up by two o'clock on |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm fairly sure I 've been able to shield Ace and Benny against telepathic intrusion . ’ |