Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] only been " in BNC.
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| 1 | I met him at a dance held in the Airmen 's Mess ( so romantic ! ) , when I 'd only been at Binbrook three weeks . |
| 2 | I 'd only been back ten minutes when we started arguing again . |
| 3 | I 'd only been in Monty 's poky little office for ten minutes and already he had given me two priceless lessons in my future profession — to make sure I dressed properly , and never be afraid to ask the question " Why ? " |
| 4 | I 'd only been there about five minutes when they came to escort me off down to Bleak House , where I was stripped naked and given a blanket and put into a cell . |
| 5 | With Keith , I fell head over heels in love with him from the first time we met , and I 'd only been going out with him two weeks and he asked me to get engaged . |
| 6 | as if I 'd only been half awake before so no wonder I could n't do anything . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I 'd only been at Rangers five minutes when he offered me the use of his villa in Florida . |
| 8 | I was a gunner , I 'd only been in er |
| 9 | Christ , I 'd only been in the hospital for about ten minutes before I snuffed it ! ’ |
| 10 | Inspector , but anyhow , now when I went on the detective staff I 'd only been on the force just over three years |
| 11 | Well then while I was serving as a detective , you can just imagine I made plenty of arrests , and I got along reasonably well with most people , but there was one man I hated yes I hated him , I , I 'd only been a detective I should think for a period of about , oh five or six months , and a man , he called on the Reverend who was the , the vicar of St. Mary where |
| 12 | first time I ever one , was old Freddie and I 'd , I 'd only been to depot . |
| 13 | if I 'd only been there when he died , I 'd of hold his hands , blah , blah , oh God , poor lass |
| 14 | ‘ And you , ’ I asked , hungry to question a culture I had only been able to observe , ‘ what do you consider yourself to be ? ’ |
| 15 | I tried to recall friends ' telephone numbers as an exercise , but astonishingly , though I had only been away from home for fifteen days , could only manage my own , my sister 's and my mother-in-law 's . |
| 16 | I had only been in the force five weeks . |
| 17 | A clergyman who was in Manchester Cathedral when the second device went off said : ‘ I had only been there for a matter of seconds when I heard an almighty crump . |
| 18 | I had only been at home for about ten days when a friend of mine asked me to join him on a journey to the East Indies . |
| 19 | I had only been in prison eight days . |
| 20 | ‘ You can get them in Helsinki now , but at that time … anyway I had only been in New York for a couple of days and I only had the clothes I had taken with me . |
| 21 | It turned out that she lived in some place called Romford and as she was due to take me back there the day after the funeral I had only been left with a few hours to make a decision . |
| 22 | I 've only been there five minutes , ’ Maggie protested . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've only been here a week . ’ |
| 24 | There 's been no problem matching clients to carers because I 've had a biggish pool to choose from — there 's been about 30 people on the register at any one time — and I 've only been using a maximum of ten at a time . ’ |
| 25 | In 1985 , he claimed defensively , ‘ There 's black and white proof I 'm not the killer I 'm supposed to be , I 've only been sent off twice . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ But I 've only been down to the banister to pick up my coat . ’ |
| 27 | People in my trade are supposed to be able to help , but I 've only been able to come up with the old platitude : ‘ Do n't buy a £500 car from a dealer because you 'll only get £100 worth of vehicle — the rest will be profit . ’ |
| 28 | I 've only been in your bed with you once and then you were as jumpy as a cat thinking that sister of yours might come back unexpectedly . |
| 29 | I 've only been ill once — in 1969 with 24-hour ‘ flu — so visiting surgeries is a novel experience ( which is palling fast ) . |
| 30 | As she turned her face towards him there was a twinkle in her round brown eyes and a touch of sarcasm in her tone as she answered , ‘ No , sergeant , no ; I 've only been up since half-past six . |