Example sentences of "[Wh adv] i 've [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whenever I 've been asked to take a sponsored parachute jump I 've declined , giving the excuse ‘ fear of flying ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ I was thinking that whenever I 've been into a student 's flat there was a different atmosphere … a lot of things pinned up on the walls , for instance posters mostly … ’ |
| 3 | However , ever since an incident with a chicken which resulted in a bald-arsed chicken and a dog with a mouthful of feathers , I 've kept him on a lead whenever I 've been near a farmyard . |
| 4 | No , no I 've never been down and er they 've always been full of water whenever I 've been up around there . |
| 5 | Er I 've always er , I do n't think I e I b th whenever I 've been unhappy with work it 's been work that I 've allowed myself to do for ulterior motives , for money or whatever I m The things I 've done er even th the things that have been unsuccessful th if I 've wanted to do them , I 've been able to live with that . |
| 6 | I see how I 've been losing : all the while |
| 7 | Please recall how I 've been penned in a sanctum on a planet for most of my days . |
| 8 | That 's how I 've been . |
| 9 | With any luck my father would n't call me for the milking too early ; he generally does n't when I 've been out on patrol the night before . |
| 10 | ‘ What I say , constable , is ’ — and now it was Arthur speaking — ‘ there 's such a thing as 'arassment , that 's what they 've told me when I 've been up afore the old bloke . |
| 11 | Sometimes when I 've been up early at home walking in the woods and come upon a roe deer close to , motionless , its alarm and scenting has reminded me of her . |
| 12 | After a moment she added , in an offhand tone , ‘ By the way , have there been any phone calls this week when I 've been out ? ’ |
| 13 | Try and make sure it 's dried and then I 'll do it tomorrow morning when I 've been to that playgroup . |
| 14 | Steven thinks that just be I only just got in he said , I 'm having my tea and he said there 's no way I 'm gon na do nothing like that at this time of night when I 've been fourteen hours at work So then he stormed off back home again so he said well you 'll have to move it cos it 's obstructing the dual carriageway someone might come round that corner fast and hit it . |
| 15 | It must be twisted or summat cos it 's never done it before when I 've been in with the you know , to go bingo . |
| 16 | Most hate me night , when I 've been out and somebody said you have evening , go and see somebody in evening and then I go , do n't mind in day time come back |
| 17 | However I 've been told there is no law of trespass as long as there is due consideration to private property . |
| 18 | He likes to know where I 've been when he 's away . |
| 19 | It 's dark , cold and pouring with rain as I leave the office of E. and B. Productions where I 've been discussing the pantomime orchestra with Paul , the company musical director . |
| 20 | ‘ I do n't want to make a big thing about holing myself up in the middle of nowhere , but people are asking me where I 've been and I ca n't really say I 've been touring the Far East or helping Bob ( we think he means Dylan — Ed ) with his album . |
| 21 | ‘ Ethel turned me into a frog and that 's where I 've been for the last day , and it was her fault . |
| 22 | ‘ It was one of the few races where I 've been happy with my performance . |
| 23 | ‘ I should like to bury something precious in every place where I 've been happy , ’ Sebastian had once told him , after wine and strawberries on a summer hilltop , ‘ and then , when I was old and ugly and miserable , I could come back and dig it up and remember . ’ |
| 24 | That , and my only tape , ‘ Shepherd Moons ’ , reminding me of where I 've been and where I 've come from . |
| 25 | take a cloth and I 'll clean up where I 've been . |
| 26 | ‘ Italy is where I 've been . |
| 27 | But I must get back now , or people will wonder where I 've been . ’ |
| 28 | And I came and , and I did n't think Harlow was for me because I , it was all very built up and lots of roundabouts but the people , the partners were so lovely and er I saw some of the patients and I thought they were very lovely too , so this is where I 've been . |
| 29 | At least I know where I 've been . ’ |
| 30 | If I take a bus into town during my lunch break to do some shopping I have to remember to throw away the bus ticket or he 'll ask me where I 've been , and when I say I 've been shopping , he 'll say he does n't believe me . |