Example sentences of "[subord] i 've [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His tone is friendly but the questions are direct : where I 've been , who I 've talked to , what I 'm doing that day . |
| 2 | BECAUSE DUDLEY MOORE has been told to turn up at his restaurant at Venice Beach , California at 2.30 pm to tell me his version of the story of his life , then Dudley Moore more or less dudleys into his restaurant at Venice Beach , California and joins me at a corner table where I 've been waiting to hear his story . |
| 3 | You 've never asked me , not once , how anything has gone , or where I 've been or whom I 've seen . " |
| 4 | ‘ Where I 've been for the past 200 years or so , we count ourselves lucky if we still have one . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ And where I 've been is none of your damned business . |
| 6 | Where I 've been involved with the marketing groups to bring advertising . |
| 7 | Well I like my mum and dad here ( adoptive parents ) 'cause I 've been with them for some years , but there again , I like my own father as well ... we still think of him and would like to go and visit him . |
| 8 | When climbing on rough rock I reverse the jacket to protect the Pertex layer from tearing ; although I 've been surprised just how robust the garment is , given a total weight of just 600g . |
| 9 | Although I 've been writing about the latest machines this month , I shall be including the older models in later articles . |
| 10 | There are traps you can fall into if you do too much television — although I 've been on a lot since '89 , I do tend to turn most things down . |
| 11 | But yes , abroad lies our final year of partnership , although I 've been toying with the idea of alighting upon a play by Shakespeare hitherto unknown , unseen and unenacted . ’ |
| 12 | Although I 've been here for a long time , I 've got my house , got my family here , I 've got comfortable living , although not er luxurious but er normal standard , better standard than I could have in India . |
| 13 | I like to show people I 've got guts , although I 've been scared at times . ’ |
| 14 | What , what time erm although I 've been to San Franciso , I 've never worked out what time the evening news is there . |
| 15 | ‘ But I was so ready to become a mother , and I 'm happy and more confident than I 've been before . |
| 16 | ‘ I 've had no problem recruiting — I 've had far more offers than I 've been able to use . |
| 17 | ‘ The improvement and the form suggests it 's the best Welsh pack since the Triple Crown in 1988 , so yes I 'm more optimistic than I 've been for some time ’ , said the 43-year-old ‘ Panther ’ , who is now a schoolmaster in Swansea . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm better than I 've been for a long time . ’ |
| 19 | The question I I have is quite a simple one , and that is I would like to actually see this pond slightly closer quarters than I 've been able to . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm happier than I 've been for years , ’ she said quietly . |
| 21 | Ex-motorcycle gang member with murder , kidnap and serious drug offences going on longer than I 've been alive . |
| 22 | Jenny gave me a house-warming present of a radio so I 've been able to listen to music while I write — and it 's been such fun ! |
| 23 | Car oil , so I 've been told , is their tipple . |
| 24 | ‘ So I 've been turning to simpler guitars , guitars that limit you , but that limit you in interesting ways . |
| 25 | ‘ So I 've been told often and oft , ’ and he gave a sigh . |
| 26 | ‘ And compliments , so I 've been told , oil the wheels of life . ’ |
| 27 | The bird has become very unfit , and the damaged wing is shorter than the other , so I 've been working on moving it in the way the bird would move it in flight , to stretch it . |
| 28 | April is a particularly heavy month , so I 've been ultra-selective here . |
| 29 | There does n't seem to be much of it about , not even many DFs , so I 've been trying to stock up lately . |
| 30 | I suppose , after all , I 've had it since ‘ 66 , so I 've been well known for 26 years , which is a long time , and I do n't get anything much out of it any more . ’ |