Example sentences of "[to-vb] i have been " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the end , just to save myself from socking him one , I had to pretend I 'd been using the term ironically . |
| 2 | Awoke to find I had been sharing a room with a group of nuns . |
| 3 | If I do that , the Company does n't have to know I 've been interfacing data when I should n't . |
| 4 | ‘ You 'd better 'oppit now or me young man might get to 'ear I 've been dilly-dallying with you . ’ |
| 5 | But back in Cuzco I had to fight to recall the strength I had found ; force myself to remember I had been lost in a sixty-million-year-old forest but had found the still centre . |
| 6 | For more weeks than I care to remember I have been working on a Panorama programme designed to look at the future of the Tory Party , even beyond Thatcherism . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's absolute rubbish to suggest I 've been even a confidante while his marriage has been breaking up . ’ |
| 8 | I was staggered to realise I had been honoured and to this day I do n't know who put me forward . ’ |
| 9 | I like to think I 've been helpful to somebody else , so that they do n't make the same mistake as I made , or so that they know the responsibilities they 're taking on if they do have the baby . |
| 10 | ‘ Next thing I knew was the letter to say I had been fined £720 . |
| 11 | Just came in to say I 've been summoned to the presence . |
| 12 | I explained how I 'd attempted to fire at the Corporal as Kaptan lay on the ground and how the gun had malfunctioned ; it would be more accurate to say I 'd been first to aim but the Corporal had got his shots off first . |
| 13 | And McGrindle , very matter of fact though drunk as usual : I have sixteen children , seven by my first marriage , four by my second , my second wife had two of her own , that makes thirteen , and three from my third , sixteen , and I am proud to say I have been able to give them all a good education and every chance in life without ever compromising my integrity . |
| 14 | However , I have to say I have been disappointed that through TOP we are not managing to achieve more . |