Example sentences of "i be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why have I been treated in such a cowardly and despicable manner ? ’ |
| 2 | But it became obvious on the next pitch that even had I been so inspired we would not have progressed much further . |
| 3 | ‘ Fortunately I was strong , but had I been weak , I might have given in . |
| 4 | He denied angrily that he had ever sought compensation of up to £1m ‘ although this has been a very expensive operation ’ , adding : ‘ I could have proceeded had I been totally selfish for there were several options on the table , financially very attractive . ’ |
| 5 | I been to hospital once to visit someone . |
| 6 | I been spending a lot of time with her these days . |
| 7 | I been there before . |
| 8 | I been trying to think all the way back , but I ca n't figure it out . |
| 9 | I think I been here with Marie . |
| 10 | I been to the country once with Annie . |
| 11 | I ca n't remember if I been here before or not — streets look all different at night from how they are in the day . |
| 12 | I reckon I should nearly be home by now — I been walking for ages . |
| 13 | I reckon I been walking for hours now . |
| 14 | Even in places I been to hundreds of times . |
| 15 | I been on a train with the school once — we went to the seaside and I cut my toe . |
| 16 | I think I been here before , cos there 's the telly shop from last night . |
| 17 | I been on a boat once with the school . |
| 18 | And proud too , cos blimey , I been walking for ages and when I get back home she 'll think I been real clever to find my own way back , and I ai n't got a yellow card or nothing . |
| 19 | And proud too , cos blimey , I been walking for ages and when I get back home she 'll think I been real clever to find my own way back , and I ai n't got a yellow card or nothing . |
| 20 | This is where I been going to . |
| 21 | At no time have I been able to see anything cither Nazi or necessarily homosexual in the listed pleasures , which are precisely of the kind which might occur in a George MacDonald fantasy . |
| 22 | How long had I been driving about ? |
| 23 | You know , pet , I been thinking . |
| 24 | Have I been asleep under a hedge with a strange man not my husband ? |
| 25 | Where had I been to ? |
| 26 | Only lately , though , have I been able to get virtually one pulse through the entire work . |
| 27 | Never have I been so reviled , never , and I have taken it all , knowing him to be old and alone , and I … ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I been here a long time . |
| 29 | ‘ Yes , but I been thinking , ’ insisted Sam . |
| 30 | It was pleasant but had I been blindfolded I would not have been able to tell the difference from its cheaper , non-organic counterpart . |