Example sentences of "[prep] then i have be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm they began the union just before I left Bellany and of course it was cried down and erm they had meetings and the lot , and then all the miners were on strike at the time , and er my father and brother were both miners and er my brother was very friendly with Mr and Mr next door and er anyway er we decided to come out on strike for Bellany 's union and of course erm they , the , one , I think it was Mr said Joey he said er did you know we 're out on strike here and my brother said it seemed to be catching does n't it he did n't say he could n't say I worked there you see but erm it , it caused an upset but still up to a point the unions were good because we 're all badly underpaid for what we did , and the hours we worked they would n't tolerate it nowadays , but erm I forget er I joined the union and if you did n't you were a blackleg you know you , they wanted you to join the union from then I 've been in the union all , until I finished work but erm they , they got us our rises and er as I say the , the money was n't er very good and then the union did fight for the rises and they 'd got to pay it or lose all the er employees but erm I was , I was satisfied with without it , I 've been satisfied with my life you know I 've had , there 's been humorous there 's been sad but erm I 'm still able to get around and that 's the main thing . |
| 2 | I spent three months in the Canaries , and since then I 've been travelling between England and Ireland . |
| 3 | Ever since then I 've been trying to get the speed back . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ The review of ‘ I 'm Never Gon na Die Again' in Select started off saying that all the guitar playing that I did in The Birthday Party was genius and that since then I 've been very vague and confused . |
| 5 | ‘ The organiser asked me if I wanted to see how the money was spent and since then I 've been hooked . ’ |
| 6 | Ever since then I 've been a great admirer of his work . |
| 7 | Since then I 've been very much my own man . |
| 8 | Three weeks ago I found a lump in one of my breasts and since then I 've been paralysed with fear . |
| 9 | Since then I 've been in contact with Kate Noble of Age Concern and we 've arranged for her to give a short presentation at the next meeting of Nether Wyresdale Parish Council on Thursday 21st January at 7.30 p.m. in Scorton School . |
| 10 | Since then I 've been thinking it over and I 've come up with an idea . |
| 11 | ‘ Since then I 've been training every day , and going on runs . |
| 12 | I was given a set of exercises to do , and since then I 've been all right . ’ |
| 13 | But since then I 've been on a unit of tropical forestry in Oxford Forestry Institute , and I 've been travelling regularly , almost yearly since I 've been there . |
| 14 | Since then I have been trying to gain recognition from Technics . |
| 15 | ( Since then I have been in touch with Texas four times and been promised an answer for which I am still waiting after nearly two years ) . |
| 16 | Up till then I 'd been using Rickenbackers , and a ‘ 65 Telecaster I 'd bought which had been my main instrument for writing the material . |
| 17 | ‘ But by then I had been her slave nearly all my life and I had n't the courage or the guts to say no . |
| 18 | By then I had been released to the Toko-ru on my own recognisance , that is an abject willingness to betray my comrades and help the malais in every way . |
| 19 | Fifteen years were to pass before I had a book published by Faber 's , but by then I had been launched by other publishing houses . |