Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [adv] been [adj] " in BNC.

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1 But erm I felt as though , I felt exactly the same , I felt I 'd just been asleep I just had my eyes shut and I felt opening one eye to have a look out and see what people were doing .
2 I 'd rather been inclined to favour the theory that Fedorov is working for the Hapsburgs .
3 After I 'd kissed her goodbye I felt pretty happy because not only had I at last had an extremely enjoyable sexual experience , but I 'd also been able to give enjoyment .
4 Not only had I proved myself a liar but I 'd not been much good at school and did n't even get my leaving certificate .
5 I 'd probably been off-balance , what with the drinks and the crowds and everything .
6 And , since I 'd often been obliged to meet his other women during the course of his business , I maliciously decided that he would have to encounter my bit on the side , day in and day out .
7 I 'd never been involved in before as an Area Housing Officer , and just involved with day to day management , but with it being a clearance area it 's a totally different approach , and the sort of things that you deal with are totally different as well .
8 It was Irene , for instance , who pointed out something I 'd never been able to put my finger on : that Tod ca n't talk and smile at the same time .
9 I 'd never been interested in guitarists as guitarists until I heard Johnny Marr .
10 She knew I 'd never been interested in Florian .
11 ‘ I 'd worked in studios before , really complicated state-of-the-art stuff , and I 'd always been obsessed with multi-tracking .
12 I 'd always been good with a sewing machine , ’ she says , ‘ so a kindly neighbour asked me to run her up a few silk separates for the summer holidays .
13 and I 'd always been sorry that my dad told us , you know .
14 This she combines admirably with looking after 14-year-old Alex , 12-year-old Rosie , and 5-year-old twins Fifi ( Fiona ) and Nicky : ‘ It was a new direction but something I 'd always been interested in .
15 It was terrible , I 'd always been independent , or when I was n't for a while I got my own social security money .
16 It 's same as , what ow she 's gone into hospital with her , you know , and I 'd actually been that day , you know what I mean , I do n't mind , do n't get me wrong , I 'm not cross , 'cos I do n't mind .
17 After the yard was the house that was built for , and due , so much more life than I 'd ever been able to give it .
18 I opened it , and I got my answer , and it set me thinking afresh and seeing clearly where I had formerly been blind .
19 If I had n't been weak and without hope I should have quarrelled with almost everything Syl said .
20 If I had n't been such a coward maybe they might have turned out better . ’
21 If I had n't been pregnant I would have been sent back to Bullwood , but they have n't got a mother and baby unit there , though in those days Styal was only for women over twenty-one , apart from the pregnant borstal girls .
22 I had n't been involved in the organization and knew very little about what was going to happen .
23 I had the feeling that if I had n't been present he might have risked uttering a few words to Millie .
24 I had n't been tongue-tied in Switzerland , with Masha , Rozanov pointed out .
25 I and I took to Connor 's Quay as a sailing ship and I and then of course I had n't been much in sailing ships .
26 I had n't been aware of the dust in the convent garden .
27 Thanks to Karen 's attack I had n't been able to pee , and when my organ switched from reproductive to urinary mode I realized that my bladder was bursting .
28 More likely the net was carried away because the ground was bone dry and hard and I had n't been able to push the stakes deep enough into the soil .
29 I had n't been able to do that for so long . ’
30 I could say some of the things I had n't been able to say when I left him , because I had n't shared his feelings then .
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