Example sentences of "[pron] [subord] i have [be] " in BNC.

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1 I when I 've been ill .
2 Later a radio interviewer from KQED asked me if I 'd been frightened and I said , truthfully , no , adding that maybe I was just too slow and stupid .
3 He asked me if I 'd been to Eton , but seemed more or less satisfied when I told him I was educated at Cheltenham Ladies ’ College .
4 When she 'd calmed down she asked me if I 'd been to the doctors , and we made arrangements for her to take me down .
5 ‘ He asked me if I 'd been teaching them about poisonous plants , ’ said Corbett Farraday .
6 I ca n't pay you until I 've been paid .
7 as I told you before I 'd been like it before and it
8 Alan Anderson , Monsanto Quality Manager , presented the award and made these comments : ‘ I had a personal interest in this one because I 've been working on the application of quality to safety management which is what the Rubber Chemicals Safety Improvement team is all about .
9 To my sorrow I missed out personally on this one as I had been " grounded " at that period for various reasons .
10 Now you are actually going to be guinea pig for me because I 've been doing these for about ten years and I 've decided for ten years is getting perhaps a little stale .
11 When I was in Rapeman , I ca n't say it really surprised me because I had been exposed to English people before , but I did n't think that people were being serious initially .
12 ‘ Unemployment is something that personally concerns me because I have been at the edge of unemployment all my life , ’ added the 42-year-old who speaks highly of the quality of the environment on Teesside , a much richer and more vibrant and pleasant place in which to live than he had imagined .
13 ‘ This is the first time you 've attended to me since I 've been here , ’ he commented , his expression speculative as he glanced up at her .
14 one of the nicest things that happened to me since I 've been widowed is having Neil to look after not only is he an exception
15 She 's know me since I 've been a little girl .
16 ‘ Have you been watching me while I 've been asleep ? ’ she demanded accusingly .
17 Hello , yeah , Betty 's number , I 'm just having a recording done of me while I 've been in Harlow I 'm having it done now , yeah , er so I ca n't stop alright ? alright , bye , bye .
18 I 'm so glad you had this conversation with me while I 've been miked up and I 've got it all taped .
19 But I was braced to cope with him because I had been ambitious for Jean-Claude , vauntingly so .
20 and I went with her last week , then she had to go again on Monday , but she went Saturday as well , then she had to go back up Monday the last , so she has n't been have n't seen her since I 've been gon na go up all week but the weather
21 I do n't think I could have handled it if I 'd been given a sentence .
22 I 'd have seen it if I 'd been coming down the stairs instead of in the lift .
23 Would of won it if I 'd been on
24 amazed I actually did erm what happened erm I was happened to be upstairs and my wife shouted quick quick there 's a zither , so I zoomed down here and the lady was still talking to you and a dialled well consequently I did n't get through for quite some time but I did eventually , erm your lady on the reception said well it 's gone now she said but I will give the lady 's telephone number and I spoke to the lady and told her the position and she says well if it 's not collected by so time I 'll g ring you back and I said well I 've been after one for a long long time she said well I ca n't understand it cos I 've been advertising it .
25 I mean , I probably dreamt it because I 'd been hearing all their dreams and thinking about them .
26 I was just annoyed that he 'd chosen to do it while I 'd been away .
27 He 'd been practising it while I 'd been away .
28 And of course a lot of the engineering was on textile machinery and er I did n't , I just would n't go back to it after I 'd been at it about a couple of years .
29 ‘ I am a proud man , Li Shai Tung , but not too proud to admit it when I have been wrong- and I was wrong about the threat from the Ping Tiao .
30 Unfortunately , I had not read Mary Shelley 's novel since I was a lad ; such recollection of it as I had was obscured by the travesties of it I had watched in 4-D on film , TV , and CirC .
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