Example sentences of "[noun] and i 've [be] " in BNC.

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1 The old tricks should be left alone , because the reality of it is that when I go on tour in a couple of months , I 'm going to be playing all these songs and I 've been careful never to repeat past compositional techniques .
2 ‘ I managed to crawl to the outside lavatory and I 've been there most of the time . ’
3 Fashanu said : ‘ It 's a trapped sciatic nerve and I 've been told to rest for about three weeks .
4 Anyway , we 're here for the indefinite future and I 've been given the job of furnishing the hotel .
5 And she has a hundred and forty and he 's gotten of cans for the his mum and Stewart 's been getting some cans for the shop for his granddad and I 've been asking for permission to go into the dump and get some for there .
6 ‘ I 've got broad shoulders and I 've been through it as a player .
7 ‘ I go to flamenco classes , collect pictures of elaborate dance costumes and I 've been to lots of shows . ’
8 Many years ago I came across the card in the Doll Museum in Wrexham and I 've been on the lookout for it every since . ’
9 A corn and I 've been putting corn plasters on it
10 I 'm now up to a thirty four B and I 've been a thirty four B ever since then .
11 But to Sophie 's intense mortification it was Dawn who arrived and said calmly , ‘ Robert has been called out to a difficult calving case and I 've been told to give you his apologies .
12 Done quite a wee bit and I 've been there at a few of their , quite a few of their meetings and erm a good friend of quite a few of the councils .
13 Well I 'm a housewife and I 've been painting most of the morning .
14 Seeing Derek 's puzzled look , she added : ‘ You mentioned the Spanish Civil War and I 've been thinking about the message the kidnappers told me to use to contact them . ’
15 I 've got a trainee manager at the moment and I 've been trying to he 's just making such a balls up it 's easier not to .
16 What I want to cover now is a type of network that we study a lot in the computer architecture group and I 've been working with for years and years and years erm called the N tuple network .
17 ‘ I 've worked for fourteen years in this business and I 've been given to understand that I should get a partnership one day . ’
18 I mean , dammit all , Charles has been working for 40 years and I 've been working for 22 ’ ) .
19 I know we 've argued all these years and I 've been irritable , if not downright rude , but … but … ’ and Creggan was astonished to see that this fiercest of eagles was suddenly close to a profound grief and for a few moments quite unable to say anything more .
20 I use the TC Electronics 2290 for chorus and delay and I 've been using a PCM 70 for reverb , but I just got this new reverb from Real Tube . ’
21 If I 've had a great day and I 've been playing a lot and I feel real confident , it sometimes does n't come together on stage at all .
22 If I 've had a great day and I 've been playing a lot and I feel real confident , it sometimes does n't come together on stage at all .
23 Very exciting stuff and I 've been telling her not to speak so loudly .
24 I arrived on Sunday and I 've been revisiting the old places .
25 I 've got two thirds of back and I 've been doing it a month .
26 She thinks she 'll be away for a week and I 've been wondering who I could get to look after the house . "
27 Senior Midland area and I 've been working on a job in Coventry which is basically work er what I hope to get mainly out of this course is an increased level of personal confidence so I can overcome basic nervousness when speaking .
28 A big game and I 've been here and played in it before .
29 I sent him away after supper and I 've been finishing Emma .
30 I asked him how long he had been with the Republicans and he said , ‘ Three weeks — I 'm a sales manager and I 've been given leave of absence by my company just to produce last night 's rally . ’
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