Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] i 've [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm secondly , I 'm not a statistician , I am unable to comment about all the technicalities of the the various assumptions that go into things but some of the people sitting around this table will know that I 've been in Yorkshire and Humberside for quite some time . |
| 2 | It may be a consolation for them to know that I 've been at the receiving end myself . |
| 3 | ‘ In view of your opinion of me , it wo n't surprise you to know that I 've been out with a couple of the other men from the station over the past week , ’ Maria volunteered stormily , halting and then swinging round to face him again . |
| 4 | Then I forget that I 've been joking with her then she tells me off so I do n't bother any more . |
| 5 | The party 's best-known candidate , Alessandra Mussolini , the Duce 's grand-daughter , said yesterday : ‘ I 'm very happy for the MSI , even if I still do n't know if I 've been elected ’ . |
| 6 | The sort of prices which people charged and I 've been speaking with Jack only this morning , the sort of prices people charged , started way , way , way down , and then went way , way , way up . |
| 7 | She was the first dog that I got to know and I 've been a sucker for them ever since . |
| 8 | My standards have definitely dropped since I 've been at home with the baby . |
| 9 | yes , and I , I do n't know whether I 've been that way , I honestly do n't know right then , so you 're all systems go , that 's the main thing |
| 10 | I forget when I 've been away . |
| 11 | I 'll tell you what it is — it 's only bogland and I should know for I 've been lookin' at them fields for years . ’ |
| 12 | With an instant return to sweet reasonableness , Andrée said , ‘ Admitted that I 've been trying to seduce you , does n't that only go to show how desperate I am to get my way ? |
| 13 | And I hope that I 've been of some assistance . |
| 14 | Wait until I 've been up and seen your Grandma Coates . ’ |
| 15 | But I found at Herald and Post the actual reporters have only been meeting and I 've been sending all the erm all the paper work to Harlow and Bishop 's Stortford , but they 're just sort of the erm , the advertising people so erm , that 's why we 've not had anything in the papers . |
| 16 | I said er I I imagine cos I 've been visiting his wife you see . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm not sure what good it can do but I 've been thinking over what you said about Barney Willard . |
| 18 | But I saw , I went into town yesterday , have n't been into town and I saw er , I 'm just going up past the job centre I had to go to council about me money and I thought well I suppose I ought to make an effort and look in the job centre cos I , I ai n't done because I 've been in catering all the while |
| 19 | One mistake I 've made since I 've been here that is . |
| 20 | Ten days after Mr Clinton unveiled his package , he said he supported it ‘ unconditionally ’ , describing it as ‘ the best , most promising budget I 've seen since I 've been in Congress . ’ |
| 21 | That 's not what I 've heard and I 've been asking around about you . |
| 22 | If she discovers that I 've been here , I 'll be killed . ’ |
| 23 | I ca n't remember if I 've been in bathroom and picked them up , Steve 's getting a sod with him getting bath every night |
| 24 | ‘ The first half was the worst we 've ever had since I 've been at the club . |
| 25 | I 've got a sale to go to at nine , and you know how difficult it is for me to get back to sleep once I 've been woken . ’ |
| 26 | I 've been taking it continuously for two years , and I want to stress that I 've been taking eighty milligrams a day , |
| 27 | I always know if I 've been given the wrong change |
| 28 | I 've never ever I say this very proudly , been in debt and as long as I 've earned enough money to live , I 've never bothered to put any on one side strict , you know , strictly speaking and I 've been happy to er live and er that 's how I 've lived me life . |
| 29 | He tells us what 's been happening in Deptford since this morning , and it sounds like I 've been away seven months . |
| 30 | It was n't er , it was n't good to leave them about , you know what I mean and er oh er yes it 's been very important , if I might say so , certain things as I 've had been called upon to do and I 've been happy and proud to do it . |