Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] i 've [be] " in BNC.
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1 | I 'm 15 years old and I 've been with my current boyfriend for quite a while . |
2 | Basically , the things I 've been involved in have always been different and I 've been lucky . |
3 | you know er , it 's funny since I 've been on a diet er , it is , I must be getting , now where |
4 | ‘ I always feel sort of furtive and illicit after I 've been with Sebastian . ’ |
5 | but I have actually worked for organizations where they do see it in terms of those centimetre arr erm measurements and that 's a you know I mean it 's funny when I 've been giving talks on communications erm one of the things I say to people is erm where your stuff appears is crucial do n't worry about one and page three . |
6 | You know it 's funny when I 've been up when I 've been on a diet , I mean smelling , smoked out , smoked out on the house |
7 | The American legal system is so odd that I 've been told I could get Tristram deported in my custody . |
8 | It 's just all sore and I 've been taking a pain here this week . |
9 | ‘ It … it 's just that life is so bloody and I 've been carrying this dreadful emotional weight around with me since Seville and I want rid of it . ’ |
10 | ‘ I 'm sorry if I 've been a bit below par this evening , ’ she apologised . |
11 | Well I 'm sorry but I 've been working . |
12 | out , he says to me you 'll kill yourself , you always want to do something , but to be honest it 's worse for me to sit there and watch that , it 's more tiring because by the end of the night I 'm not tired or I 've been asleep all evening I , I 'm better to go out , I know it sounds awful but I do n't like being trapped , I do n't like being in because somebody seems to think I should be in |
13 | ‘ But I was so ready to become a mother , and I 'm happy and more confident than I 've been before . |
14 | You 've come and read me a bed time story when I have n't been very well and I 've been in bed . |
15 | yes , I 'm living at home but I 'm also married and I 've been married three times before , and I 've got six children now . |
16 | Oh I 'm gon na start going , I have n't been swimming for that long and I 've been saying off and on oh I must go , I must go , but when it 's so cold outside you do n't feel like coming out with all wet hair and all that |
17 | He 's been at Pepe 's as long as I 've been coming here — though he does sometimes take holidays , I must admit . ’ |
18 | erm There always has been the situation since Derek Roberts retired , and in fact his post was put in the pollution section , where there was only one E H O , the agreement then that there would be a swap straight E H O for technician swap , but food had traditionally , as long as I 've been involved have three E H Os . |
19 | I know I also feel happy because I 've been not here for most of the day . |
20 | As far as I 've been told and remember , Dad 's always been on the boat , yeah . |
21 | As far as I 've been is the airport . |
22 | ‘ The improvement and the form suggests it 's the best Welsh pack since the Triple Crown in 1988 , so yes I 'm more optimistic than I 've been for some time ’ , said the 43-year-old ‘ Panther ’ , who is now a schoolmaster in Swansea . |
23 | What excellent company you keep in recommending Chambers — not all of them are quite politically correct but I 've been after the broadest sweep possible . |
24 | ‘ I 'm very disappointed because I 've been out of work since returning from the tour last summer and this contract meant security for my family . ’ |
25 | So have you got anything new since I 've been away ? |
26 | And I 'm aware that I 've been called too bland on occasions . |
27 | ‘ I was so astonished that I 've been waiting until people started to come to church so that I could show somebody and you 're the first and most suitable . |