Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adv] been [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Life for me has never been dull around you what more could I ask ?
2 This for me has always been important .
3 Those leaders have tried to keep their empires isolated from the Darwinian laws of survival , despite the fact that none of the ‘ gods ’ as presented by them has ever been able to set aside the inexorable operation of those laws .
4 The other tenants say that life for them has never been better .
5 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 .
6 I 'd rather been inclined to favour the theory that Fedorov is working for the Hapsburgs .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 I 'd probably been off-balance , what with the drinks and the crowds and everything .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 I 'd never been interested in guitarists as guitarists until I heard Johnny Marr .
14 She knew I 'd never been interested in Florian .
15 ‘ I 'd worked in studios before , really complicated state-of-the-art stuff , and I 'd always been obsessed with multi-tracking .
16 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 .
17 and I 'd always been sorry that my dad told us , you know .
18 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 .
19 It was terrible , I 'd always been independent , or when I was n't for a while I got my own social security money .
20 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 .
21 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 .
22 I ca n't I have n't been bloody , yeah you have now , I 've still got ta get to there yet before I can bloody buy anything
23 Who should I have always been guilty of believing that I had never done enough ?
24 I opened it , and I got my answer , and it set me thinking afresh and seeing clearly where I had formerly been blind .
25 If I had n't been weak and without hope I should have quarrelled with almost everything Syl said .
26 If I had n't been such a coward maybe they might have turned out better . ’
27 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 .
28 I had n't been involved in the organization and knew very little about what was going to happen .
29 I had the feeling that if I had n't been present he might have risked uttering a few words to Millie .
30 I had n't been tongue-tied in Switzerland , with Masha , Rozanov pointed out .
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