Example sentences of "[vb base] i have [adv] been " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh , no , my dear Shiona , I fear I have never been wrong about you . |
| 2 | I mean when I got , when I got here okay er when I was in the lower sixth and I like sort of got in and then like it was so weird being , I mean I 'd never been to a blokes ' school before I came here |
| 3 | there was a I mean I 've also been given a couple of ways to remember it but |
| 4 | I was on that , I mean I 've not been taking them all the time , I 've really only been taking them when I feel it . |
| 5 | I mean I 've already been offered well three or four jobs already like . |
| 6 | I mean I 've certainly been very much helped in the time at Sussex when I 've been working part time by the men that I 've worked with |
| 7 | ‘ I mean I 've always been out of sorts , I 've always felt like this — oh , you know — almost as long as I can remember . ’ |
| 8 | By the gardens , in the corner , they made er parts but I mean I 've never been in , in the factory , in their factory , but I do know that they made erm things for the motor industry . |
| 9 | Oh I I mean I have n't been I had it on but I put it off because it was |
| 10 | I mean I have n't been to Guildford for oh god I do n't know when I think probably with you the last time I went to Guildford . |
| 11 | I , as I say I have n't been |
| 12 | Lucy , I 'm in love with you like I 've never been with anyone before . |
| 13 | I actually went back upstairs and because , I mean although , I mean I was dancing and it was a late night , I had n't been drinking so , you know , although I was , I was tired , you know I had n't been drinking and erm so I actually felt erm wide awake |
| 14 | ‘ I was talking to an old man about death and he said , ‘ You know I 've not been able to talk to my wife . |
| 15 | ‘ You know I 've never been able to combine being a father with analysis . |
| 16 | In Rolling Stone we used to , you know I 've never been one of the designers who erm sketches little thumbnails and makes people , makes assistants follow them through . |
| 17 | ‘ I know I 've always been a compulsive eater but my problems really began then . |
| 18 | Doreen rose to the occasion by smiling radiantly as she said , ‘ I doubt that I 've ever really been far away from Silas — at least I know I 've always been in his thoughts . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I know I have n't been the perfect father , but hell , you have n't been the perfect mother either . ’ |
| 20 | I believe I have unconsciously been picking up modern reformed attitudes to nature from television wildlife programmes . |
| 21 | Although I have been a member of the board for less than a year , and chairman but a few weeks , I believe I have now been accepted into the bosom of the Athletico family . |
| 22 | I know I should n't talk like this , but Brendan was the best fuck I ever had , and I guess I 've just been feeling guilty towards my family for enjoying it . ’ |
| 23 | I wait a minute ; no traffic passes , so I guess I have n't been seen . |
| 24 | ‘ I think I had already been married and divorced at Kate 's age . |
| 25 | I think I 've always been an optimist . |
| 26 | ‘ I wish I 'd never been born . |
| 27 | I wish I 'd never been born ! ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I wish I had n't been to Zaire . |
| 29 | ‘ Sometimes I wish I had n't been born a Catholic , Joe . |
| 30 | ‘ I wish I had never been born , there or anywhere else ! ’ she said quietly . |