Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] i have been " in BNC.
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| 1 | She shows some talent , or so I 've been told . |
| 2 | ‘ Or so I 've been told . ’ |
| 3 | Or so I had been told . |
| 4 | Or so I have been led to understand . |
| 5 | I really do think that there is a degree of inconsistency in compelling a Gothic architect to erect a classical building — and so I have been thinking of appointing you a coadjutor , who would in fact make the design ! |
| 6 | and literally I 've been working |
| 7 | For I am writing this on Saturday evening , and already I have been blooded . |
| 8 | I 've been doin' all sorts of jobs since then , and livin' in all sorts of lodgings , and now I 've been chucked out of me last place because I did n't 'ave any job or any money . |
| 9 | I never had any money erm that would help me to get off benefit , I was caught in the benefit trap and now I 've been able to get a part time job , my husba ex-husband 's paying a reasonable amount and my children are better off . |
| 10 | I usually have to come in seven o'clock , that 's how I did it and now I 've been over here sort of mucks the whole system so I 've got a driving lesson tomorrow night , I ca n't cancel that |
| 11 | And now I have been responsible for getting this man hanged . |
| 12 | Various episodes in his life end in cliff-hangers , a la Neighbours and Dallas , and often I 've been asked whether a certain story line has advanced any further . |
| 13 | ‘ Then I came here , and here I have been ever since , wondering often if it would have been better if that first Man had never found me . ’ |
| 14 | And today I 've been feeling down . |
| 15 | this year and if Russell done that to me now I feel embarrassed in front of my mother , now , and then I 've been married |
| 16 | I 've had sickness , no I have n't had sickness , I 'm telling lies , I 've had diarrhoea and then I 've been constipated and then violent pains and terrible |
| 17 | I think I can say that during my career most of the things I 've decided ought to be done , I 've got done , but I 've done them in very different ways to other people and sometimes I 've been criticised for not going out and grabbing the headlines . |
| 18 | and yet I 've been , in theory I do n't actually manage them . |
| 19 | And yet I 've been as guilty as anybody else in saying , Oh they wo n't wan na come in this medical practice booklet what will they gain from it ? |
| 20 | But latterly I 've been here very little ; in fact it must be at least fifteen years since I stayed here for any length of time … |
| 21 | But mostly I 've been working in television . ’ |
| 22 | But perhaps I 've been misinformed , like , for I understand you do n't read the Bible . ’ |
| 23 | But perhaps I 've been wrong . |
| 24 | ‘ Necromancy , ’ he said , lowering his voice , ‘ Do you know , I never believed in that hoary old tale about necromancy sucking all the goodness and all the warmth from everything , but perhaps I 've been wrong . |
| 25 | ‘ I may not be of your persuasion but tonight I have been persuaded that the world is reaching a turning-point in its history and that the ancient biblical promise to your people is about to be redeemed . |
| 26 | My social history is very different from Trevelyan 's , one of the most remarkable books on English social history , because of course I come from a very different background , I 've different experience from Trevelyan , but also I 've been writing at a different time . |
| 27 | I was originally going to do between one and 12 weeks on it , but now I 've been there two and half years , ’ she said . |
| 28 | But now I 've been here nine times and I ca n't go sightseeing . |
| 29 | I did n't take much notice of it the first few years after I left school , but now I 've been gone , what , fifteen years or so , I find quite a lot of interest in what 's happened . |
| 30 | But now I 've been drug-free for over a year erm but I 'd been trying for a few year before that and had nay managed to succeed . |