Example sentences of "[vb pp] [subord] i have [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem with my files would have been solved if I had been using an IBM machine — but they were way beyond my price range when I bought my first computer . |
| 2 | My standards have definitely dropped since I 've been at home with the baby . |
| 3 | You see , I did n't dare make a scene as I should have done if I 'd been married . |
| 4 | Trouble was I could never run very quickly , and I can not imagine what I would have done if I had been chased by the bull . |
| 5 | Tell me , ’ she added , determined to put things straight between them , ‘ purely as a matter of interest , what would you have done if I had been pregnant ? ’ |
| 6 | At least I could have moved if I had been standing . |
| 7 | 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 |
| 8 | One mistake I 've made since I 've been here that is . |
| 9 | 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 . ’ |
| 10 | Rather unreasonably , I felt somewhat cheated for I had been the one to traipse around the town , forgetting all the preliminary work that others had done ! |
| 11 | It was the first time I had heard him play great music , and I was moved as I had been by the Bonnards ; moved in a different way , but still moved . |
| 12 | A major installation of Beuys , ‘ Arena ( where I would have got if I had been intelligent ) ’ , created in 1970–72 ( see The Art Newspaper No.16 , March 1992 , p.6 ) , remains on exhibition at the Dia Center for the Arts until mid-April , while the MoMA exhibition travels to the Museum of Contemporary Art , Los Angeles ( 30 May-15 August ) , the Philadelphia Museum of Art ( 10 October-2 January 1994 ) and the Art Institute of Chicago ( 15 February-25 April 1994 ) . |
| 13 | ‘ The first half was the worst we 've ever had since I 've been at the club . |
| 14 | Two kids I 'd got when I 'd been married as long as Hatton . |
| 15 | ‘ On this new album there 's one huge track called The Lighthouse , which a lot of people have heard because I 've been playing it on stage — an hour out of two and a half is this album . |
| 16 | They were as shy as I was and the effort they made to be friendly was the most heartening thing I had experienced since I had been taken prisoner . |
| 17 | I could see my sister being nourished as I had been nourished , and I was demanding some sort of parity . |
| 18 | The Emissary 's Illusochamber had also been free of bugging devices as I 'd found when I 'd been fiddling with my headband , activating a mini-ceptor in one of the jewels . |
| 19 | Plus I have had , I have been m mugged while I have been out . |
| 20 | He said : ‘ I enjoyed the race immensely because I was better trained than I have been previously and , of course , it is always rewarding when you better your personal best . |
| 21 | When I was approached to become a member of the group interested in ‘ the teaching of practical skills in biology ’ , I was only too pleased to become involved as I had been concerned , for some time , about my own teaching skills and strategies used in the classroom situation . |
| 22 | ‘ I could have arranged to be there when he called … none of this would have happened if I 'd been there to take care of her . ’ |
| 23 | you , er , it had happened because I had been , I had had a lot of training and a lot of swindles and thing , I was able to talked to him and I talked to him for an hour and a half er , I was curious for one thing to find out why he was , he , he was breaking into people 's houses , so that the fact that he was doing it for , to , to get money for drugs |
| 24 | What I what I what I would say is something I found in in BES has happened while I 've been here much less now than than earlier on , is engineers robbing Peter to pay Paul . |
| 25 | Oh , I wish I could have continued as I 've been for the last year or so , with no hopes or fears , and no pleasures and no sadness . ’ |
| 26 | This has happened when I have been catching plenty of barbel , with no breakages , and the matchmen have asked me what I have been using . |
| 27 | I would have discovered once I 'd been through it all . |
| 28 | ‘ This is much harder to handle but I know what is required because I have been here before . ’ |
| 29 | Even if Neil had returned while I had been asleep , he would take care not to show a light . |
| 30 | My accent 's certainly changed since I 've been down here . |