Example sentences of "i 've [adv] been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Forcing herself to sound as confident as she was trying to feel , she told Guido , ‘ I 've simply been busy , that 's all . ’ |
| 2 | They 're not actually erm , using the D S O , and I 've just been involved in the |
| 3 | I 've just been involved in the selection of caterers for erm , South Wilts Grammar School , and I 've got to say , and I 've told Mr this , because he criticised me , Concept Catering were n't in the le in the frame . |
| 4 | ‘ Then perhaps I 've just been unlucky with the ones I 've met . ’ |
| 5 | I 've just been round to see Mrs Reynolds in the village , and she 's adamant that all the kitchen and scullery windows were closed when she left at nine-thirty . |
| 6 | I 've just been bad . |
| 7 | I 've just been lucky so far , touch wood . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've also been keen to have dialogue with supporters . |
| 9 | I 've also been sick but er |
| 10 | I 've purely been concerned with the budgets of our own schools here in Oxfordshire and one of the ways that you can compare how efficient Oxfordshire is in terms of its expenditure is by looking at the national figures for recoupment , that 's where a county takes in a child from another county , and look how that compares with the amount of money the Authority spends on educating that child . |
| 11 | Everyone I 've ever been serious about has wanted marriage and children , ultimately . |
| 12 | I was as sure as anything I 've ever been sure about in my whole life that he wished he was still an actor . |
| 13 | I think we deserved it because that was one of the finest team performances I 've ever been involved with . |
| 14 | ‘ That was one of the finest team performances I 've ever been involved with ’ Gavin Hastings |
| 15 | ‘ It 's the first time I 've ever been able to persuade Beefy to stop for treatment , ’ says Dave ‘ Rooster ’ Roberts , the new England cricket team physio who is looking after the walkers . |
| 16 | This is the only nine to five sales job I 've ever been able to offer anybody . |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't believe I 've ever been unpleasant , ’ she returned , noting his easy use of her Christian name . |
| 18 | That was the last time I used my LSI because I 've actually been ill since I got back — a touch of the Peruvian tummy-bug , which has put things out of the question ever since |
| 19 | ‘ I 've often been guilty of overwriting and some of our older songs used to have two three pages of words , ’ Gedge told Sounds . |
| 20 | So I 've always been poor , and I have n't got any nice dresses ! |
| 21 | I 've always been poor — my husband died when I was 34 — and this man 's very well-off . |
| 22 | I 've always been honest about it . ’ |
| 23 | I 'd always wanted to be a comedian at school , I 've always been obsessive about comedy , and if I 'd been rubbish it would have been a bit problematic . ’ |
| 24 | I 've always been intrigued by the Catholic church , by all the colours and the candles , but I know so little about it … when we studied existentialism in high school , I felt that that was exactly right , but now I just do n't know … |
| 25 | Before that I 've always been involved in women 's journals , including Women 's Report which is one of the early women 's monitoring journals in this country . |
| 26 | I 've always been unlucky . |
| 27 | I 'VE always been bashful about going into the ring , so early on I decided to cover it up . |
| 28 | ‘ I 've always been curious to know how you did it … |
| 29 | ‘ Once , when I was young and stupid , but I 've always been thankful my intended bride broke our engagement when she found a wealthier man than the young fool who was working flat out to save the almost bankrupt business his father had left him . ’ |
| 30 | I 've always been dippy about Charity from a child . |