Example sentences of "that i had be [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The thought hammered in my brain that I had been under the impression that I was fit .
2 Often they say , ‘ I thought that I had been through all this and settled it in my mind ten years ago , yet here I am having to come to terms with the same issue all over again . ’
3 This school looked so much bigger than the other two primary schools that I had been to .
4 Within a week , I received a duplicated form to fill in stating all my details and demanding proof that I had been on that flight .
5 My appearance showed that I had been on the surface — and the officials were kind enough to put some healants on my ( superficial ) burns while they sent mandroids to check my story .
6 I wished again that I had been at B.P. with Angela and Anne and Wendy and my other ‘ comrades ’ .
7 As it turned out , Mother was still delighted to remind all her friends that I had been among the first women from the East End to sign the register .
8 I said that I had been in the British Army which prompted another Englishman called Chris to ask if I had known anybody in the Royal Signals in Aldershot or Catterick .
9 I really wanted to identify with him and wished that I could have said that I had been in the Falklands or in Northern Ireland , thereby establishing some sort of link .
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