Example sentences of "i [verb] [adv] been [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I 'd no been to bloody . |
| 2 | I 'd already been to the forest couple of times as a student and thought it was the most wonderful place . |
| 3 | Well I 'd never been on stage in my life before and there I was , suddenly going to be in front of King George and Queen Mary . |
| 4 | We went to the airport , I 'd never been on a plane before , we were going to America — we got to the airport and — nothing . |
| 5 | Well when we went there was Phyllis , Julie , and me and I was in the middle of because I 'd never been on ice skates before , I 'd been roller skating holding each side of them right , and they let me go and I just went and I was going down and I went bang right on the bloody side . |
| 6 | Cos I had it for a month , cos I did n't know whether I was gon na like it , I 'd never been on one before and er I 'd heard Judith say that you could feel claustrophobic , you know , with it over you |
| 7 | I 'd never been to her place before . |
| 8 | I had no idea there was a class distinction , having lived in a sort of world of my own , and when I went to meet his parents in his house in Bromley , I 'd never been to such a small , little house where all the chairs had those things on the back where you catch the Brylcreem and you sat down and had high tea . |
| 9 | I 'd never been to New Earth before . |
| 10 | I just got that scared , because I 'd never been to an antenatal class , I did n't know what was going to happen . |
| 11 | I 'd never been to London then . ’ |
| 12 | 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 |
| 13 | I 'd never been in the cab of a moving train before , and I felt I could have stayed there all day . |
| 14 | I 'd never been in a helicopter in my life ; you think , ‘ This is alright , ’ until you get in the bloody thing ! |
| 15 | I 'd never been in there before ; it was dark and stuffy and full of bloody , primitive colours . |
| 16 | I 'd never been in hospital before , and after the first day I felt well enough to notice things like the faint smell , which I thought was of death , but which was disinfectant , and to be mildly infuriated by hospital routine . |
| 17 | I 'd never been in this room before . |
| 18 | I 'd never been in love in my life till you came along . ’ |
| 19 | I 'd never been in there before but |
| 20 | " I 'd never been near the Chief Rabbit before . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'd never been near a Haggis before — far less cooked one . |
| 22 | The chief reason I 'd always been against abortion was that it seemed like tearing up a bill instead of paying it . |
| 23 | But er , yes er , I would have been er , I think if I 'd still been in Jim 's place , er quite rightly so , getting all that we can for the town . |
| 24 | I met him at a dance held in the Airmen 's Mess ( so romantic ! ) , when I 'd only been at Binbrook three weeks . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'd only been at Rangers five minutes when he offered me the use of his villa in Florida . |
| 26 | Inspector , but anyhow , now when I went on the detective staff I 'd only been on the force just over three years |
| 27 | first time I ever one , was old Freddie and I 'd , I 'd only been to depot . |
| 28 | I 'd only been in Monty 's poky little office for ten minutes and already he had given me two priceless lessons in my future profession — to make sure I dressed properly , and never be afraid to ask the question " Why ? " |
| 29 | I was a gunner , I 'd only been in er |
| 30 | Christ , I 'd only been in the hospital for about ten minutes before I snuffed it ! ’ |