Example sentences of "i [verb] [been] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | But the real discovery for me has been the final item on Disc 1 , the Messe des Pauvres , composed , incredibly , in 1895 . |
2 | The interesting feature for me has been the wider range of climbers active on the hard classics . |
3 | Well yes it is certainly fascinating to hear the views of , of members an and indeed it , it 's tempting to go on I think about or personal experience of floods , but this is not the time or the place I would suggest to do that erm strategic planning seems to me has been the venue for discussions with Southern Water Authority with the National Rivers Authority itself , we are the committee that tries to look many , many years ahead . |
4 | If I 'd been a union member I might have held out for a better offer or some redundancy money , but I was n't , so that was that . |
5 | But I realised I 'd been a bit heavy . |
6 | I tumbled out of the nest , where I 'd been a cosseted only child , and into digs . |
7 | I would n't have got to wear this if I 'd been a factory worker . ’ |
8 | My mother thought if I 'd been a boy Dad would have lived with us and been grand , or at least people would have noticed us . |
9 | I have tried therapy ( male ) which was unsympathetic to say the least ; if I 'd been a ‘ good little Jewish girl ’ , and ( later ) the type of young woman that would make ‘ an ideal bride ’ I would have been ‘ happy ’ . |
10 | But I wish I 'd been a snobby old ratbag with some power on the Inverness-shire County Council planning committee in the 60s . |
11 | I suppose if I 'd been a few years older , I would have replied , ‘ Is n't that the only way to treat it ? ’ |
12 | So he called me up and asked me if I wanted to play it , which was incredibly flattering because I 'd been a fan of his for such a long time . |
13 | ‘ Educationally and professionally , I 'd been a bit of a prodigy — always the youngest in my league . |
14 | ‘ I 'd been a partner for 10 years , I was 43 and could see another 17 years of PW partnership ahead of me . |
15 | But it 's kind of a shame , because I 'm only one element of blackness that you can see on television , and I 'll tell you , if I 'd been a kid and seen someone like me on telly , I 'd be a hell of a lot happier about the way I am in this world . ’ |
16 | I think I got that because of my tracheotomy — I think I probably should have gotten it before , but I 'd been a bad girl . |
17 | I 'd been a bit dithery for a few days , sort of clumsy and absentminded , as you often get when you 're feeling under the weather . |
18 | I 've said all along if I 'd been a white man with my ability , I feel I 'd be a wealthy man . |
19 | I might hope to be a better grandfather than I 'd been a father . ’ |
20 | If I 'd been a religious and I would have thanked one god or another for the large number of kilocreds I was soon to collect , which would keep me from any kind of poverty for a long time . |
21 | I thought that maybe I 'd been a bit harsh last night . ’ |
22 | In answer to Merrill 's questioning face , he went on , ‘ I think I once told you that I 'd been a bit — wild . |
23 | I 'd been a naughty boy , |
24 | ‘ I suppose I could have got action like that if I 'd been a count , ’ she mused . |
25 | At Old Street , I passed the Gym ‘ n ’ Tonic health club — I 'd been a member there until an embarrassing incident one evening in the female jacuzzi — then turned up towards Islington proper . |
26 | ‘ If only I 'd been a bit more sophisticated when we first got married . ’ |
27 | Ever since I 'd been a youngster , watching and playing football , Hibs have held an important place in the game . |
28 | It was erm it 's the first time that I 'd come across , I mean I 'd been a little bit of experience on , on inland waterways in Windsor er which I 'd lost when I went to Leicester and Lincoln I came back here of course and now we had the North Sea and the docks and erm that was a new area and a , and a really good challenge erm I particularly got involved with , with things like erm the movement of chemicals which was beginning to increase and coming into Felixstowe and , and er and , and er Ipswich erm and when I think back Felixstowe Dock , looking back , ended where the big jumbo tank , the Calor Gas tank is , that , that was the sort of range of Felixstowe Dock in those days . |
29 | Well er it was only I 'd been a wee while at er Birsay and a wee while at Crantit till I were back at Holland but it was a different farm I was in then it was a bit different . |
30 | It 's quite funny really because er I used to go off I had an agreement with the headmaster at that particular time and he 'd h I 'd been a full time teacher with him , and he needed somebody desperately , that was the only reason obviously he wanted me back , and er I said Well look I can come back but I ca n't get back in order to go to the assembly at first . |