Example sentences of "when [pers pn] have [been] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it was n't like I 'd imagined — except for the long silences when I 'd been hoping for laughs . |
| 2 | Two kids I 'd got when I 'd been married as long as Hatton . |
| 3 | ‘ They were what stayed alive , when I 'd been taught and examined everything else . ’ |
| 4 | She 'd sided with my parents a couple of years before when I 'd been thinking of a career as an artist , and they were opposed to that … |
| 5 | I kept trying to remember what a good time Sugar and Spite had been — and Goodstyle , a history of art revue I 'd written and pinched and compiled for Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art , Dundee , when I 'd been writer in residence . |
| 6 | No , we had no accidents , the only one I had was er when I 'd been right to the top , with the other crane an and it was a long shop , and everyone had done with me during the morning , so I hoisted the crane up , pulled it in towards me and set myself going down the shop , put it in full speed . |
| 7 | When I 'd been there so long , next thing was clipping on . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | And she seemed flustered when I demanded to know where she 'd been when I 'd been gassed right next to the ship . |
| 10 | I mean we hardly went into another shop and yet , you see , we have a young chappie like yourself who comes to the Guild once every year and shows us slides of old Walsall , Walsall Wood , Aldridge , the local area , and he said I 'm not very good Ruth at talking but he he 'd got the slides you know , and it , it used to end up with me doing the commentary on Walsall Wood , because you stand on the of Walsall Wood , which is there now , and your Co-op was right on the corner which is why I call it the corner store and you see people congregated there , people met there and when I 'd been accused of the , we 'd been at the college or at other conferences and why ca n't we get Guild members today , well that was the breeding ground your shop , you see . |
| 11 | Is the top , I mean I broke , had to get in my own house when I locked myself out once when I 'd been in the garden and I , I just got in by leaning through the top window and opening the bottom window , so now I always lock the bottom windows , I do n't bother locking the top one I open it |
| 12 | I had bought a pair of trousers and a T-shirt when I had been shopping with a friend . |
| 13 | I told her that I had been involved in one of the IRA attacks when I had been blown up in the Brighton Bomb , and that I had friends and colleagues who had been badly hurt or killed . |
| 14 | I remembered how once when I had been in a crowd teasing an awkward boy at school I had noticed his terror and been glad I was not him . |
| 15 | For years I carried a secret guilt that when I had been wounded — and seven of my men killed — I had not done enough for them or those that remained . |
| 16 | ’ So this particular sergeant who had been a PC when I had been an acting sergeant , sat alongside me . |
| 17 | As far as I was concerned , when I had been at Bourn a month I felt I had lived there for years . |
| 18 | However , when I had been in Huntingdon a few weeks she persuaded me , against my will , to accompany her to a dance which was being held at Alconbury , one of the American air bases nearest to us . |
| 19 | I had shown determination to come back then when I had been written off . |
| 20 | When I had been away , I would swear , even if I were blind , I 'd have known I was home again the moment the door was opened , from the smell of the wood-burning fire . |
| 21 | A master might also hit you with a pencil box on the buttocks , if you had n't learnt your " verbs " and I was once shaken so violently for crossing out a word in my exercise book when I had been told not to , that I nearly fell down with giddiness . |
| 22 | When I had been in the attic long enough to have tidied and cleaned the cupboards , and put a shine on the ancient chest of drawers and wardrobe , I settled to knit Jean-Claude sweaters and socks . |
| 23 | Er , my experience is slightly different when erm when I had been trying to sort of recover , I did n't , I did n't feel as if I 've get any help from professionals that I approached . |
| 24 | I was n't deceived , for Nour had been kind when I had been what he called ‘ good ’ , and I had thought that a new Nour had been born who was made for me , designed for all my needs and desires , and we would be unchangingly happy together until the end of time . |
| 25 | ‘ When I had been here about six months I became aware of certain tensions both in the diocese and amongst the Cathedral clergy , the Chapter . |
| 26 | And I must admit once I 'd been I 'd , early on when I did n't know an awful lot , then , yeah , but , later on when I had been more experienced there was n't , there was very little difference between how I treated people whether they made a fuss or not . |
| 27 | From the air I do n't have that problem but , curiously , when I 've been shooting on the ground in China I 've relished the people everywhere . |
| 28 | They 've always given me tremendous support and , when I 've been able to in a busy schedule , I 've reciprocated . |
| 29 | The food has always been good here when I 've brought — er — when I 've been here before . ’ |
| 30 | How am I going to manage this house and be a wife you can be proud of , when I 've been brought up a different way , and everybody in the place knows it ? ’ |