Example sentences of "i [be] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I am , ’ said Linda , ‘ I been squashed all over and I ai n't got no breath left .
2 I been beaten up by hoods , framed on a murder rap , beaten up by cops , sent up the river , beaten up by prison bulls , got a last-minute reprieve from the governor , and been beaten up by my girl . ’
3 I been looking forward to this all day .
4 Nor have I been encouraged ever since to think there 's an exact science .
5 I been coming down here watering most nights . ’
6 I been working here before some of 'em were born !
7 Husband or wife do get excluded for instance because the marriage has not been a particularly happy one erm and there would therefore be no particular one why the deceased would leave anything to spouses erm but it 's worth saying so if that 's the case , to prevent an action coming along and saying Oi why am I not being there , why have I been left out ?
8 How long had I been driving about ?
9 They actually think that when Matt and I are dressed up as Jesuits we actually are Jesuits !
10 Dixie and I are dressed up for the Island .
11 ‘ The Captain and I are developing quite some expertise on the effects of explosives on metal .
12 Lisa and I are getting back together . ’
13 My wife and I are looking forward to contact from your readers and eventually meeting some of our diving cousins from the ‘ Motherland ’ .
14 I had a WONDERFUL time and can only say that Malcolm and I are looking forward very much to many happy journeys in her at home and abroad in the future .
15 Tod and I are feeling so terrific that we 've joined a club and taken up tennis .
16 One thing that 's helping me through it , aside from my chats with Irene , is that Tod and I are feeling so damn good these days : physically .
17 That now you and I are forced apart ,
18 If that 's the way you 're going , Izzie and I are clearing off . ’
19 ‘ Steve and I are going ashore . ’
20 Hamish and I are going over to the Island to see her next weekend .
21 ‘ After the opera on Saturday night , you and I are going away together .
22 Hi , After lengthy negotiations in private , Gav & I are going along to the Sunderland game together on Wednesday .
23 She thought : But tomorrow Jasper and I are going out together , and then it would be a whole evening of this fine racing thrilling excitement .
24 When Cousteau comes back with the divers and equipment , Van Gelder and I are going down with them to have a look at this plane .
25 ‘ Suzi and I are going back to her dance studio and she 's going to put me through the dance routine again . ’
26 Having reluctantly cleared me of the charge of indulging in orgies with my entire sales force , you seem to have got it into your head that Lexy and I are carrying on some kind of affair .
27 He 's convinced that my lover and I are waiting eagerly for that event , so he 's written a will that leaves me destitute .
28 I must emphasize that I am thinking not of antiracism as a political objective , or a goal which emerges alongside other issues from the daily struggles of black people , from the practice of community organizations and voluntary groups , even from the war of position which must be waged inside the institutions of the state .
29 I am thinking instead of antiracism as a much more limited project defined simply , even simplistically , by the desire to do away with racism .
30 I am thinking here of two distinct but linked operations which constitute racism as a discoursive practice .
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