Example sentences of "i have been before " in BNC.

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1 She wanted me to be independent and strong , the ‘ successful ’ person I 'd been before having children , so that she could be free to do this .
2 Asked why it had taken him 26 years to return , he said : ‘ I was n't invited till last year — though if I had been before perestroika , I would have thought not twice but 10 times about it , and I 'm not sure I would have come . ’
3 Between Belturbet and Cavan Town ( where I had been before ) , Lough Erne fragmented into a series of lakes , with strange names such as Lough Parisee .
4 In early 1986 , my foot finally healed and I began to train as if I was as fit as I had been before my injury .
5 So that was the time I 've been before a recorder .
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