Example sentences of "i been [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Nowhere have I been presented with so many extraordinary opportunities for startlingly fresh and original material for radio , ’ he says of Greenland , where he borrows a cassette and goes out recording ‘ wild track ’ ( a technical term that he expects us to know , meaning the sound background you hear when the broadcaster mercifully shuts up . ) |
2 | But will I been seen as a museum piece by some ? |
3 | ‘ Not only have I been separated from my wife for the past five years — but in all that time I 've only once managed to make love to her . |
4 | Had I been sent for much earlier I would have tried to turn the baby — but now … it 's too late . |
5 | What have I been criticized for at work ? |
6 | Why have I been treated in such a cowardly and despicable manner ? ’ |
7 | This one er what 's , what 's going on , he said well what I been called for |
8 | Had I been called upon to exercise my discretion , I would have given particular consideration to the great disturbance that I have found the residents suffer . |
9 | Had I been born in the Middle Ages , I knew that I would have been one of those retainers who stayed inside the castle and embroidered whilst the knights went off to slaughter the French . |
10 | Have I been reduced in size ? |
11 | This is where I been going to . |
12 | Had I been allowed to puddle around on my own , people today might curl their lips at Faldo 's approach . |
13 | What have I been praised for at work ? |
14 | Had I been infected by my owl ? |
15 | It were bad where erm Have I been talking in that thing all time ? |
16 | Had I been told at his birth that he was not ‘ normal ’ I would probably have hoped he would have died before being taken home from hospital . |
17 | ‘ I am the mother of a spastic child but had I been told before his birth that my son would be handicapped I would have asked for an abortion . |
18 | I reckon I should nearly be home by now — I been walking for ages . |
19 | I reckon I been walking for hours now . |
20 | And proud too , cos blimey , I been walking for ages and when I get back home she 'll think I been real clever to find my own way back , and I ai n't got a yellow card or nothing . |