Example sentences of "i been [vb pp] [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 | Had I been allowed to puddle around on my own , people today might curl their lips at Faldo 's approach . |
| 12 | What have I been praised for at work ? |
| 13 | Had I been infected by my owl ? |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ 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 . |