Example sentences of "i 've [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I 'm down or arguing with one of the family , because I 've been ratty through not being well , then Pat the physiotherapist , I have a talk with her and she talks to me and it helps me to talk to somebody else . |
| 2 | Ex-motorcycle gang member with murder , kidnap and serious drug offences going on longer than I 've been alive . |
| 3 | Must admit probably cos my old man 's had them ever since I 've been alive . |
| 4 | In the present she mostly enjoyed herself , or had so far : ‘ I 've been sad so often yet from day to day I 've enjoyed everything that was going . ’ |
| 5 | I worked it out that it was since the beginning of the recession , since 1989 , that I 've been redundant . ’ |
| 6 | I 've been depressed before , at not having a job I suppose . |
| 7 | Despite the passion in Glasgow he did not have to show his yellow card once as Rangers won 2-1 and Wilkinson said : ‘ It 's always important to have a good referee , but I 've been pleased with the standard of refereeing this season . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ You 'd better 'oppit now or me young man might get to 'ear I 've been dilly-dallying with you . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I 've been impressed by the enthusiasm for American football in Scotland and the thirst for knowledge , ’ said Noll . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've been practising golf for two weeks in Florida and now I ca n't hit the ball properly . |
| 11 | It says I 've been good at the doctor today . |
| 12 | I 've been good to you . ’ |
| 13 | I 've been good all week |
| 14 | I 've been disappointed when there 's no transport to my SPRED , but now I organise it myself . |
| 15 | I know we 've argued all these years and I 've been irritable , if not downright rude , but … but … ’ and Creggan was astonished to see that this fiercest of eagles was suddenly close to a profound grief and for a few moments quite unable to say anything more . |
| 16 | ‘ I 've been awake for over an hour , ’ she said , sitting on the edge of the bed , when he came back into the bedroom . |
| 17 | I 've been awake all night and I 've got a hell of a day ahead , meetings from morning till night . ’ |
| 18 | I have to say , in comment to that , I do n't the know the the balance of statistics but I 've been a lone parent for , for ten years now , although I 've I 've pressed button , it was because for ten years of being able to have a stable relationship with my children , I 've got two very stable teenagers and during that , the course of that ten years I 've been disabled person as well , so yes there may be the case that there 's there 's trouble with the children of lone parent families , but I think there 's far too much emphasis on that nowadays ! |
| 19 | Er I 've always er , I do n't think I e I b th whenever I 've been unhappy with work it 's been work that I 've allowed myself to do for ulterior motives , for money or whatever I m The things I 've done er even th the things that have been unsuccessful th if I 've wanted to do them , I 've been able to live with that . |
| 20 | I 've been tired of it for years … |
| 21 | I 've been mean I 've been , I would of done it last weekend , but , I do n't , I had a load of washing and it depends |
| 22 | ‘ All my life , I 've been successful at everything I 've done . |
| 23 | Well so far I 've been successful . |
| 24 | That 's not so worrying , but I feel that I 've been successful in my own right and I would erm like to think I deserve the same recognition as we 've both set same standards over the last twelve months . |
| 25 | I 've been impotent for as long as I can remember . |
| 26 | I know you think I 've been casual about your gown , but when Roman insisted I wear his clothes I could n't turn him down , could I ? ’ |
| 27 | I 've been beleaguered . |
| 28 | ‘ The reason I do n't have a band is that for the longest time I 've been disgusted with the mode that the American independent scene operates in and I do n't want to be associated with that . |
| 29 | ‘ I 've been used to playing dolls all these years . |
| 30 | The Merseysider told me : ‘ I 've been used to fighting away from home all my life — it does n't bother me . ’ |