Example sentences of "and i 've [be] " in BNC.
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1 | I said all this to Alison , and I 've been saying it to her ever since , and , back in London , I 've been saying it to anyone else who 'll listen . |
2 | ‘ I go to flamenco classes , collect pictures of elaborate dance costumes and I 've been to lots of shows . ’ |
3 | I asked him how long he had been with the Republicans and he said , ‘ Three weeks — I 'm a sales manager and I 've been given leave of absence by my company just to produce last night 's rally . ’ |
4 | ‘ My name 's Allan Scuffle , and I 've been a full-time singer for only four years . |
5 | I arrived on Sunday and I 've been revisiting the old places . |
6 | And I 've been round the country a little bit . |
7 | And you 've retreated further and further into it , and I 've been jealous . |
8 | ‘ Well , ’ he said disarmingly , ‘ I may be the devil , but I do n't drink and I 've been married to the same woman for 40 years , so I ca n't be that bad . ’ |
9 | He 's given them something else back for their money , and I 've been glad to be part of it . |
10 | ‘ I managed to crawl to the outside lavatory and I 've been there most of the time . ’ |
11 | ‘ And I 've been having attacks of vertigo , ’ volunteered Ray , with a hint of pride . |
12 | ‘ And I 've been in every one of them , ’ Maidstone said . |
13 | She now bent forward towards him and said under her breath , ‘ I 've been married five years , Charles , and I 've been five times pregnant . |
14 | She was the first dog that I got to know and I 've been a sucker for them ever since . |
15 | It 's all a long time ago and I 've been married to him for thirty-nine years . |
16 | So it 's really settling in and I 've been waiting for that to happen . ’ |
17 | The old tricks should be left alone , because the reality of it is that when I go on tour in a couple of months , I 'm going to be playing all these songs and I 've been careful never to repeat past compositional techniques . |
18 | I use the TC Electronics 2290 for chorus and delay and I 've been using a PCM 70 for reverb , but I just got this new reverb from Real Tube . ’ |
19 | Basically , the things I 've been involved in have always been different and I 've been lucky . |
20 | I 'd heard Joe Walsh and Pete Townshend used them quite heavy , and I rather liked the tone they got , so I slowly built it up until I got up as high as I could be comfortable with , and I 've been using that gauge ever since . ’ |
21 | Then a guy in Denver called up and told me that I should go to a plumbing supply place and try a piece of pipe , because that way you can find one that fits your finger , and I 've been using the same slide ever since 1967 , I believe . ’ |
22 | If I 've had a great day and I 've been playing a lot and I feel real confident , it sometimes does n't come together on stage at all . |
23 | If I 've had a great day and I 've been playing a lot and I feel real confident , it sometimes does n't come together on stage at all . |
24 | Conditioning I 've just had a perm and I 've been blow-drying my hair every day , I found that the conditioner gave my hair a lovely shine and added a bit of life to it as well . |
25 | I know I 'm too thin , I do n't like what I look like and I 've been told if I lose any more weight I 'll have to give up work and be admitted to hospital . |
26 | I 've got five so far and I 've been getting into good positions . ’ |
27 | I mean , dammit all , Charles has been working for 40 years and I 've been working for 22 ’ ) . |
28 | ‘ When we have our celebration , it reminds me of Lourdes , and I 've been going to Lourdes since 1961 . |
29 | ‘ I got the hell beat out of me and I 've been a Mexican ever since . ‘ |
30 | Fashanu said : ‘ It 's a trapped sciatic nerve and I 've been told to rest for about three weeks . |