Example sentences of "life i [verb] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I guess it was the first time really in my life I 'd been totally left on my own . |
| 2 | All my short life I had been told this , and I had no answer to it . |
| 3 | So I feel a terrific relief and release that in the latter part of my business life I 've been really able to make things happen at a considerable speed . |
| 4 | Most of my adult life I 've been a salesman over in England . |
| 5 | As we walked away to a coffee-shop in the Royal Mile , Meehan said , ‘ That 's the first court in my life I 've been turned away from . ’ |
| 6 | And he said , ‘ Do you know , all my life I 've been looking for somebody who could do everything for three pounds a week . ’ |
| 7 | It was the only time in my life I 've been a pain to my family . |
| 8 | You ca n't run with a baby , and I 'm not going to drag my kids into the sort of life I 've been living . |
| 9 | This is what they wanted and I undertook to do it and I tell you , all me life I 've been able to and have done that . |
| 10 | It 's the first time in all my life I 've been able to see the back of my nails from the palms of my hands . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ All my life I 've been a good mixer … ’ |
| 12 | ‘ This is the life I 've been trained for and I want to carry on for as long as possible . |
| 13 | ‘ My friend , all my life I have been lying . |
| 14 | All my life I have been a close , but detached , observer of the crofting scene . |
| 15 | Throughout my life I have been oppressed by society 's expectations , so the man in my life is not to blame for my constant questioning of what life can offer me , and women like me . |
| 16 | One company director — then unconverted — whom I took there for the first time one Tuesday had this reaction : ‘ All my life I have been longing without knowing it to hear preaching like this . ’ |
| 17 | All my life I have been a 7ft woman trying to get out . ’ |
| 18 | I carve the meat and prepare vegetables and stuffings — all my life I have been preparing things for somebody ! |
| 19 | All my life I have been a man who scorned distraction ! |