Example sentences of "be i " in BNC.

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1 ‘ It 's always been me who said no . ’
2 It should have been me what found her really . ’
3 In fact he could have been me , except that he had had the initiative to ask the landladies if he could stay cheaper by foregoing the second ‘ B ’ — the breakfast .
4 It means that someone is being kept out of the know , and it 's often been me in the past , and it 's me now .
5 While I reacted to the general violence and inhumanity of the assault , they were thinking : it could have been me .
6 She burst into tears and said : ‘ It should have been me and not their lovely daughter .
7 It could n't have been me .
8 In one fell swoop she moves from looking like Adeva 's mum to superstuff queen bitch on ‘ It Should 've Been Me ’ .
9 If it had been me there as a kid , I 'd have wrapped my arms around him and smothered him , that 's how strong the emotion was .
10 He wanted it to be a surprise for you , and I 'm only telling you in advance in case — in case you should think it might have been me . "
11 ‘ If only it had been me I would have flown to the highest tree where they could n't catch me and then , and then into the sky to find the wind . ’
12 ( It could have been me , I thought .
13 So nearly — it could have been me too . )
14 If it 'd been me wed … ’
15 ‘ If it had been me I 'd have learnt to be transmitted as microwaves by now , and bounced off Jupiter .
16 It could have been me .
17 It could just as easily have been me .
18 ‘ Yeah , it could have been me , ’ I say .
19 He chuckled , in self-approbation : ‘ But it 's always been me who left them … ’
20 To perpetuate a cliché , that could have been me talking .
21 Under the present circumstances it could equally well have been me or Quigley .
22 ‘ I wish it had been me , ’ Nelson said , grinning at her , oblivious to the undertows that swirled around him .
23 If it 'd been me and I were gon na put it there , I would have put a window there to look out of .
24 I mean , on both times it 's been me taking advantage of him , it really
25 Sammy said must have been me he said all I said to him here are Ton here 's a mug of tea , mug for a mug
26 I 've admitted to it , when it has been me .
27 Could have easily been me .
28 Well I suppose it must of been me but I have no idea when or why or where because I generally cut the erm side bits off .
29 We are us , you are you , I am me and our friends are our friends !
30 I am not a full man , and nothing can ever alter that ; but I am me , and I regard that as compensation enough .
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