Example sentences of "[adv] that i have [been] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | It was thus that I had been able to gain some sense of the sort of place Miss Kenton had gone to live her married life . |
2 | I assured him truthfully that I had been impressed by his skill and speed , and I thought his results marvellous . |
3 | But I wished fervently that I had been able to do more , and as I passed my hand along the richly coloured coat over the ribs the vast bandaged finger stood out like a symbol of my helplessness . |
4 | Now that I have been honest with you . ’ |
5 | And let me say now that I have been impressed by certain of the arguments I have heard here . |
6 | Before that I 'd been happy to think of him vaguely in terms of Sartre , de Beauvoir , Paris , existentialism , absurdity … |
7 | But you said yourself just a few moments ago that I 've been involved in a world where drugs are common currency . ’ |