Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb base] [be] for [art] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Where I 've been for the past 200 years or so , we count ourselves lucky if we still have one . ’ |
2 | A good deal gives me the feeling that I have been for a nice seven-day trip to the Bahamas . ’ |
3 | There ought to be a space or an empty page or maybe even a change of typography to show that I have been for the past three and a half hours out in the streets or sitting full of thought on that gilded and trembling bridge over these lazy waters . |
4 | ‘ I 'm better than I 've been for a long time . ’ |
5 | But I 'm in better shape than I have been for a long time . ’ |
6 | Now it is three months ’ rest and come the start of the 1991 season I 'll be ready to go again , more confident than I have been for a long time . |
7 | I 'm more optimistic than I have been for the past few years . ’ |
8 | Oh , I wish I could have continued as I 've been for the last year or so , with no hopes or fears , and no pleasures and no sadness . ’ |