Example sentences of "i have been lucky " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another time I was lying in a hospital bed after a car crash — I 'd been lucky and escaped with minor injuries , but I 've always had a keen sense of drama , so I lay there feeling as though I 'd just come through the Battle of Britain . |
| 2 | I 'd been lucky to book one of the two wheelchair spaces with adjacent seats for my family for last Saturday 's final night of the spectacular Robin of Sherwood musical . |
| 3 | I replied I had not , since I had been lucky enough so far not to have been forced to fight for my survival . |
| 4 | So I said that I had been lucky in a draw for leave , and that now Montague was dead I was to rejoin my original battalion . |
| 5 | I thanked him , he saluted , and the two of them walked on My guard said that I was crazy ; I could have run into terrible trouble , but I had been lucky and now I had only to choose a beautiful new bicycle . |
| 6 | Like , I know I 've been lucky . |
| 7 | I suppose I 've been lucky with my training , having been an engineer . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've been lucky to make that much myself lately , ’ he said . |
| 9 | Over the years I 've been lucky enough to see pine martens , golden eagles , otters , blue hares , foxes and a huge variety of birds , including a snowy egret at Torridon , wildly off course from its African and European haunts . |
| 10 | I guess I 've been lucky in finding people whose playing I love and who I do n't have to tell what to do . ’ |
| 11 | Basically , the things I 've been involved in have always been different and I 've been lucky . |
| 12 | ‘ But it looks as if I 've been lucky and escaped the worst of it . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've been lucky . ’ |
| 14 | I 've been lucky enough to play with several international captains — Colin Deans , Gary Callander , Finlay Calder and David Sole — and they have all been splendid leaders , different in their own ways but earning the respect of their colleagues . |
| 15 | The smile slipped from Millie 's face and it was a moment before she responded : ‘ Yes , yes I 've been lucky . ’ |
| 16 | In this imaginary scenario , I 've been lucky enough to get a mailing list of some of the country 's top plastic surgeons . |
| 17 | I 've been lucky enough to get two lots through , but with the third lot I did n't succeed . |
| 18 | ‘ I know I 've been lucky in my career but I really do believe that something will always turn up , ’ she says . |
| 19 | ‘ I 've been lucky in that I 've always had pace , but the regular training and coaching I 've had at Wigan has made me stronger and faster . ’ |
| 20 | Well I 'm not to brag too much I I 've been lucky have n't I ? |
| 21 | Eddery 's first success was Mrs Hauksbee , but he admitted : ‘ To be honest I do n't remember anything about that first one , but I 've been lucky to ride lots of winners in good races here . ’ |
| 22 | Those are just some of the memories I will take with me from this year 's Ryder Cup to join those I have of my previous three captaincies and I wish the next Ryder Cup Captain as much joy and success as I 've been lucky enough to experience . |
| 23 | I 've been lucky : Scathach has returned only four years older than I expected him to be . ’ |
| 24 | Based on the following , delegates , I 've been lucky like many of you , to live in a country where I have had available to me a National Health Service that has been the envy of the world . |
| 25 | I 've been lucky to be able to launch the first concept of dread disease insurance , in South Africa you might have heard about us . |
| 26 | I have been lucky , I suppose . |
| 27 | I have been lucky enough to have almost the perfect relationship with my act . |
| 28 | I have been lucky enough to stroke porpoises from a rowing boat in Loch Torridon , swim in a deep burn with a baby otter in Ardnamurchan and help clear somebody 's cottage loft out of a deep pile of pine marten droppings . |
| 29 | I have been lucky to have been on plenty of tours and hardly missed a training session or match so , by the law of averages , I ca n't complain about that disappointing end to what had been a very enjoyable season . |
| 30 | Every August or early September for the last few years I have been lucky enough to receive a present of ripe mulberries from a magnificent old tree in the garden of Rainham Hall in Essex . |