Example sentences of "i [verb] [adv] been [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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1 | Funny I 'd just been saying that , just been reading a book allegedly written by erm Uri Geller , you know the |
2 | ‘ On its own , perhaps not , but I 'd also been told that day that people believed you and an English journalist who lives here , James Cobalt , were making enquiries about drug trafficking . |
3 | No , I 'd never been given that option . |
4 | I had not been counting own goals for more than a few minutes when I heard extraordinary sounds coming from my wardrobe . |
5 | If I had not been chasing that gipsy woman I could have gone to the party and chased Leila . ’ |
6 | I was not given the run of the pavillon and I took it that , since I had not been extended this facility , I was not welcome to it . |
7 | And , besides , I had always been told that self-pity was despicable . |
8 | I 've not been given any instructions ! |
9 | I mean I 've got some indications in er a couple of books I 've got in the car , er but erm again I 've not been asked that question you know , what 's the bullion return , things like that , it 's , it 's a little bit out of the ordinary , but you can find the figures . |
10 | ‘ I 've just been brewing some coffee — I expect you 'd like a cup . |
11 | I 've just been watching all that Fields , that chap Fields . |
12 | ‘ I 've just been given some great news . |
13 | All right I 've just been making some notes here . |
14 | Yes I 've just been told that . |
15 | ‘ I 've also been playing these new Chandler guitars . |
16 | I 've had some packed lunches which were perfect , but I 've also been sold some horrors . |
17 | I 've actually I 've actually been doing some arithmetic while you were talking |
18 | Now I 've never been given any bother by the gays . |
19 | I have already been given several different figures , and was told by one person I could have 50 × 12″ fish because I have a good filter . |
20 | I have n't been told that . |
21 | I have n't been told that , but |
22 | Mm , I have n't been shopping this weekend . |
23 | Though I have n't been testing these boots for long before writing this review , initial impressions are very favourable . |
24 | ‘ I have n't been having any nasty suspicious thoughts … ’ |
25 | I have n't been doing much on Sunday . |
26 | Do you think I have not been following all that you have done and all that has been done to you all these months ? ’ |
27 | If it is n't correct , I would like to know why Engineering 's approval has been withheld , because I have never been given any indication , at any stage , that there were any major problems regarding the project . |