Example sentences of "i [verb] [be] [adv] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd been away after that before I came to the electricity works here . |
| 2 | The nationality rule was a beautiful get-out for them , but I only had a few months to go before I 'd been here for ten years and would have been entitled to fight for the title . |
| 3 | And I 'd been there from six in the morning till quarter to nine . |
| 4 | ‘ But I 'd been home for two hours when Silvia got back . |
| 5 | The problems with these I think are principally of two kinds . |
| 6 | What I said was specifically about particular features described individually in the novel . |
| 7 | Earlier in the month I had been strongly against any idea of coalition … |
| 8 | I 've been away for 10 years now and I 've been doing good work and making the right decisions about the work I do . |
| 9 | Well , I 've been away for three , well th the winters are n't as hard now as they used to be . |
| 10 | To be able just to walk , or drive , wherever you want ; Christ , I 've been away from all this for less than a week and I feel like somebody coming out after thirty years . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've been here for six months . ’ |
| 12 | She said , ‘ I 've been here for three weeks , I have n't seen one movie star until now , ’ and she came over and got my autograph . |
| 13 | Well , Jim , I 've been here for three years , and no real food from that day to this . |
| 14 | I 've been here for some time . |
| 15 | Er , I 've been now for six and a half years , I think , at the last count , er , I know I 've served just over half my sentence . |
| 16 | Yes I have been here until 1.00 a.m. or 2.00 a.m. in the morning when they have the gigs . |
| 17 | ‘ I have been most of all impressed by the contention that removal to such an area would be damaging to the morale of journalists . ’ |
| 18 | Lindsey and Pete had started talking about having a baby when she was fourteen , and did so the following year : Pete and me had been together for eleven months and loved each other more than words could say . |