Example sentences of "i [verb] be [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ooh I , I mean being in a right mess |
| 2 | I think if I 'd been in a Western country I would have had a lot more comeback … |
| 3 | I 'd been in a light sleep . |
| 4 | The over-whelming impression I received was of a well-planned , organised operation where the human resources - always the most important part of any undertaking - are properly used . |
| 5 | After his liaison ended and he was alone again , he wrote simply and forlornly , ‘ I hated being alone so much that I preferred being with a bad whore to being alone . ’ |
| 6 | The rate I require is as a small trader . |
| 7 | ‘ But now that I 've been on a regular contract at Brookside for the last two years I can afford a season ticket in the stand ! ’ |
| 8 | Well I , when I come back from Stop Hill when I 've been on a long shift till five o'clock , I 'm whacked because their bungalow is so warm |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm better than I 've been for a long time . ’ |
| 10 | I 've been to a Beamish museum |
| 11 | I said so I 've been to a local firm and he said well if you 'd wanted a job we could 've found you one , so I went to the Co-op and I went in the credit , working in the Co-op credit and er went from there to . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've been like a little kid . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've been in a dark place , ’ he murmured . |
| 14 | I have been to a large number of conferences and met many general practitioners , including many from my hon. Friend 's district . |
| 15 | But I 'm in better shape than I have been for a long time . ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | A good deal gives me the feeling that I have been for a nice seven-day trip to the Bahamas . ’ |
| 18 | I have been through a long period of psychotherapy dealing with this abuse and continue to find internal examinations traumatic . |
| 19 | Every year several of the participants have said to me , ‘ I have been studying in Britain for a year , but this is the first time I have been inside a British home ’ . |
| 20 | ‘ And as for the idea that I am being some how manipulated all I can say is that I do n't know about the other girls but I have been in a similar industry — television , for the last couple of years and now I know how it works . |
| 21 | ‘ For years I have been in a luxurious situation . |
| 22 | When I arrive somewhere I have been in a previous life , the ground greets me . |