Example sentences of "i have [adv] [be] [prep] [det] " in BNC.

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1 I had no idea there was a class distinction , having lived in a sort of world of my own , and when I went to meet his parents in his house in Bromley , I 'd never been to such a small , little house where all the chairs had those things on the back where you catch the Brylcreem and you sat down and had high tea .
2 I 'd never been in this room before .
3 If I had n't been in that bar at that time , perhaps all this would have happened to somebody else .
4 I was deeply shocked , for I had not been at all prepared for this sudden and tragic end to the adventure on which we had set out so gaily some twenty months before .
5 I had not been to such a party since before Leslie went to North Africa , and talking to Ika and his friends on a balcony canopied by a starry sky , I felt a spurt of pleasure , quickly followed by a surge of guilt : Leslie was dead , and I was alive , and capable of enjoying some temporary diversion .
6 Even so , I did feel an enormous sense of anti-climax in the 200 metres heats and semi-finals ; I had not been through this in the Commonwealth Games because of my injury , and my lack of experience showed .
7 I had never been to such a show before — not at all the thing that well-bred young ladies are supposed to attend — but she made me laugh …
8 I thought I had never been in such great danger .
9 I had never been in such a forest and found it fascinating .
10 I 've probably been in all the shops down there but I , I do n't know what the name is .
11 Part of the problem is that I 've already been through all this pregnancy stuff with Wife Number One .
12 I 've not been in this part of the forest .
13 That 's that actually I 'll do I 'll do th no I 've just been round most of those .
14 ‘ Well , I 've always been into all kinds of guitarists , ’ Guy explains .
15 I 've always been like that .
16 I 've always been like that .
17 I 've always been like that .
18 I 've always been like that .
19 I 've never been to that have you ?
20 I 've never been into that scene . ’
21 Bryan agrees : ‘ I 've never been into that sort of high speed guitar playing , and if I was it would have to be something very melodic .
22 I 've never been into that ‘ I wandered lonely as a cloud ’ type poetry , could n't really get to grips with it .
23 In spite of himself Joe was impressed by the earnestness in Chris 's voice and said less forcefully , ‘ I know it 's easy for me to talk , I 've never been in this situation , but what 's going to happen ?
24 I 've never been in any factory in my life , working nights , I have been in many , but I 've never found my fellow men very sociable on the night shift .
25 I 've now been in this game for about eighteen years and I suppose thirteen of them I did n't have two beans to rub together .
26 I 've only been in the industry , I 've only been with this company for two and half years , and when I joined and had a look at what the industry was about , there were thirty express overnight carriers .
27 I have also been on many other outings with my family where we enjoyed nature together .
28 I have already been in this murderous rhythm for 10 years . ’
29 " I have n't been for some time .
30 I 'm afraid I have n't been of much help to you , Mr Millet . ’
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