Example sentences of "i have [adv] been in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd never been in this room before . |
| 2 | I thought I had never been in such great danger . |
| 3 | I had never been in such a forest and found it fascinating . |
| 4 | I 've probably been in all the shops down there but I , I do n't know what the name is . |
| 5 | I 've never been in one but I 've read so much about how to do it I 'm sure I could manage it . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ You know , ’ said he , between great chewings , ‘ I 've never been in one of these places before . |
| 7 | 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 ? |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ I have already been in this murderous rhythm for 10 years . ’ |
| 11 | In a fabliau called La Saineresse , " The female blood-letter " , for instance , the deceptive actions performed by the deceiving character are actions entirely of speech , as a wife who has had sexual intercourse with a man her dull-witted husband believes to be a female blood-letter describes her act of illicit fornication to her duped and satisfied husband entirely in metaphors : ( Sir , thank you by the love of God , I have indeed been in hard labour . |
| 12 | ‘ I have never been in rural ministry , ’ Daniel said . |
| 13 | When Joyce was a teenager Commissioner Charles Duncan came to inspect the corps , and his words in one of the public meetings stuck in her memory : " I have never been in such a well ordered home . " |