Example sentences of "i have been in [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think if I 'd been in a Western country I would have had a lot more comeback … |
| 2 | I 'd been in a light sleep . |
| 3 | Yes , I know , yes but I mean it 's interesting at lunch time I had a , I had a working lunch with someone and a month after we had finished all the work and stuff , we got on to a whole pile of other things and , and I was talking about some of the -ists and one of the -ists I was talking about was feminism and how I 'd been in an amazing meeting a few weeks ago where you know I used that word and the women , it was all a meeting with women , the women there had absolutely freaked at the use of the word feminism and feminists . |
| 4 | " If I 'd been in the political arena I 'd have shouted . |
| 5 | I had been in the armed forces long enough to know that you waited a long time for everything and I saw no reason why a dental appointment should be any different , |
| 6 | I said that I had been in the British Army which prompted another Englishman called Chris to ask if I had known anybody in the Royal Signals in Aldershot or Catterick . |
| 7 | I 've been in every conceivable situation in human existence . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I 've been in a dark place , ’ he murmured . |
| 9 | ‘ For the past four weeks I 've been in the Middle East on business , and this place has been empty and locked up . ’ |
| 10 | Self-employed John , 48 , from Dublin said : ‘ I 've been in the international scene for the past few years . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've been in the snug , ’ came the reply , ‘ your mate 's in there with his new girlfriend . |
| 12 | So far I 've been very fortunate in that I 've been in the right place at the right time ; buying land and property in a subdued market then selling it on when demand is high . |
| 13 | Well I 've been in the Daily Mail 's office , presumably much the same . |
| 14 | ‘ 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ For years I have been in a luxurious situation . |
| 16 | When I arrive somewhere I have been in a previous life , the ground greets me . |
| 17 | ‘ I have been in the Outer Darkness ! ’ |
| 18 | The golden period of manufacture seems to me to have been in the late 1950s and early 1960s when both manufacturers were making superbly engineered , fully adjustable machines . |