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

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31 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 .
32 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 .
33 They say that hunting 's for er er human pleasure , er , I mean personally I 've only been to one hunt , and I do n't see what all the the , the , the , the trouble 's about because the huntsman is only a spectator , it 's the hounds that are hunting the fox and it is to keep the foxes down .
34 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 .
35 I have also been on many other outings with my family where we enjoyed nature together .
36 I have already been in this murderous rhythm for 10 years . ’
37 Yes dear I went to erm , er the er holiday camp in October to erm , er with the Red Cross and I went with the , Charlie took me and I went in a car with a friend of mine we went to the Red Cross holiday in Patefield , but it poured of rain every day every day it poured of rain did n't October it was terrible , ever so cold , but we were well looked after you know and I enjoyed it and we had the wheelchairs to go around in on for the dancing , it was really great I thoroughly enjoyed it , I have n't been for two years I had n't , but I went like in October , cos you 're only allowed really every two years to go , that 's all you 're allowed really , but I thoroughly enjoyed it you know , it was nice
38 Cos I have n't been for two years since I 've been to that one !
39 " I have n't been for some time .
40 You 're lucky , I have n't been for three days .
41 I have n't been for three years .
42 I I have n't been on one of our courses for a little while but I think that 's very similar to er
43 I 'm afraid I have n't been of much help to you , Mr Millet . ’
44 For a man of my age I have n't been to many funerals , the result of belonging to a much reduced family and having a limited acquaintance .
45 I have n't been to one of the meetings so I ca n't remember who the , but how are all these contained within the budget , all these costs , and have they all been approved and agreed ?
46 No , do not change that lovely , almost dreamy life we had in Joh'burg — I have n't been to any real parties since I 've been here — had no fun , but even so , I have lost the desire for them .
47 So I have n't been to any of those coffee mornings I 've met a few people from it .
48 Well , I do n't know cos I have n't been to any meetings for months , not
49 I have n't been in this church for years . ’
50 He added : ‘ Obviously it 's a great thrill to be top of the table with Rangers because I have n't been in this position before .
51 I have n't been in this for ages , ’ said Rex Mundi .
52 ‘ Of course I have n't been in any rackets .
53 But yeah , it 's alright , it 's okay but not a lot 's going on , really , I have n't been in any activities for ages .
54 I have n't been around this long without learning that funny things happen to people who know too much about mob business . ’
55 ‘ Oh all right , I have n't been inside this house since I used to come here to dances when your father was a boy .
56 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 .
57 I have never been to this town before , but I do not think she is a typical resident of Bournemouth .
58 U , of spectral type M , appears to be irregular , with a range of from 5.6 to 7.5 ; EU ranges from 6.0 to 6.9 , and is also of type M. It is said to be semi-regular , with a period of around 60 days , but I have never been at all confident about this .
59 He is as you know , 67 , but I have never been amongst those who thought that he was growing old and tired … he is , I think , just as fit as the day when I first saw him in July 1946 .
60 I have never been in rural ministry , ’ Daniel said .
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