Example sentences of "[adv] i have [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If only I 'd been 10 years of age again , I 'd have loved the ‘ Pirates Club ’ . |
| 2 | But if only I had been right , if only it were just Kinnock , or for that matter a couple of remediable policies or the voting system , that were the problem . |
| 3 | But perhaps I 've been wrong . |
| 4 | ‘ Necromancy , ’ he said , lowering his voice , ‘ Do you know , I never believed in that hoary old tale about necromancy sucking all the goodness and all the warmth from everything , but perhaps I 've been wrong . |
| 5 | Perhaps I 've been wrong about him , after all ! |
| 6 | Perhaps I 've been wrong about him . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Perhaps I have been bored , without realising it . ’ |
| 8 | " Perhaps I have been lax in such matters , but that state of affairs can be remedied . |
| 9 | So I had been right about that . |
| 10 | and you put the cluster of wool in it and pull it back and it 's like little bobbles of wool and er I 've got a beige and a brown I 've done it with it will look nice you know , it will come right here , it 's a beautiful rug , quite nice , so I 've been busy and I make coat hangers |
| 11 | erm We have n't as yet , erm the problem is I do n't normally deal with the sub- committee , the person that 's that should be dealing with it is not here today , so I 've been unable to track down a copy of this letter . |
| 12 | I did get into a car the other day to drive to London to the Imperial War Museum to see an exhibition of work by Tony Carter and was excited by it , but my appreciation may have something to do with the fact that he was a student of mine so I have been familiar with his ideas over many years . |
| 13 | ‘ Since Rosie came along I 've been lily-white . |
| 14 | When I reach out to the big mug of coffee on the table , it is cold , and I wonder how long I 've been asleep . |
| 15 | I do n't know how long I have been asleep ! |
| 16 | Besides , since yesterday I 've been eager to hear the other half of your story . ’ |
| 17 | Er I 've always er , I do n't think I e I b th whenever I 've been unhappy with work it 's been work that I 've allowed myself to do for ulterior motives , for money or whatever I m The things I 've done er even th the things that have been unsuccessful th if I 've wanted to do them , I 've been able to live with that . |
| 18 | Not half an hour back I had been dewy-eyed with nostalgia for him . |
| 19 | I have tried to like these wines , but so often I have been disappointed . |
| 20 | Well so far I 've been successful . |
| 21 | This has proved the most useful as far I 've been concerned and the works I 've done in the works office . |
| 22 | Breeding Goby Cichlids is not easy — it is one of my ambitions and so far I have been unsuccessful . |
| 23 | Q. I would like to grow the beautiful Indian fern but so far I have been unsuccessful . |
| 24 | So far I have been lucky in that I have never had to work at getting the next job but there may be a point when I look up and there is no opportunity around the corner . ’ |
| 25 | So far I have been able to copy the index made by the South West Shropshire Historical & Archaeological Society , through the kind offices of Mrs Janet Preshous , a B C R S Member who wrote the excellent book ‘ Bishop 's Castle Well Remembered ’ and Mrs Halford , late of the County Records Office . |
| 26 | Thus far I have been careful to refer to ‘ the judges ' tariff , ’ for such it is . |
| 27 | But now I 've been drug-free for over a year erm but I 'd been trying for a few year before that and had nay managed to succeed . |
| 28 | for three weeks now I 've been stuck on eleven stone , I got , I lost nearly a stone in first five or six weeks , now I 've stopped |
| 29 | I never had any money erm that would help me to get off benefit , I was caught in the benefit trap and now I 've been able to get a part time job , my husba ex-husband 's paying a reasonable amount and my children are better off . |
| 30 | Now I have been married for ten years . |