Example sentences of "[adj] i have been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did n't look up when I said I was sorry I had been unkind , just went on opening drawers and dropping things and muttering ; I had begun to wonder if she had heard me , when she said , ‘ All right , all right , I 'm going just as soon as I can get my things together , I 'm not one to stay where I 'm not wanted . ’ |
| 2 | Although a couple of the other demonstrators also looked promising I have been unable to take them any further because of financial constraints . |
| 3 | From the little I 've been able to piece together when my father has chosen to let slip some information , I 've been able to get what I think is an accurate idea of what happened . |
| 4 | My sister always had her own trendy style ; ever since we were little I 've been aware that she was prettier than me , but she is unassuming and unaware of it . |
| 5 | and you know the first time since we 've been married I 've been able to actually cook a roast dinner and washed up by two o'clock on |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm fairly sure I 've been able to shield Ace and Benny against telepathic intrusion . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ At Manchester United I have been top of the table in April and still lost it . |
| 8 | As far as she 's concerned I 've been drug-free since I come out of stir . |
| 9 | erm No , no I do n't think so , I 've erm been a successful I 've been more successful that most and I it would appear greedy if I erm said that there was something that I think I would have done differently . |
| 10 | this is , this is sad I am and how worried I 've been this has been round my neck ! |