Example sentences of "[subord] i have [been] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I told my mother where I had been without explanation as to why I had chosen not to go to our own church , and she said nothing . |
| 2 | Between Belturbet and Cavan Town ( where I had been before ) , Lough Erne fragmented into a series of lakes , with strange names such as Lough Parisee . |
| 3 | ‘ Where I 've been for the past 200 years or so , we count ourselves lucky if we still have one . ’ |
| 4 | Well I like my mum and dad here ( adoptive parents ) 'cause I 've been with them for some years , but there again , I like my own father as well ... we still think of him and would like to go and visit him . |
| 5 | Although I had been under no real illusions that an amazing secret would suddenly be revealed , I was nevertheless disappointed that my theories had proved to be groundless . |
| 6 | I was 19-years-old and , although I had been in action bombarding the Normandy coast and seen ships lost , the thought of this new venture alarmed me . |
| 7 | What , what time erm although I 've been to San Franciso , I 've never worked out what time the evening news is there . |
| 8 | There are traps you can fall into if you do too much television — although I 've been on a lot since '89 , I do tend to turn most things down . |
| 9 | Such an attitude required fresh springs of energy , and the effect — I was delighted to sense it as I woke each day — was to make me more bouncy and mettlesome than I had been for weeks . |
| 10 | In Asia , I became far more aware than I had been in London of the very rich tradition of songs , stories and games . |
| 11 | ‘ The improvement and the form suggests it 's the best Welsh pack since the Triple Crown in 1988 , so yes I 'm more optimistic than I 've been for some time ’ , said the 43-year-old ‘ Panther ’ , who is now a schoolmaster in Swansea . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm better than I 've been for a long time . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm happier than I 've been for years , ’ she said quietly . |
| 14 | Look , Rory , I 've been wrong about a lot of things in my life , but never more than I have been about you , right from the start . |
| 15 | No , I do n't want to do it but I mean I 'm not I 'm certainly happier than I have been about it if |
| 16 | I 'm more optimistic than I have been for the past few years . ’ |
| 17 | But I 'm in better shape than I have been for a long time . ’ |
| 18 | I am much slimmer and a better shape than I have been for some time ( or for months , years , etc. ) and I am going to get even slimmer and achieve an even better figure — a figure I never thought I could have . |
| 19 | Now it is three months ’ rest and come the start of the 1991 season I 'll be ready to go again , more confident than I have been for a long time . |
| 20 | I did not mean to say but perhaps it is better I should , therefore only remark that I will speak on the subject in my next , but do not suffer alarms on my account — I am in better health than I have been for years and I hope to get to Sydney and get comfortably settled in good time … ’ |
| 21 | In September of the following year he made a trip to Furness Abbey to sketch , and recorded , ‘ I was treated in a more kind and liberal manner than I have been by any people in the North of Lancashire and Westmorland , by Mr. Atkinson , his mother and sisters ’ ! |
| 22 | ‘ It is part of the expectation of the President that I should be available to represent the Church , so I have been to Strasbourg to the European Parliament and also on visits to the churches in Nigeria and Kenya . |
| 23 | I would have discovered once I 'd been through it all . |
| 24 | If I 'd been of your chosen few , |
| 25 | If I 'd been at school I think I 'd have wanted to leave at Easter . |
| 26 | I really enjoyed having a tutor and I learned more than if I 'd been at school . |
| 27 | Erm and at that ti but other than that , mind you I su I suppose that if , if I 'd been at home I should have probably been expected to be in , but I do n't think I should have been locked out . |
| 28 | " I feel worn out , much more than I would if I 'd been for miles on the moor . |
| 29 | He asked me if I 'd been to Eton , but seemed more or less satisfied when I told him I was educated at Cheltenham Ladies ’ College . |
| 30 | When she 'd calmed down she asked me if I 'd been to the doctors , and we made arrangements for her to take me down . |