Example sentences of "i [verb] [be] back " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leee Childers : ‘ After playing in Pork , I 'd been back in America for about a year when the phone rang — it was Tony DeFries , David 's manager , who I had apparently met before but did n't remember . |
| 2 | I suspect now that you know I mean I they might still to move given to one or two of my family members , but basically I could more openly say you know that in fact I suppose my view in Britain but not in Australia but my view in Britain is okay , the Royal Family could continue to exist they must A pay taxes B I do n't genuflect to any of them and C we 've got ta put them in perspective they 're in which is they 're a tourist attraction erm you know but I and I can make those comments which would be met by a lot of Britons with hostility , people who would totally disagree with me and say well they are the Royals and you know bow , bow , bow , but others would agree with me and that is something that has changed over the last three decades it really has , it 's changed during , during my absence in Australia , it is something you know that I came back to and I mean I kept , I 've been back about three or four weeks and there 's a pro I mean there 's some delightful radio programmes here comedy , political comedy shows and there was one show I listened to and I had been back a couple of weeks and it was about erm the Queen had a P R issue and she had to sort of do something about it , so she decided they 'd have a public execution of Edward and they described Edward was a cream puff and they the Queen and and er Andrew and everybody else was on the balcony at er Buck House and the crowds are cheering and the rolled and the the execution . |
| 3 | ‘ To be on the safe side , I 've been back to the beginning of the year . |
| 4 | Since I 've been back at work , life has been just great . |
| 5 | I 've hated it more every time I 've been back . |
| 6 | When I 've been back home you 've always been at school . ’ |
| 7 | Gail , 25 , who slept with her gold medal round her neck over the weekend , said : ‘ I 've got to admit that I 've been back and forth through hell on the way to Barcelona . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I 've been back to London a few times in the last year , and I 've had some great times there , ’ she enthused . |
| 9 | But I I do you know I 've been back since but I just could n't find it now , but there it 'll be , but on the side of the er at , he used to preach at this mission , there was only him you know used to preach , and I do n't know how many other people were at , it would n't hold above er would n't hold above thirty . |
| 10 | I 've been back now and again to stay for a while , hoping it would all work out . |
| 11 | I 've been back a week . |
| 12 | But I 've been back recently as a teacher so it 's I 've to do a quick change act from a twin-set and pearls into a beret and er smock to become an artist . |
| 13 | I suspect now that you know I mean I they might still to move given to one or two of my family members , but basically I could more openly say you know that in fact I suppose my view in Britain but not in Australia but my view in Britain is okay , the Royal Family could continue to exist they must A pay taxes B I do n't genuflect to any of them and C we 've got ta put them in perspective they 're in which is they 're a tourist attraction erm you know but I and I can make those comments which would be met by a lot of Britons with hostility , people who would totally disagree with me and say well they are the Royals and you know bow , bow , bow , but others would agree with me and that is something that has changed over the last three decades it really has , it 's changed during , during my absence in Australia , it is something you know that I came back to and I mean I kept , I 've been back about three or four weeks and there 's a pro I mean there 's some delightful radio programmes here comedy , political comedy shows and there was one show I listened to and I had been back a couple of weeks and it was about erm the Queen had a P R issue and she had to sort of do something about it , so she decided they 'd have a public execution of Edward and they described Edward was a cream puff and they the Queen and and er Andrew and everybody else was on the balcony at er Buck House and the crowds are cheering and the rolled and the the execution . |
| 14 | I 've been back 4 times and they know me . |
| 15 | ‘ This is the first time I 've been back in eight years , ’ says Brenda , who is at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall tonight and the Playhouse , Edinburgh , tomorrow . |
| 16 | ‘ I have been back among the fairy tales … |
| 17 | I have been back with Crilly for a month now , or two . |
| 18 | I have been back to the tavern but have never found this treasure . ] |
| 19 | I have been back in London long enough to know my place . |