Example sentences of "i have been there " in BNC.
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| 1 | After seeing the picture of Scafell Massif taken in evening sunshine from the summit of Yewbarrow , I could n't help wishing I 'd been there . |
| 2 | The last time I 'd been there I nearly got caught bunking my fare . |
| 3 | I 'd been there for Harry and the arrow had by-passed my heart . |
| 4 | Sergeant says to her , ‘ If I 'd been there , I 'd have done the same . ’ |
| 5 | Wish I 'd been there . |
| 6 | I remember when I 'd been there only two weeks I almost got put on report for smoking in the avenue . |
| 7 | I 'd been there a few months when me and a girl called Sue and a girl called Monica started playing silly devils , throwing things out of the hatch . |
| 8 | After I 'd been there a few months I was asked if I wanted to help out in the kitchen , which I did . |
| 9 | Never thought about the pit , I 'd been There was no question about that , it was something that was not going to last . |
| 10 | When I 'd been there so long , next thing was clipping on . |
| 11 | And I 'd been there from six in the morning till quarter to nine . |
| 12 | And when I came ashore — I 'd been there a week — he gave me ten bob . |
| 13 | ‘ If I 'd been there much longer she 'd have been levelled down all right , ’ Bridie said with a grin . |
| 14 | before I realized that all you had to do was put your hand through my letter box , reach up and you could take , open the Yale lock because I 'd been there a year I locked myself out and I thought the only thing I can do is try and get in by putting my hand through . |
| 15 | The Manageress there erm I was there and she , I , after I 'd been there eighteen months , she had a heart attack and the girl took up her tea tray , one of the girls took up her , because she was n't on duty till about just quarter to six to do the money . |
| 16 | I wish I 'd been there to see . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I could have arranged to be there when he called … none of this would have happened if I 'd been there to take care of her . ’ |
| 18 | Oh yes , I knew where he was , even though I 'd been unconscious going in and coming out , because I 'd been there before . |
| 19 | We replaced the police barrier to prevent a repetition of Sal 's sudden decision to travel sideways , although I had n't seen another car on the hill either time I 'd been there . |
| 20 | No it was during the conversation he er he said that I hear that you went to flat and I said yes and he said er well you just missed me , I 'd been there a couple of days before . |
| 21 | In fact , if I 'd been there I would have given the wretched old woman a hefty slap myself — just to see how she liked it ! ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I wish I 'd been there to hear it . |
| 23 | near Kettering , Don went to er Northampton and then finally I went to Rushden and er I 'd been there about a year and all of a sudden there was a call in for Shorteners at so I went down on the bike and er what er the one over me who , who was elderly , well was n't over me but he was er he was on my job but the senior man on it he come in , the boss had sent him in to have a look cos the er Shorteners were complaining , and er then they rang up for one of us , he said well I 'm not leaving till I 've solved this problem so I had to go . |
| 24 | I 'll never forget old , about two days I 'd been there , and I 'm going across the square and I see this bloke with sombreal on , so I did flung him up a salute cos that was wrong , he says come here |
| 25 | that was the second summer I 'd been there when you used to come down , do n't you be silly , cos he said to me , you remember Roy do n't you and I said yeah , and he use to er , like if he used to come back without me , |
| 26 | And I 'd been there four year , really , wipe shit from her arse every morning |
| 27 | Went to bed and I 'd got to bed and I 'd been there I do n't know how long |
| 28 | Cos I 'd been there that morning |
| 29 | By the beginning of 1942 rapid expansion had taken place , so that by the end of that year there were some 3,293 staff of all grades , of whom 1,566 were service personnel and 1,727 civilian , and by the time that I had been there for a year there were over 5,000 in all . |
| 30 | ‘ How I wish I had been there ! ’ said Gildas , not for the first time . |