Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] have [be] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I realised I 'd been a bit heavy . |
| 2 | It 's stupid , I mean I 've been a driving instructor seventeen year , and I 'm not allowed to teach over here . |
| 3 | Yeah , well what I think he , I think he will emulsion over it cos I mean the ceiling 's a bit , as you say she 'd been a smoker |
| 4 | At the time she had supposed it had been a reaction to his upbringing , all those years spent in his parents ' elegant Georgian house on the edge of a quiet , beautiful Sussex village . |
| 5 | … ‘ I expect it has been a while , yes . ’ |
| 6 | Mr Finnegan was to stand as Tory candidate for Stockton South at the 1983 general election but withdrew when it was disclosed he had been a member of an extreme right-wing party . |
| 7 | Having tried it here in our own studio and been most impressed , I have also spoken to JMP-1 converts Geoff Whitehorn and Phil Hilborne who say it 's been a godsend to their recording . |
| 8 | So he would be vague , and talk of the south , and say he had been a vagrant for many years . |
| 9 | He says they 've been a thorn in the side of the auhtorities . |
| 10 | Patrick had been company , tending him had been a solace , hoping for him had been a hope . |
| 11 | The cop who 'd collected her had been a crowd control unit , the full cyborg . |
| 12 | Martin Hines says he 's been a winner here twice and everyone will be looking to beat him . |
| 13 | Lucy says it has been a lesson in sympathy to begin again as a ‘ new ’ teacher , finding a way to pull our work more into line with the current fitness scene . |
| 14 | I mean I know there 's been a lot of debate and I know that er you may feel it 's been a bit of a waste of time |
| 15 | Bearing in mind that Mr Steel probably on his own admission has said he 's been a bit late out of the starting blocks in order to make his bid for a review of the allocations , er I mean how do you feel in response to that ? |
| 16 | She could find nothing to say , and as she sat avoiding his eyes she realised she 'd been a fool . |
| 17 | ‘ You mean you 've been a closet hetero all these years ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Anyone can see you 've been a sergeant . |
| 19 | But it 's hard on Tour when you 're a long way from home and the only creature comforts you have are a television , a telephone and a McDonald 's around the corner . |
| 20 | His will , executed on 12 December 1760 , shows him to have been a man of substance . |
| 21 | It was Nicholas junior who had shared his night watches ; his work on the Harmonies shows him to have been a prodigy . |
| 22 | Examination of recovered material shows it to have been a type I carbonaceous chondrite . |
| 23 | ‘ Oh , I know I 've been a trial to you ever since Mother died , and running away with Garry was n't the smartest thing I 've ever done , but at least I met Roman because I was foolish and I do n't think he 'll hold it against me , will he ? ’ |
| 24 | I know I 've been a bit stupid , but I 'm trying to get my act together and all Luke-do-it-all-Denner does is give me a hard time ! |
| 25 | Betinna said , ‘ I hear you 've been a hero . ’ |
| 26 | It 's a very simple rhythm , but he had written the whole thing shifted over and I got the manuscript and I 'm looking at it and going ‘ Man , I know it 's been a while since I read a lot of solo guitar , but this does n't look right ! ’ |
| 27 | The jury heard he had been a friend of Lady Cross for 12 years and had no history of violence . |
| 28 | Calpers , with $1.5 billion invested in Japan , fears it has been a victim of this practice , along with other American pension funds . |
| 29 | But it seems I 've been a bit blasé about pregnancy 's being ‘ a perfectly natural physical state ’ — dear Dr Newne hit his surgery roof when I casually mentioned flying to St Lucia ! |
| 30 | It was rumoured she had been a barmaid , heady stuff in those days . |