Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [pron] have been a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shrewsbury , the Sorbonne and Pembroke College , Oxford , enabled me , or so I thought , to pass for white , although of my grandfathers one had been a railwayman on the London and Northwestern and the other a clerk in Bristol Gas Works . |
| 2 | It was the only time in my life I 've been a pain to my family . |
| 3 | ‘ All my life I 've been a good mixer … ’ |
| 4 | All my life I have been a close , but detached , observer of the crofting scene . |
| 5 | All my life I have been a 7ft woman trying to get out . ’ |
| 6 | All my life I have been a man who scorned distraction ! |
| 7 | all my life there 's been a slaughterhouse |
| 8 | In the three centuries of its existence there have been a number of changes , notably in the equipment used . |
| 9 | The Dungarvan Leader once commended a candidate " with a record of achievement " in these revealing terms : " He has consistently fought in the Waterford County Council ( of which body he has been a member for many years ) for amenities for the town , and it was thanks to his representations that the long-suffering residents of the old road had a footpath provided in front of their homes to prevent flooding . |
| 10 | Yet the proportion of the total population aged 65 and over in this category is estimated from the NDHS for each Authority and is now ten years out of date , during which period there has been a significant increase in the numbers of elderly , including the very old . |
| 11 | Her father himself had been an army officer trained first in St Petersburg and then in France , . |
| 12 | William Barnes , a distant Stanhope cousin , lived here for a time , but for most of its life it has been a farmhouse , which it remains . |
| 13 | Throughout her life she had been a realist and a coper . |
| 14 | Her brother who had been a soldier was killed in Flanders during the Second World War and was buried there . |
| 15 | It was only released to the world , after translation , in 1921 when Richard Haehl procured the manuscript from Hahnemann 's ancestors by which time there had been a great establishment of homœopathy by J.T. Kent and those who followed him . |
| 16 | The consistency of application since then has been remarkable , the benefits being seen in a lengthy , unbroken period during which time there has been a sustained management of urban change : plan making under constant review covering the whole of urban Britain , and control of development by public and private bodies in the community interest . |
| 17 | In which time I have been a victim of the clique set , if your face does n't fit , your training can wait ; also the ‘ Hooray Henry ’ brigade , the difference between the men and the boys is the price of their toys , types . |
| 18 | In its lifetime it has been a grocer 's shop and a bank . |
| 19 | Right well , thank you Mr it 's been a a long and varied career |
| 20 | His calls in the District 's Annual Report for renewed efforts to encourage students to become members were echoed in the Norfolk Democrat , the magazine of the Norfolk Federation among whose branches there had been a particularly serious loss of membership . |
| 21 | When she had asked his name there had been a slight , but noticeable , hesitation before he 'd answered . |
| 22 | Teversham 's terms for pretty women had been taken wholesale from his father who had been a young airman in World War II . |
| 23 | For most of his life he has been a Salvation Army member and for seven years the opposition Chief Whip . |
| 24 | Ever since the personnel computer first thrust itself onto our desks it has been a largely text based machine . |
| 25 | He said , I 'll get onto them and I 'll tell him he has to come and clean your windows he 's been a bit busy . |