Example sentences of "[pron] [subord] [pers pn] have been a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You could have got the information for nothing if you had been a little more persuasive , a little more patient . |
| 2 | We if we 'd been a minute later we 'd have |
| 3 | She 's know me since I 've been a little girl . |
| 4 | I contacted him because he had been a friend of the novelist and playwright , Patrick Hamilton , about whom I am writing a book . |
| 5 | She had loved him while hating him , had loved him when he 'd been a perfect swine . |
| 6 | If it if it had been a tie we would have tossed a coin . |
| 7 | What if he had been a vicar , a Methodist minister or a rabbi ? |
| 8 | What if it had been a real rapist ? ’ |
| 9 | Not only for myself as it 's been a particular project close to me for many years , but for the break up of a team , a team that has a long time to build up and a team that worked very well together and who were very committed . |
| 10 | He was just 43 and said : ‘ It 's a dream come true for me as I have been a lifelong supporter of Liverpool . ’ |