Example sentences of "[pron] have [adv] been [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Well , I 'd always been a bit too busy — and clever !
2 Well then while I was serving as a detective , you can just imagine I made plenty of arrests , and I got along reasonably well with most people , but there was one man I hated yes I hated him , I , I 'd only been a detective I should think for a period of about , oh five or six months , and a man , he called on the Reverend who was the , the vicar of St. Mary where
3 Perhaps if I had n't been a fool I would have been the dead girl in the road . ’
4 I had already been a prisoner nearly a year and had not yet escaped .
5 By the time he started school I had already been an intermediary between the family and the town hall , the DHSS , the local social services , the medical profession and school .
6 I had never been a member of the Labour Party , and on the first occasion when I could claim a vote I voted for the Liberal candidate in the Hampstead constituency .
7 ‘ Before all this I had never been a fisherman but I have now taken it up and am enjoying it , ’ he said .
8 I had long been a believer in voluntary euthanasia , and my mother 's experience strengthened it ; for to me what matters most is not the length of a person 's life but its quality , and that death , when it comes , should have dignity .
9 I had then been a night junior .
10 I 've actually been a bride twice actually !
11 At the orphanage I was complimented on me English composition , but I 've always been a bit shy about speakin' up for meself . ’
12 ‘ Oh , I 've always been a bit of a subversive .
13 I 've always been a bit of a bad girl : I 've disobeyed my father .
14 I 've always been a bit of an organiser , so when I looked in on ffeatherstonehaugh 's , started to go regularly and saw that things seemed to be in a bit of a mess , it seemed to me I might usefully give it some of my time . ’
15 I 've always been a bit of a front man .
16 Warnock , under fire after a 6-0 blasting by Millwall , said : ‘ Millwall was a body blow but I 've told my players that I 've always been a fighter .
17 But I 've always been a champion of English wines .
18 I 've always been a Strat man .
19 Well er as I say , I 've always been a union member but then when I was self-employed it was different and I kept me fees up for a , to somewhere I do n't know what it was , but er when er yes , when er I was coming to come on me own and I went down the locksmith 's to see about it and they said er , what did they say now , they said you could n't do that , whatever it was , and er we 'll have to do this and that and the other .
20 I 've always been a worker yet there is a part of me that feels I could end up like that , too .
21 I 've always been a believer in fate , and that one shot can win or lose an Open .
22 I 've always been a sort of I wo n't say outgoing personality let's say right .
23 He said : ‘ I 've always been a worrier , and apparently it 's stress that makes the lining of the stomach and bowel come away .
24 I 've always been a d-i-y enthusiast , but it 's been more through lack of funds than genuine enthusiasm — not exactly a good basis for totally renovating a derelict house .
25 But , like I say , I 'm a really big fan of guitarists and I 've always been a fan of the guitarists in the group , whoever they 've been . ’
26 well Nick , Nick , I 've always been the buffer , it 's funny , I mean Bruce is , is very like you in a lot of ways , he 's very easy going , you know and , but if the kids ever wanted anything
27 I 've always been the type of guy who 'll dig into every note regardless of whether that note might be right or wrong or in or out of tune .
28 I think I 've always been an optimist .
29 I 've never been a monk , Shannon .
30 I 've never been a part of any plot !
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