Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [pers pn] have been a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the only time in my life I 've been a pain to my family . |
| 2 | ‘ All my life I 've been a good mixer … ’ |
| 3 | All my life I have been a close , but detached , observer of the crofting scene . |
| 4 | All my life I have been a 7ft woman trying to get out . ’ |
| 5 | All my life I have been a man who scorned distraction ! |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Throughout her life she had been a realist and a coper . |
| 8 | In its lifetime it has been a grocer 's shop and a bank . |
| 9 | For most of his life he has been a Salvation Army member and for seven years the opposition Chief Whip . |
| 10 | Ever since the personnel computer first thrust itself onto our desks it has been a largely text based machine . |
| 11 | 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 . |