Example sentences of "[noun sg] i have been a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of my adult life I 've been a salesman over in England . |
| 2 | It was the only time in my life I 've been a pain to my family . |
| 3 | All my life I have been a man who scorned distraction ! |
| 4 | Last time I had been a fool enough to close French doors and knew they were there only frantic moments later , when I saw blood spatter my wrists and hands , like a fly buzzing , like a bird beating against the see-through reality . |
| 5 | By the time I had been an intern for a few more months , doing my rounds in my white coat with stethoscope dangling round my neck ( and feeling very important ) , Father had had to close down the second branch , leaving — for the time being — only the original shop which he had opened near the Market Place where the annual Goose Fair was held . |
| 6 | Although I have been billed as a " computer man " — I have been employed in the computer marketing and services side of IBM for 17 years — for over half this time I have been a line manager . |
| 7 | 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 . |