Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] been a [adj] man " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've said all along if I 'd been a white man with my ability , I feel I 'd be a wealthy man . |
| 2 | I have sometimes gone into it when the King was absent from Delhi and once pretty far I thought , for the purpose of giving my advice in the case of a great lady so ill that she could not be moved to the outward gate ; but a Kachemire shawl covered my head , hanging like a large scarfe down to my feet , and a eunuch led me by the hand , as if I had been a blind man . |
| 3 | He 'd been a hard man to work for , but he taught Billy everything he knew about that garden and how to take care of it . |
| 4 | But from the moment she 'd come downstairs he 'd been a different man . |
| 5 | Really sad case , that , because he 'd been a fine man . |
| 6 | If he 'd been an ordinary man , there would n't have been any problem . ’ |
| 7 | He had been a young man when she had met him back in 1898 . |
| 8 | He had been a young man , quite personable until someone slashed his throat . |
| 9 | Shaw spent most of his time on organization and records ; he was rarely involved directly in inquiries but he had been a first-class man on the ground . |
| 10 | He had been a violent man and her father had been a man even more violent , it was a pity they had ever met . |
| 11 | He had been a sick man , chiefly concerned to ensure the undisputed succession of his son and then end his days in peace . |
| 12 | She heard her own shaming urgency and winced self-consciously , but even if he had been an observant man , Florian was currently too preoccupied to have noticed it , still busily congratulating himself and probably fantasising about taking Hawaii by storm . |