Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [been] a different [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps if you had been a different sort of person — less sensitive , less driven by the bitterness of your mother … ’ |
| 2 | The managing director , Roger Spence , said : ‘ It has been a different sort of recession as traditionally the view is that theatre and leisure areas do better than others , but that has not been the case . |
| 3 | But from the moment she 'd come downstairs he 'd been a different man . |
| 4 | It had been a different story earlier this year after the Battle of Lincoln had seen Stephen 's army defeated and the King himself taken prisoner . |
| 5 | ‘ If it had been a different time you 'd have been a doctor or an engineer , ’ Rose said . |