Example sentences of "[pers pn] have been a good [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But I 've been a good girl so I get to eat Mr Chef 's meal instead of lumpy mashed potato . ’ |
| 2 | Holy Mary , she thought , all these years I 've been a good girl — ca n't you do something ? |
| 3 | Then he said slowly : ‘ I hope I 've been a good father to you . ’ |
| 4 | I hope I 've been a good father to you . |
| 5 | ‘ All my life I 've been a good mixer … ’ |
| 6 | I have been a good advocate in my time . |
| 7 | You can have a biscuit if you 've been a good boy . |
| 8 | You 've been a good boy ! |
| 9 | You going to tell daddy you 've been a good boy today ? |
| 10 | He lay down on the bed , with my mother beside him , and he died in her arms , saying : ‘ You 've been a good wife to me , Mary . ’ |
| 11 | You 've been a good wife , Elaine . ’ |
| 12 | You 've been a good friend but unfortunately this is not going to be enough to help your friend . |
| 13 | You 've been a good lodger and paid regular , and I 'm sorry about it ; but there it is , Mr Arkwright . |
| 14 | ‘ You 've been a good son to me , ’ the old man said . |
| 15 | She had been a good wife , too . |
| 16 | She had been a good companion ; she did not deserve this from him . |
| 17 | She had been a good woman . |
| 18 | You have been a good friend to me when there was no one else ; and you have given me back my health . |
| 19 | ‘ ' Shortly after he looked me full in the face and said , ‘ You have been a good father to me and I am persuaded we shall meet again in heaven |
| 20 | She has designed the most wonderful costumes for me and she 's been a good friend . |
| 21 | She 's been a good friend to me . ’ |
| 22 | And I saw your mother and I was going on saying all your virtues and how she 's been a good girl , how does that , how er , how erm self discipline she was and all this is on the tape |
| 23 | Remember , I 'm giving you this money because he has been a good boy . |
| 24 | In every instance , Norman still somehow managed a smile , for , if nothing else , he has been a good loser . |
| 25 | ‘ The reading of it has been a good preparation for Lent as far as I am concerned : for it shows me ( through the heroine ) the special sin of abuse of intellect to which all my profession are liable , more clearly than I ever saw before . |
| 26 | It has been a good day for them . |
| 27 | Secretary Peter Masheter said : ‘ It has been a good year with membership increasing to 63 from around 40 . |
| 28 | It has been a good year to be at Stirling . |
| 29 | ‘ It has been a good time to come into the market , ’ said Steve Leroux , leasing manager . |
| 30 | It has been a good Christmas for Oxford . |