Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [adv] been a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have now been a member of the Institute since my election in April 1991 and feel I must compliment you on Credit Management . |
| 2 | I have long been a professor in the University Of Life . |
| 3 | Unlike Blackburn , I have actually been a member of just such a ‘ new left grouping ’ , the ‘ Alternative 86 ’ Alliance ( of greens and reds ) set up in Paris in 1986 with just such an anti-sectarian aim in mind . |
| 4 | The first is a quote from Al Deere , one of the most famous Battle of Britain pilots : Fate is a strange master and I have always been a fatalist , — he should be a fatalist he has baled out nine times in his air-lighting life . |
| 5 | Gentlemen , not only had our trade been inundated with boys , but fortunately or unfortunately , we have had another element introduced , and you know that I have never been a person who ignored the company of the opposite sex . |
| 6 | I reflected on it , but declined , principally because of my unwillingness to belong to any party — I have never been a party member — and perhaps even more because the seat I was offered appeared to be an impregnable Tory stronghold . |
| 7 | But I have never been a lover of cheese myself , except with Christmas cake . |
| 8 | I have never been a defaulter . |
| 9 | I have never been a Marxist . |
| 10 | ‘ You have never been a peasant , I 'm sure . ’ |
| 11 | We have now been a week living in our big bungalow and it is working out well — at least we are saving lots of money looking after ourselves . |
| 12 | Second , under the proposals , established partners who anticipate retiring after the five-year transitional relief has expired will pay tax in respect of a greater period of time than they have actually been a partner . |
| 13 | They have always been a club with potential , and that potential appears to have been realised this season . |
| 14 | They have never been a part of Middlesbrough , except that for the Post Office 's convenience that town is used as an addition to their postal address . |