Example sentences of "[pers pn] have been [noun] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | It has certainly caused some confusion amongst my friends — I have been Mrs for 44 years ! — |
2 | He and I have been friends for many years , so it may have helped that I was there to give him some confidence in the project . |
3 | And I have been years on Bold injections and all the rest of it , and I know from experience you get , you deal with it , it does n't cure the disease but can you see you have a way of dealing with it , of coping with it , of helping yourself er c er do things and therefore you can |
4 | ‘ We have been pioneers in many areas over the years , ’ said Dave Butterworth , managing director . |
5 | ‘ We have been pioneers in many areas including computational fluid dynamics in furnace design , research into compact heat exchangers , the exploitation of laser techniques in detailed flow measurement , and integrating advanced thermal design software with process simulators , ’ continues Dave Butterworth . |
6 | They have been champions of various things in four of the past five seasons compared with only two previous post-war Welsh Championships and one cup . |
7 | They have been members of some very dodgy Latvian old-pais club but nothing else is known . |
8 | ‘ Everybody marvelled at Clive 's goal in the replay against Chester but he 's scored 11 goals this season and 10 of them have been screamers like that . ’ |
9 | CRIME-HIT small firms are demanding more powers for the police and courts today after a survey found that almost 50pc of them have been victims of some sort of crime . |