Example sentences of "[pers pn] have been a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have been a member of one of the organisations mentioned in ‘ Join Up ’ for some 12 years . |
| 2 | Although I have been a member of the board for less than a year , and chairman but a few weeks , I believe I have now been accepted into the bosom of the Athletico family . |
| 3 | Again , we welcome that , but is it not sad that it comes 12 years after this Government were elected and after not just one but two Secretaries of State since I have been a Member of Parliament have been influenced because of criticism of tobacco advertising and irresponsible elements in the tobacco industry ? |
| 4 | I for one value the friendship that he has given me in the eight and a half years that I have been a Member of the House , despite the fact that we are in different parties and disagree on many issues . |
| 5 | ‘ I have been a member of the Leander club for the past 12 years and still train with them , ’ he explained . |
| 6 | ‘ I have been a nurse for ten years but I have never seen a bullet wound . |
| 7 | I have been a friend of your wonderful Rabbi and of many of you for a very long time . |
| 8 | I have been a supporter of this club since before the war , so I know what I am talking about . |
| 9 | I HAVE been a patient in a Trust hospital since before it moved out of the NHS in May , and I 've witnessed what that means . |
| 10 | I have been a shareholder in NFC for the past three years , making the maximum permitted investment in its PEP . |
| 11 | I have been a fan of hers for a long time and it is wonderful to see that she is now achieving the status and success that she deserves . |
| 12 | Regular readers will know that I have been a fan of Stephen Coonts since I reviewed his first novel Flight of the Intruder ( now a major ( ? ) film , as they say , though I 'd make do with the book if I were you ) . |
| 13 | I have been a disaster for these people . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I have been a runner-up at United and again since coming to Villa , but it 's always been my dream to win the big one , ’ said McGrath . |
| 15 | I have been a connoisseur of speech-making for a quarter of a century , but never before , in any country , had I met a personality so terrifying in its dynamic force , so vituperative , so vitriolic . |
| 16 | I am acutely conscious that I have been a source of aggravation to Pa recently over my stupid allergy to vegetables ; it can not be pleasant to see the products one has slaved over summer and winter being regurgitated on to the dinner plate of one 's elder child . |
| 17 | ‘ I have been a teacher for forty years , but I have never met a boy like Tony . |
| 18 | In which time I have been a victim of the clique set , if your face does n't fit , your training can wait ; also the ‘ Hooray Henry ’ brigade , the difference between the men and the boys is the price of their toys , types . |
| 19 | I have been a victim of crime four times in the last 12 months . |
| 20 | ‘ You have been a help to us and now we are done with you , ’ said the first man , smiling up at him . |
| 21 | So , for example , if the flat rate is £200 a year of pension and you have been a member of the scheme for 20 years , your pension will be £4,000 a year . |
| 22 | " It seems you went to see your friend Joseph Hyde first , " she said softly , very softly , " and then , having changed your clothes , you accompanied him to a public house called the Queen Victoria where you attended a secret meeting of the Irish Republican Brotherhood , of which apparently , you have been a member for some two years . " |
| 23 | If you have been a victim of a crime do not assume that it can not happen again . |
| 24 | Vice chancellor Oliver Coulthard said : ‘ For the past decade , we have been a university in all but name but we were not accepted into the premier league . |
| 25 | We have been a college of technology in everything but name ’ . |
| 26 | For six years now , we have been a dominion in a commonwealth of dominated countries — ’ Two more policemen appeared . |
| 27 | They have been a power behind the scene for centuries , but now they 're coming to the fore . |
| 28 | Er now this is interesting because this is not a representative cross section of er , of women in Scotland , but its an average gathering together , not chosen for any reason other than some are interested er , some come from er no particular background , but sixty two of this hundred have said yes , they have been a victim of crime , those of you had said yes , what , what , what experiences have you had that made you say yes ? |
| 29 | In a ‘ victim survey ’ , such as the British Crime Survey of 1983 , a sample of the population is asked to give details of any crime of which they have been a victim in the previous year . |
| 30 | There are , however , some patients who , though not in an acutely disturbed state , will need extra security for a period because they have been a risk to the public at some time in the recent past or are considered to require special containment while assessment continues in conditions of moderate security . |