Example sentences of "[det] [subord] [pers pn] have been a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would n't have got to wear this if I 'd been a factory worker . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I suppose I could have got action like that if I 'd been a count , ’ she mused . |
| 3 | And Armistice Day is the best and brightest memory of all because it had been a war to end all wars and no one would ever allow such a thing to happen again … |
| 4 | Would he have loved her more if she had been a son ? , |
| 5 | The pay of a sailor in the French navy in 1789 was practically the same as it had been a century before , though during that period prices had almost doubled . |