Example sentences of "[vb base] been a [adj] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My name 's Allan Scuffle , and I 've been a full-time singer for only four years . |
| 2 | I 've been a professional writer for 30 years now and I 've been slaughtered before so one can only bow ! ( laughs ) . |
| 3 | He does n't now , whether they 've been a super star for a long time or if he 's never heard of them . |
| 4 | Erm so erm you 've been a social worker for how many years ? |
| 5 | Patch — one of the stars being axed this autumn — said : ‘ I 've been a jobbing actor for 21 years now , earning a crust wherever I can . |
| 6 | I 've been a Celtic supporter for thirty five years , I 've seen the good days and we 're in the bad days . |
| 7 | I have to say , in comment to that , I do n't the know the the balance of statistics but I 've been a lone parent for , for ten years now , although I 've I 've pressed button , it was because for ten years of being able to have a stable relationship with my children , I 've got two very stable teenagers and during that , the course of that ten years I 've been disabled person as well , so yes there may be the case that there 's there 's trouble with the children of lone parent families , but I think there 's far too much emphasis on that nowadays ! |
| 8 | I have been a personal friend for many years , but that has never prevented him from criticising my colleagues and myself whenever he felt it necessary to do so . |
| 9 | have been a full-time teacher for at least two years in college , polytechnic or university teaching students following a course leading to the HCIMA professional examination or such other qualifications as are defined from time to time by the council |
| 10 | In addition , I have a particular axe to grind , as I have been a professional woodcarver for 25 years in both ornamental and sculptural disciplines so woodcarving tools hold a special interest . |
| 11 | ‘ These past few days have been a living hell for you and for me . ’ |
| 12 | The last two or three years have been a testing time for the 180 people who work at Angered . |
| 13 | Dock Road is the main route linking the M53 motorway with Seacombe and the Twelve Quays area , and the cranes have been a familiar sight for drivers for years but some will see their disappearance as further evidence of the de-industrialisation of Merseyside . |
| 14 | And either have been a corporate member for at least 10 years |
| 15 | Restrictions on external dealings have been a recurrent prescription for the cure of British economic ills . |
| 16 | The snowdrops at Painswick have been a popular attraction for over a century . |
| 17 | Newspapers and television have been a popular subject for content analysis . |
| 18 | Overlaps in the tax payment transfer receipt system have been a focal point for much discussion in the 1980s with various sorts of ‘ traps ’ identified . |
| 19 | I HAVE been a free trader for eight years , with no brewery ties whatsoever . |