Example sentences of "[subord] i have been a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I might hope to be a better grandfather than I 'd been a father . ’ |
| 3 | My mother thought if I 'd been a boy Dad would have lived with us and been grand , or at least people would have noticed us . |
| 4 | I would n't have got to wear this if I 'd been a factory worker . ’ |
| 5 | But it 's kind of a shame , because I 'm only one element of blackness that you can see on television , and I 'll tell you , if I 'd been a kid and seen someone like me on telly , I 'd be a hell of a lot happier about the way I am in this world . ’ |
| 6 | If I 'd been a union member I might have held out for a better offer or some redundancy money , but I was n't , so that was that . |
| 7 | ‘ I suppose I could have got action like that if I 'd been a count , ’ she mused . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm sorry if I 've been a bit below par this evening , ’ she apologised . |
| 9 | If I had been a marquis , I felt , I would still have been in bed or perhaps just parting the curtains and peering out to see what kind of day it was But Lord Hulton worked all the time , just about as hard as any of his men . |
| 10 | I explained that I had not entered at the right time because I had been a hostage in Iraq . |
| 11 | So he called me up and asked me if I wanted to play it , which was incredibly flattering because I 'd been a fan of his for such a long time . |
| 12 | The differences are deep and go far back into history , but while I have been a Minister dealing with the economy and the environment I have always had the greatest possible collaboration from all the parties in Northern Ireland , which have always worked cheek by jowl with one another and with me for the benefit of all the people of Northern Ireland . |
| 13 | Ever since I 'd been a youngster , watching and playing football , Hibs have held an important place in the game . |
| 14 | He had been curled up there , dead in his basket , since I had been a child in a velvet-collared coat . |
| 15 | Honestly , Les , this team is the biggest load of rubbish we have had here since I 've been a supporter and I started before the war , so I know what I am talking about . |
| 16 | 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 ? |
| 17 | Mr Singh , a Kenyan Asian , confessed to me , after I had been a friend of the family for several years , that he was neither fluent in Swahili , the language of his education up to 13 , nor in Punjabi , his mother tongue . |
| 18 | I think it was his fourth , but as I had been a child during this proliferation of fiancées I was n't certain . |
| 19 | I tell you this is one of the greatest days for me , as I 've been a Barbra Streisand fan for years . |