Example sentences of "i have [be] a [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd been a partner for 10 years , I was 43 and could see another 17 years of PW partnership ahead of me . |
| 2 | By the time I had been an intern for a few more months , doing my rounds in my white coat with stethoscope dangling round my neck ( and feeling very important ) , Father had had to close down the second branch , leaving — for the time being — only the original shop which he had opened near the Market Place where the annual Goose Fair was held . |
| 3 | She rejected his false offering and informed him coolly , ‘ I 've been a widow for many years . |
| 4 | I 've been a skinhead for eight years . |
| 5 | I 've been a carer for quite a few years now , until recently , when my grandmother died . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've been a widower for ten years . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Yes , I 've been a subscriber for a couple of years now . |
| 8 | I 've been a member for er fifty eight year , the W I and I 'm a member in Kirkwall now . |
| 9 | But I 've been a member for many years I like the policy and erm my friends and I just decided that we would fund raise for them as they have n't got anyone in this area . |
| 10 | I 've been a virgin for the past ten years . |
| 11 | She was the first dog that I got to know and I 've been a sucker for them ever since . |
| 12 | I 've been a nun for thirty years |
| 13 | I 've been an activist for over twenty years in this organization . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've been an engineer for a long time , and I 've always believed that ethics and integrity were every bit as important as theorems and formulas , and never once has anything happened to change my beliefs . |
| 15 | ‘ I have been a nurse for ten years but I have never seen a bullet wound . |
| 16 | I have been a disaster for these people . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I have been a teacher for forty years , but I have never met a boy like Tony . |