Example sentences of "i have been [art] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Educationally and professionally , I 'd been a bit of a prodigy — always the youngest in my league . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Because I 'd been the butt of her wit she remembered me . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I had been a vessel of pure water and I had been spilled . |
| 6 | I had been a thing of firm , clear outlines ; now I seemed to splay out in all directions and to have assumed a shape , thanks to undue accretions of flesh , which bore no relation to the person I believed to exist within it . |
| 7 | I had been the head of Birkenhead Institute for nearly ten years : a time during which great changes had been introduced , some successful , some less so . |
| 8 | I began to wonder whether or not I had been the victim of an extended delusion , which was perhaps the function of an overheated adolescence leading to some kind of psycho-hormonal explosion . |
| 9 | Today he can look in his pharaoh-style mirror and say , ‘ Oh dear , I 've been a bit of a git . ’ |
| 10 | Now colleagues , I 've been a member of the G M B for twenty five years . |
| 11 | ‘ Yes , I 've been a number of times . ’ |
| 12 | I 've been a fan of combining fleece with a windproof layer , ever since I discovered those lightweight waterproof cags worked best under a pullover for cragging . |
| 13 | I 've been a director of British public companies for thirty-one years . |
| 14 | And I 've been the leader of of that party for the last four and half years , I am ready to step down from that , and ready to take up this challenge , and I believe that those experiences , and what I 've done there , will stand me in good stead . |
| 15 | I 've been the guest of Michael Parkinson , Russell Harty , Des O'Connor , and Gay Byrne on The Late Late Show in Dublin . |
| 16 | After a while I decided it was best to try and help her get on better with her father , and now by interfering between them I 've been the cause of her being kidnapped . |
| 17 | I have been a member of one of the organisations mentioned in ‘ Join Up ’ for some 12 years . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 ? |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ I have been a member of the Leander club for the past 12 years and still train with them , ’ he explained . |
| 22 | I have been a friend of your wonderful Rabbi and of many of you for a very long time . |
| 23 | I have been a supporter of this club since before the war , so I know what I am talking about . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 ) . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | I have been a victim of crime four times in the last 12 months . |
| 30 | For the past decade , I have been the parent of a child who suffers from cerebral palsy . |