Example sentences of "he have been a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 He has been a managing director since 1986 and Deputy Chairman since 1990 .
2 My right hon. Friend the Leader of the Opposition would have liked to be here this evening because I know well that he has been a tremendous support to my hon. and learned Friend and his family in many small and touching ways , which I know have been deeply appreciated .
3 He has been a fantastic friend helping me with financial work . ’
4 The Leader of the Opposition claims that he has been a consistent supporter of the Common Market for years , but everyone knows that he was a consistent and bitter opponent of it for many years .
5 He has been a consistent advocate of ensuring that the law of the land is adhered to .
6 Too often Kendall seems preoccupied with finding a place in the team for Alan Harper , and although he has been a great servant to the club over the years , Everton will only be a really good side when he is playing in the reserves , and I do not mean that as an insult to Alan .
7 Said Anderson : ‘ He has been a great fillip to us not just with his excellent performances on the field , but throughout the club .
8 He has been a perfect gentleman , ’ she said quickly .
9 Remember , I 'm giving you this money because he has been a good boy .
10 In every instance , Norman still somehow managed a smile , for , if nothing else , he has been a good loser .
11 Far from Mr Atkins being considered the distant , unsympathetic figure depicted in the article , he has been a frequent visitor to the school over the past two years , giving support and advice to help us achieve our aims .
12 Since August 1991 he has been a key member of the Planning Team preparing for the European Summit Meeting at the Palace on 11 – 12 December 1992 and organising the subsequent reinstatement works .
13 Tristan Garel-Jones is not a household name but he has been a key player in British , and particularly Tory , politics over the past two years .
14 He has been a doughty fighter over a long period in favour of the use of democracy and dialogue and in condemnation of the use of violence .
15 This may be made worse if the patient feels stigmatized because he has been a psychiatric inpatient .
16 He has been a non-executive director of Dalgety since 1990 .
17 He has scented higher things — England ‘ B ’ v Pakistan and 12th man for the real McCoy against India , both in 1982 , his first full season — and if the aroma has never led to mouthfuls of fame ( due in part to a perceived shortage of confidence against high pace in his formative years ) he has been a staunch servant through thick and thin .
18 He has been a staunch advocate of the open skies policy which has helped to open up regional aviation .
19 A former chairman of Meirionnydd FUW , he has been a long-serving member of the union 's finance and executive committee and sits on the Meat and Livestock Commission 's sheep technical committee and research and development sub-committee .
20 He has been a guiding beacon in my professional life and a touchstone of human integrity .
21 He has been a vocal champion of the occasionally fashionable view that a company should be run in the interests of ‘ stakeholders ’ — its employees , suppliers and customers , and the regions where a company operates .
22 He has been a longstanding critic of the council , accusing it of failing to support him following his sacking by Stockport HA .
23 He has been a popular guest in numerous network talkshows , and introduced ZeeBeeCee 's Emmy-award-winning How to Get Rich in 80 Days last year .
24 He 'd been a Labour Party member too .
25 When she 'd first qualified in forensic medicine he 'd been a young sergeant .
26 Given that he had half frightened her to death to begin with , he 'd been a gentle lover too , she recalled , a tender smile playing around her mouth .
27 He 'd been a uniformed inspector with the Soho Unit for nearly three years , and was probably due for a move ; no sign of it yet , but there was most likely a memo waiting deep in the machinery , easing its way out at the speed of a splinter .
28 He 'd been a hard man to work for , but he taught Billy everything he knew about that garden and how to take care of it .
29 He was n't getting any younger , after all , and he 'd been a hard worker all his life .
30 He 'd been a social worker , then a deputy director of social services — he 'd been fired after the famous ‘ babyswap ’ scandal , but that was how he came to be taken up by FAMILY .
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