Example sentences of "i have been a [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I would n't have got to wear this if I 'd been a factory worker . ’ |
| 4 | I had been a gang leader in Harehills — first administering the lives of younger children , then by brass , bossiness and imagination extending judgement even over older boys . |
| 5 | In any case , it is too difficult for me , and I wish I had been a movie comedian or something of the sort and had never heard of physics ’ . |
| 6 | I 've been a life insurance salesman and I was in the deep freeze business for ages . |
| 7 | I 've been a West Brom supporter |
| 8 | Me , I 've been a night person longer than I can remember . ’ |
| 9 | It 's stupid , I mean I 've been a driving instructor seventeen year , and I 'm not allowed to teach over here . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've been a Puccini fan in a very naïve and intuitive way all my life . |
| 11 | I tell you this is one of the greatest days for me , as I 've been a Barbra Streisand fan for years . |
| 12 | Er just I 've been a Hibs supporter for forty four years now following them and er I do n't think , I do nay fancy a move out to Ingleston . |
| 13 | I have been a machine knitter for about 20 years and I still remember those early garments which I expected my family to wear . |
| 14 | All my life I have been a 7ft woman trying to get out . ’ |
| 15 | Although I have been billed as a " computer man " — I have been employed in the computer marketing and services side of IBM for 17 years — for over half this time I have been a line manager . |
| 16 | ‘ I have been a consumer researcher for so long that I am Consumer Correspondent always on the look-out for a new subject to investigate . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I have been a car park season ticket holder for the last five years , during which the cost has risen from about 20 pence to £150 per day . ’ |