Example sentences of "[pron] have been a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alas , they were not safe , and what happened to them has been a matter of considerable argument . |
| 2 | Key among them has been a failure in the UK to build appropriate or adequate bridges between business , the universities , and other sources of innovation like the national laboratories . |
| 3 | Ballymena , still without the injured Stevie Smith , have something to prove from what for them has been a poor season . |
| 4 | Two other Section I matches see Schweppes Cup winners North Down entertaining North , with the aim of finishing third in the league to complete what for them has been a fine season . |
| 5 | These conflicts have , of course , had diverse and individual causes , but common to them has been a change in the political environment in which public enterprises operate . |
| 6 | My dialogue with them has been an important part of the process of valuing their own contributions . |
| 7 | Their most important check is on whether someone has been a bad payer in the past . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | But I realised I 'd been a bit heavy . |
| 10 | I tumbled out of the nest , where I 'd been a cosseted only child , and into digs . |
| 11 | I would n't have got to wear this if I 'd been a factory worker . ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I have tried therapy ( male ) which was unsympathetic to say the least ; if I 'd been a ‘ good little Jewish girl ’ , and ( later ) the type of young woman that would make ‘ an ideal bride ’ I would have been ‘ happy ’ . |
| 14 | But I wish I 'd been a snobby old ratbag with some power on the Inverness-shire County Council planning committee in the 60s . |
| 15 | I suppose if I 'd been a few years older , I would have replied , ‘ Is n't that the only way to treat it ? ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | ‘ Educationally and professionally , I 'd been a bit of a prodigy — always the youngest in my league . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'd been a partner for 10 years , I was 43 and could see another 17 years of PW partnership ahead of me . |
| 19 | 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 . ’ |
| 20 | I think I got that because of my tracheotomy — I think I probably should have gotten it before , but I 'd been a bad girl . |
| 21 | I 'd been a bit dithery for a few days , sort of clumsy and absentminded , as you often get when you 're feeling under the weather . |
| 22 | I 've said all along if I 'd been a white man with my ability , I feel I 'd be a wealthy man . |
| 23 | I might hope to be a better grandfather than I 'd been a father . ’ |
| 24 | If I 'd been a religious and I would have thanked one god or another for the large number of kilocreds I was soon to collect , which would keep me from any kind of poverty for a long time . |
| 25 | I thought that maybe I 'd been a bit harsh last night . ’ |
| 26 | In answer to Merrill 's questioning face , he went on , ‘ I think I once told you that I 'd been a bit — wild . |
| 27 | I 'd been a naughty boy , |
| 28 | ‘ I suppose I could have got action like that if I 'd been a count , ’ she mused . |
| 29 | At Old Street , I passed the Gym ‘ n ’ Tonic health club — I 'd been a member there until an embarrassing incident one evening in the female jacuzzi — then turned up towards Islington proper . |
| 30 | ‘ If only I 'd been a bit more sophisticated when we first got married . ’ |