Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [been] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh , I 've been a schoolteacher , a receptionist , a chambermaid , all sorts of things really . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I 've been a Lions fan for about 15 years and it 's great to see the look on the tourists ’ faces when I walk around Bangkok in my ‘ No One Likes Us We Do n't Care ’ T-shirt , ’ wrote Mr Barrett . |
| 3 | I 've been a great believer in intuition ever since . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I 've been a bit lucky , ’ he said , modestly . |
| 5 | I tell you this is one of the greatest days for me , as I 've been a Barbra Streisand fan for years . |
| 6 | I 've been a virgin for the past ten years . |
| 7 | ‘ My name 's Allan Scuffle , and I 've been a full-time singer for only four years . |
| 8 | Most of my adult life I 've been a salesman over in England . |
| 9 | I 've been a life insurance salesman and I was in the deep freeze business for ages . |
| 10 | I 've been a sportsman all my life and after a couple of years away from the game on a daily basis , I 'm happy to be coming back . |
| 11 | I 've been a skinhead for eight years . |
| 12 | Then he said slowly : ‘ I hope I 've been a good father to you . ’ |
| 13 | I hope I 've been a good father to you . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've been a bit depressed , ’ she said , ‘ that 's all . ’ |
| 15 | She was the first dog that I got to know and I 've been a sucker for them ever since . |
| 16 | ‘ Miss Byrne , I 've been a widower these last three years , and the rectory where I live is big and lonely . ’ |
| 17 | I 've been a friend to thee ever since , have n't I , Midnight ? ’ |
| 18 | I 've been a ZZAP ! fan since Issue 68 , and I 'd like to say it 's the most amazing thing that has set foot on earth . |
| 19 | Today he can look in his pharaoh-style mirror and say , ‘ Oh dear , I 've been a bit of a git . ’ |
| 20 | I 'VE BEEN A BLOODY FOOL — ALL I ASK NOW IS FOR A SECOND CHANCE … |
| 21 | ‘ But I 've been a good girl so I get to eat Mr Chef 's meal instead of lumpy mashed potato . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I 've been a devoted wife to him and done nothing wrong in our marriage , ’ said Debbie , 33 , at their £1 million home at the Palm Beach Polo Club , in Wellington , Florida yesterday . |
| 23 | I 've been a coward , Harriet said to herself . |
| 24 | ‘ I got the hell beat out of me and I 've been a Mexican ever since . ‘ |
| 25 | ‘ I 've been a lot harder as a character in the past couple of years . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Ever since then I 've been a great admirer of his work . |
| 28 | But he vowed : ‘ I 'll battle through — I 've been a fighter all my life . ’ |
| 29 | I 've been a true Red for 30 years and more . |
| 30 | It was the only time in my life I 've been a pain to my family . |