Example sentences of "[pron] been a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I been a bartender all my life . ’ |
| 2 | But wait a minute , I thought , had n't I been a woman out there ? |
| 3 | Had I been a father in my early twenties I would have been dreadful because there were so many things I still wanted to do . ’ |
| 4 | During the 1967 San Francisco Film Festival , Crawford met Gene Kelly , the song-and-dance maestro who had himself been a hit on the Broadway stage before starring in film musicals such as Singing In the Rain . |
| 5 | A Whalby and his son had been there for as long as anyone could remember and Dadda used sometimes to boast on his good days that Alfred Osborn Tace had himself been a customer and that Whalbys had re-covered the seats of the Hepplewhite chairs at Chesney Hall . |
| 6 | Forty years later William Hutton , who had once himself been a framework knitter , wrote that manufactures tended to decay when " plenty preponderates " , for a man who could support his family on three days ' labour would not work six . |
| 7 | His connection with the School went back even further , for he had himself been a pupil , first entering in 1870 when Hamilton was Headmaster . |
| 8 | Dr. Clarke had himself been a surveyor in the town in 1765 : he also cultivated the art of perspective drawing , examples of which can be seen in the plans he drew for Whitaker 's History of Manchester of 1765 and 1771 . |
| 9 | Defending , Graham Robertson , advocate , claimed his client had himself been a victim of child sex abuse . |
| 10 | I asked what had happened — ‘ Had their been a shuffle ? — or had one of us died in the night ? ’ |
| 11 | And its been a day of tumbling wickets — with Worcestershire forced to follow on after a disastrous morning at the crease … |
| 12 | ‘ Oh , its been a strain — I did n't mind at first because she 'd stay down at her flat for short periods of time , but obviously as her memory 's got worse she does n't realise that she 's got a flat , and the only thing she knows is in here , and this is the only place she wants to be — here . |
| 13 | Had she been a bit mad ? |
| 14 | Mrs Virginia Bottomley , the new Health Secretary , is warmly liked and admired , but will need to overcome some reservations about whether , had she been a man , she would have won the Cabinet place on intellect alone . |
| 15 | A female employee was offensively treated by two male colleagues , but at first her claim was rejected because the industrial tribunal felt that , had she been a man , she would still have been harassed , although the specific nature of the unpleasantness might have been different . |
| 16 | The first thing he said the next day was ( no pretending ) has she been a bitch to you ? |
| 17 | Although I admire Mrs Dinwiddie 's concern for her family , I remind her that had she been a mother less than 80 years ago , when there were no modern crop chemicals , animal health products , food preservatives , human vaccines and modern medicines it is unlikely that her complete family would have survived childhood . |
| 18 | She felt as though , had she been a dog , all her hair would have been standing on end . |
| 19 | Then Fishbane asked , ‘ Have you been a policeman long … |
| 20 | ‘ How long have you been a member of the Architect 's Association ? ’ ; |
| 21 | ‘ And how long have you been a member ? ’ |
| 22 | He mastered his rage , dropped his hand , said , his voice as indifferent as hers , but the feeling beneath it deep indeed , ‘ I should have thrashed sense into you long ago , Daughter , as I would have done had you been a boy . |
| 23 | Are you , or have you been a carer ? |
| 24 | What made me finally decide to insist on this was when I realized that had you been a man , Miranda , or had I not been personally involved with you , I would n't have hesitated to ask for these shares . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Mister , 'ave you been a soldier ? ’ |
| 26 | Lots to cover so lets start and let starts with er , having it done to you , would you say that you 've ever been a victim of crime ? , button one for yes , button two for no , have you been a victim of crime ? |
| 27 | Have you been a bride ? |
| 28 | Er , have you been a bride ? |
| 29 | Have you been a team leader before ? |
| 30 | Co-operative , have you worked with other people , as a team , as a pair , have you been pleasant and helpful , have you been a pain in the neck ? |