Example sentences of "[pers pn] been a [noun] " 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 | Had she been a bit mad ? |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The first thing he said the next day was ( no pretending ) has she been a bitch to you ? |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | She felt as though , had she been a dog , all her hair would have been standing on end . |
| 10 | Then Fishbane asked , ‘ Have you been a policeman long … |
| 11 | ‘ How long have you been a member of the Architect 's Association ? ’ ; |
| 12 | ‘ And how long have you been a member ? ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Are you , or have you been a carer ? |
| 15 | Mr in December nineteen eighty eight , how long had you been a firearms officer , or tactical advisor ? |
| 16 | And excuse me , for how long had you been a firearms officer ? |
| 17 | And how long had you been a firearms officer ? |
| 18 | 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 . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Mister , 'ave you been a soldier ? ’ |
| 20 | 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 ? |
| 21 | Have you been a bride ? |
| 22 | Er , have you been a bride ? |
| 23 | Have you been a Jimmy monster ? |
| 24 | Have you been a team leader before ? |
| 25 | 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 ? |
| 26 | Had her sister known David was back in the country , or had it been a shock ? |
| 27 | Had it been a ploy it would have been a rewarding one , but Vanessa was not given to ploys . |
| 28 | But had n't it been a mistake though , he thought , was n't it more pointless than most evenings ? |
| 29 | Had n't it been a mistake to let that Benny go to Dublin on her own after all ? |
| 30 | Had it been a mistake to include them ? |