Example sentences of "[pron] have [adv] been a " in BNC.
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| 1 | That to me has always been a fruitless quest . ’ |
| 2 | Well , I 'd always been a bit too busy — and clever ! |
| 3 | Well then while I was serving as a detective , you can just imagine I made plenty of arrests , and I got along reasonably well with most people , but there was one man I hated yes I hated him , I , I 'd only been a detective I should think for a period of about , oh five or six months , and a man , he called on the Reverend who was the , the vicar of St. Mary where |
| 4 | Perhaps if I had n't been a fool I would have been the dead girl in the road . ’ |
| 5 | I had already been a prisoner nearly a year and had not yet escaped . |
| 6 | I had never been a prime minister before . |
| 7 | I had never been a member of the Labour Party , and on the first occasion when I could claim a vote I voted for the Liberal candidate in the Hampstead constituency . |
| 8 | ‘ Before all this I had never been a fisherman but I have now taken it up and am enjoying it , ’ he said . |
| 9 | I had long been a believer in voluntary euthanasia , and my mother 's experience strengthened it ; for to me what matters most is not the length of a person 's life but its quality , and that death , when it comes , should have dignity . |
| 10 | I had then been a night junior . |
| 11 | I 've actually been a bride twice actually ! |
| 12 | He said : ‘ I 've always been a worrier , and apparently it 's stress that makes the lining of the stomach and bowel come away . |
| 13 | I 've always been a d-i-y enthusiast , but it 's been more through lack of funds than genuine enthusiasm — not exactly a good basis for totally renovating a derelict house . |
| 14 | I 've always been a believer in fate , and that one shot can win or lose an Open . |
| 15 | But , like I say , I 'm a really big fan of guitarists and I 've always been a fan of the guitarists in the group , whoever they 've been . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I 've always been a Strat man . |
| 17 | I 've always been a huge fan of the whole Memphis sound — as I guess everybody has figured by now ! — but the thing about the Stax band was that everything they did was totally minimal , but it slotted together to make something really strong . |
| 18 | ‘ I 've always been a great Archers fan but I 've been sworn to secrecy over what I will be doing . ’ |
| 19 | Taylor said : ‘ Even allowing for the big advances in modern medicine , I 've always been a big believer in waiting for an operation to be complete before making any assessment . |
| 20 | Warnock , under fire after a 6-0 blasting by Millwall , said : ‘ Millwall was a body blow but I 've told my players that I 've always been a fighter . |
| 21 | At the orphanage I was complimented on me English composition , but I 've always been a bit shy about speakin' up for meself . ’ |
| 22 | I 've always been a strong advocate of public service broadcasting , such an important element in this influential means of communication . |
| 23 | ‘ Oh , I 've always been a bit of a subversive . |
| 24 | ‘ I know I 've always been a compulsive eater but my problems really began then . |
| 25 | Well er as I say , I 've always been a union member but then when I was self-employed it was different and I kept me fees up for a , to somewhere I do n't know what it was , but er when er yes , when er I was coming to come on me own and I went down the locksmith 's to see about it and they said er , what did they say now , they said you could n't do that , whatever it was , and er we 'll have to do this and that and the other . |
| 26 | I 've always been a bit of a bad girl : I 've disobeyed my father . |
| 27 | I 've always been a worker yet there is a part of me that feels I could end up like that , too . |
| 28 | I 've always been a bit of an organiser , so when I looked in on ffeatherstonehaugh 's , started to go regularly and saw that things seemed to be in a bit of a mess , it seemed to me I might usefully give it some of my time . ’ |
| 29 | I 've always been a sort of I wo n't say outgoing personality let's say right . |
| 30 | Quite frankly , I 've always been a great believer in equal opportunities ! ’ |