Example sentences of "[noun pl] i have been a " in BNC.

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1 In the early days I had been a bit disappointed that the NUJ had n't immediately leapt to John 's defence , but ever since I had first been to see the General Secretary , Harry Conroy , and his assistant , Tom Nash , the union had done what it could to respond to what was asked of them .
2 Holy Mary , she thought , all these years I 've been a good girl — ca n't you do something ?
3 ‘ For the past three years I 've been a respectable married man , young lady .
4 All these years I 've been an idiot .
5 For over fifteen years I have been a regular reader of Pilot and keep the back numbers which offer an extremely useful information source on a wide range of flying matters .
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