Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] been a man " in BNC.
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| 1 | I just wish I had been a man , that 's all . |
| 2 | I 've been a man in total control all my life , and I find myself out of control around you . |
| 3 | All my life I have been a man who scorned distraction ! |
| 4 | If she 'd been a man . |
| 5 | I asked him whether , if she had been a man elevated to the peerage , he would have considered it necessary to disclose everything to do with his private life . |
| 6 | If she had been a man she would not have had to drive round , she would have simply gone the wrong way and got there sooner . |
| 7 | His will , executed on 12 December 1760 , shows him to have been a man of substance . |
| 8 | Then discussion began : if it had been a man , and if he had died , the peace should be 10,000 dinars ; but Nuri was a boy , he had only been stabbed , so 2000 was about the right amount . |
| 9 | If it had been a man who had called him that to his face , he would have smashed him to a pulp . |
| 10 | If it had been a man and woman relationship you would think that was understandable but we are n't expected to have feelings ; if we do they 're a joke . ’ |
| 11 | Before the Dewhurst Stakes , you felt sorry for his opponents and if he had been a man coming into a room for the first time , the rest of us would have looked round anxiously to see our wives ' reaction . |
| 12 | He had been a man of standing in his community , a sage , a pillar of his society , a learned man . |
| 13 | The question was whether an employee who was going to suffer from a disability , and was then guilty of misconduct , would have been dismissed if he had been a man . |
| 14 | He had been a man in authority in his own country , and used to the arrogant assertion of power … and the unquestioning obedience of each and every man who was of lesser rank than him . |
| 15 | Well I think it 's been a mans world , they , they 've had a wonderful time ! |