Example sentences of "[pers pn] have been a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | In any case , it is too difficult for me , and I wish I had been a movie comedian or something of the sort and had never heard of physics ’ . |
| 32 | So I had been a visitor , and an occasional attender at the X-ray Department , but all that was spread over many years . |
| 33 | I had been a thing of firm , clear outlines ; now I seemed to splay out in all directions and to have assumed a shape , thanks to undue accretions of flesh , which bore no relation to the person I believed to exist within it . |
| 34 | Most of my adult life I 've been a salesman over in England . |
| 35 | I 've been a life insurance salesman and I was in the deep freeze business for ages . |
| 36 | I 've been a man in total control all my life , and I find myself out of control around you . |
| 37 | I 've been a boarder , so I know the routine . |
| 38 | She rejected his false offering and informed him coolly , ‘ I 've been a widow for many years . |
| 39 | and er , and so , and er as I say er I 've had a most wonderful life and I 've been a widow now for ten years . |
| 40 | I 've been a skinhead for eight years . |
| 41 | ‘ I 've been a bit lucky , ’ he said , modestly . |
| 42 | ‘ I 've been a bit depressed , ’ she said , ‘ that 's all . ’ |
| 43 | Today he can look in his pharaoh-style mirror and say , ‘ Oh dear , I 've been a bit of a git . ’ |
| 44 | ‘ I ca n't help feeling , ’ says Howard , sticking his head forward ruefully , ‘ now I know who you are , that I 've been a bit outspoken in some of my remarks about the system . ’ |
| 45 | I should be congratulated not criticized , and if sometimes I 've been a bit unfair , played a bit of a game , that 's life is n't it . |
| 46 | I 'm sorry , I 'm sorry I 've been a bit steady getting there , but I think it 's an important issue to tackle that , quality is horses for courses and we have to accept the fact that we 're gon na get prestige type jobs and quick slick jobs , especially in the beginning of March every year . |
| 47 | I 've been a bit dull of hearing and I have n't got my hearing aid in . |
| 48 | ‘ I 'm sorry if I 've been a bit below par this evening , ’ she apologised . |
| 49 | I know I 've been a bit stupid , but I 'm trying to get my act together and all Luke-do-it-all-Denner does is give me a hard time ! |
| 50 | But it seems I 've been a bit blasé about pregnancy 's being ‘ a perfectly natural physical state ’ — dear Dr Newne hit his surgery roof when I casually mentioned flying to St Lucia ! |
| 51 | I 've been a West Brom supporter |
| 52 | ‘ Oh , I 've been a schoolteacher , a receptionist , a chambermaid , all sorts of things really . ’ |
| 53 | ‘ Oh , I know I 've been a trial to you ever since Mother died , and running away with Garry was n't the smartest thing I 've ever done , but at least I met Roman because I was foolish and I do n't think he 'll hold it against me , will he ? ’ |
| 54 | I 've been a carer for quite a few years now , until recently , when my grandmother died . |
| 55 | ‘ I 've been a Lions fan for about 15 years and it 's great to see the look on the tourists ’ faces when I walk around Bangkok in my ‘ No One Likes Us We Do n't Care ’ T-shirt , ’ wrote Mr Barrett . |
| 56 | Me , I 've been a night person longer than I can remember . ’ |
| 57 | ‘ I 've been a fool , ’ he went on . |
| 58 | I 've been a fool and more than a fool . |
| 59 | I 've been a fool , have n't I ? |
| 60 | I 've been a ZZAP ! fan since Issue 68 , and I 'd like to say it 's the most amazing thing that has set foot on earth . |