Example sentences of "[pers pn] have been [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 I 've been many things in my life , but I 'm not a liar . ’
2 I have been many things in my time .
3 when she had been all hugs and trust for her father .
4 It was Marguerite as she had been many years ago , and Jenna saw what her father had seen , what she herself saw now — the attraction of kindness , of calm good humour .
5 Not that you 'd know they 'd been most days .
6 was but , what you expecting that , obviously is n't called for a lot of night life , otherwise it would be there , there 's been discotheque , they 've been all sorts of things , but they 've closed down because they have n't made enough money
7 Gould , the ornithologist , was with him , and as they had been some days without anything to eat , except what they shot , they enjoyed a good breakfast .
8 Since then it has been many times re-invented and used for 3D picture postcards .
9 It has been many years since the proud Fruithill Park outfit languished in the bottom half of the division after only three games , which is the case this season .
10 It was almost a physical pain and for a moment he felt shocked because it had been many years since the agony of losing Gerda .
11 He saw and he cared , but it had been many months since he had counted with her .
12 It had been all whispers and lies till they got to the shop .
13 He added that it had been some years since he had been back in England .
14 Instead , as we walked down to the bar this evening , he had been all smiles and indulgent gallantry , complimenting us on our appearance , an arm lightly circling each of our waists .
15 He had been all kinds of fool .
16 It 's been all hands to the deck at this tyre fitters .
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