Example sentences of "[pers pn] have been a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The differences are deep and go far back into history , but while I have been a Minister dealing with the economy and the environment I have always had the greatest possible collaboration from all the parties in Northern Ireland , which have always worked cheek by jowl with one another and with me for the benefit of all the people of Northern Ireland . |
| 2 | I have been a Minister and I know that there is a difference between Ministers being in charge and Ministers who are run by their civil servants . |
| 3 | All my life I have been a man who scorned distraction ! |
| 4 | I have been a machine knitter for about 20 years and I still remember those early garments which I expected my family to wear . |
| 5 | All my life I have been a 7ft woman trying to get out . ’ |
| 6 | I have been a member of one of the organisations mentioned in ‘ Join Up ’ for some 12 years . |
| 7 | Although I have been a member of the board for less than a year , and chairman but a few weeks , I believe I have now been accepted into the bosom of the Athletico family . |
| 8 | Again , we welcome that , but is it not sad that it comes 12 years after this Government were elected and after not just one but two Secretaries of State since I have been a Member of Parliament have been influenced because of criticism of tobacco advertising and irresponsible elements in the tobacco industry ? |
| 9 | I for one value the friendship that he has given me in the eight and a half years that I have been a Member of the House , despite the fact that we are in different parties and disagree on many issues . |
| 10 | ‘ I have been a member of the Leander club for the past 12 years and still train with them , ’ he explained . |
| 11 | ‘ I have been a nurse for ten years but I have never seen a bullet wound . |
| 12 | Perhaps I have been a litle obtuse . |
| 13 | I have been a friend of your wonderful Rabbi and of many of you for a very long time . |
| 14 | I have been a supporter of this club since before the war , so I know what I am talking about . |
| 15 | ‘ I have been a butcher . |
| 16 | Payton said : ‘ I was bought to score goals and some people could probably say I have been a flop . |
| 17 | I have been a bit negative about memes , but they have their cheerful side as well . |
| 18 | I 'd got a troublesome cough developed , and now looking back through the years , er it would have been a sort of hay-feverish condition that I I have been a bit bothered with . |
| 19 | Erm I have been a bit hoarse lately but that 's neither here nor there . |
| 20 | I HAVE been a patient in a Trust hospital since before it moved out of the NHS in May , and I 've witnessed what that means . |
| 21 | My name is I have been a shareholder and other members of my family for many years much has already been said about directors ' and your particular erm , fees in particular . |
| 22 | I have been a shareholder in NFC for the past three years , making the maximum permitted investment in its PEP . |
| 23 | I have been a fan of hers for a long time and it is wonderful to see that she is now achieving the status and success that she deserves . |
| 24 | Regular readers will know that I have been a fan of Stephen Coonts since I reviewed his first novel Flight of the Intruder ( now a major ( ? ) film , as they say , though I 'd make do with the book if I were you ) . |
| 25 | I have been a disaster for these people . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I have been a runner-up at United and again since coming to Villa , but it 's always been my dream to win the big one , ’ said McGrath . |
| 27 | I have been a connoisseur of speech-making for a quarter of a century , but never before , in any country , had I met a personality so terrifying in its dynamic force , so vituperative , so vitriolic . |
| 28 | Although I have been billed as a " computer man " — I have been employed in the computer marketing and services side of IBM for 17 years — for over half this time I have been a line manager . |
| 29 | I am acutely conscious that I have been a source of aggravation to Pa recently over my stupid allergy to vegetables ; it can not be pleasant to see the products one has slaved over summer and winter being regurgitated on to the dinner plate of one 's elder child . |
| 30 | ‘ I have been a teacher for forty years , but I have never met a boy like Tony . |