Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] been a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had I been a father in my early twenties I would have been dreadful because there were so many things I still wanted to do . ’ |
| 2 | Mrs Virginia Bottomley , the new Health Secretary , is warmly liked and admired , but will need to overcome some reservations about whether , had she been a man , she would have won the Cabinet place on intellect alone . |
| 3 | A female employee was offensively treated by two male colleagues , but at first her claim was rejected because the industrial tribunal felt that , had she been a man , she would still have been harassed , although the specific nature of the unpleasantness might have been different . |
| 4 | Had she been a bit mad ? |
| 5 | She felt as though , had she been a dog , all her hair would have been standing on end . |
| 6 | Although I admire Mrs Dinwiddie 's concern for her family , I remind her that had she been a mother less than 80 years ago , when there were no modern crop chemicals , animal health products , food preservatives , human vaccines and modern medicines it is unlikely that her complete family would have survived childhood . |
| 7 | What made me finally decide to insist on this was when I realized that had you been a man , Miranda , or had I not been personally involved with you , I would n't have hesitated to ask for these shares . ’ |
| 8 | He mastered his rage , dropped his hand , said , his voice as indifferent as hers , but the feeling beneath it deep indeed , ‘ I should have thrashed sense into you long ago , Daughter , as I would have done had you been a boy . |
| 9 | Had he been a man of no imagination and of totally strict principles , Joe would never have considered steaming the letter open . |
| 10 | In the case of Monsieur Blondel , the first two categories may safely be eliminated : had he been a boy , he would have been identified in the livret as a ‘ page ’ , as were other boys who sang in the ballets . |
| 11 | Had he been a dunce at it or did his present situation , despite the opportunity it affords for the histrionics he so loves , make him feel like pawn ? |
| 12 | This applied in particular to the Prior , Father Stephen Bedale , a man of huge stature and extrovert character , and the kind of man who , had he been a layman , might have given the poet a hearty slap on the back in the belief that this would make him feel at home . |
| 13 | Wilshere said that had he been a juror in this case , he would have voted for sending Field to trial ; his conduct had been cruel and brutal in the extreme and ‘ the violence to this poor creature in her diseased and irritable state ’ increased the symptoms and hastened her death . |
| 14 | Had he been an influence ? |
| 15 | Had her sister known David was back in the country , or had it been a shock ? |
| 16 | Had it been a ploy it would have been a rewarding one , but Vanessa was not given to ploys . |
| 17 | Had it been a nightmare ? |
| 18 | Had it been a boy , he would have been Arthur , after that toast of all good Cornishmen , the once and future king ; but as she was a girl , she was Jennifer , which was as close as need be to Guinevere . |
| 19 | Had it been a mistake to include them ? |
| 20 | Had it been a dream ? |
| 21 | Had it been a figment of imagination , brought about with the increasing gloom , and the aura of the surrounding dereliction ? |
| 22 | Had it been a woman in there , a woman staying with him , sleeping with him ? |
| 23 | You may wish to explore whether had it been a business transaction it would have been included in the profit and loss account . |
| 24 | Had it been a lark on the dead man 's part ? |
| 25 | Had it been a prophecy , or had Luke merely implanted the idea in her head ? |
| 26 | ‘ He would have played last weekend had it been an international . ’ |
| 27 | Had she been less committed to parenting , perhaps because her children were older and seen to be less in need of her support , or had it been an event which threatened a role or idea to which she was less committed , perhaps losing a part-time job which she did not enjoy , the effect would be less threatening . |
| 28 | ( Had it been an excess of antiquarks , however , we would simply have named antiquarks quarks , and quarks antiquarks . ) |
| 29 | Had it been an invite , |