Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] [verb] been a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tumbled out of the nest , where I 'd been a cosseted only child , and into digs . |
| 2 | She won one victory in January 1981 when a palpable ‘ wet ’ , Norman St John-Stevas , was removed as Leader of the House ( where he had been a conspicuous success ) , while younger men like Leon Brittan and Kenneth Baker were promoted , the latter having been one of Heath 's campaign managers in 1975 . |
| 3 | Where he had been a child , when the fox came at night around the barricaded chicken houses then the old bugger always scented the chicken house sides , left his stirik , boasted that he had been there . |
| 4 | The Goldsmiths summoned him to London , but did not refer to his local supporters , appointing him on 7th August because of his excellent testimonials from the Master and Fellows of Christ 's College , Cambridge , where he had been a student . |
| 5 | In 1889 , the year before the Leeds Congress , he was offered the living of St Katherine 's Church where he had been a very popular curate . |
| 6 | He was newly come today from Eltham , the king 's favourite manor , where he had been a witness at his Majesty 's proxy marriage to the widowed Duchess Joan of Brittany . |
| 7 | He had been exposed as a secret police informer under the ousted communist regime , although he insisted that his activities had been confined to reporting on foreign visitors to Sofia 's Natural History Museum ( where he had been a department head ) and on his visits abroad for scientific research ; he categorically denied that he had ever informed on dissidents . |
| 8 | Before joining had worked for for 33 years , where he had been a champion buttermaker . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Although I have been a long time supporter . |
| 11 | I might hope to be a better grandfather than I 'd been a father . ’ |
| 12 | She did not even try to prevent my journey , although she has been a perfect tyrant these many weeks , making me keep my bed ! |
| 13 | All right , so she 'd been a bit odd since Ryan had left . |
| 14 | All right , so she 'd been a misery and hermit-like — was n't she entitled to be ? |
| 15 | That 's er , so you 've been a successful propagandist ? |
| 16 | Yet once she had been a favourite with the below-stairs staff . |
| 17 | Although it had been a rest home for British Telecom , alterations were necessary to provide the ten individual bed sitting rooms and the Housekeepers flat , whilst at the same time some safety improvements were needed to meet the Fire Officer 's regulations . |
| 18 | Although it had been a very warm day , the evening had a slight feeling of autumn : it was particularly beautiful , with the sun turning the leaves of the trees a marvellous golden colour . |
| 19 | Hence CI5 's involvement , although it had been an assignment with an only partially successful outcome . |
| 20 | The importance of the rectum in pop is something rarely acknowledged , although it 's been a constant ; from George Clinton to the Beastie Boys ( with their crapped-in-pants waddledance ) , a record 's crucial when it has a lot of bottom . |
| 21 | Well , it 's turned out not so badly , he thought , although it 's been a rough ride . |
| 22 | This last marriage , although he had been a ‘ good man ’ , was uneasy , and she now had ‘ no connection with the stepsons and daughter . ’ |
| 23 | Although he had been a sobering and restricting influence in a Germanic way upon the Queen , she took to wearing black immediately after his death and , in a sense , appeared never to cease mourning for him until the day she died . |
| 24 | Although he had been a member of both the US House of Representatives and the US Senate he had never been a true man of Congress . |
| 25 | ‘ No , indeed , ’ he answered gravely , although he had been a little shocked if truth were told . |
| 26 | ‘ But although he 's been a key force for them , we have to remember that they have a number of good jumpers ready to come in as replacements . |
| 27 | It was Mr Deans 's first trip to an offshore installation , although he has been a seaman for a number of years . |
| 28 | Too often Kendall seems preoccupied with finding a place in the team for Alan Harper , and although he has been a great servant to the club over the years , Everton will only be a really good side when he is playing in the reserves , and I do not mean that as an insult to Alan . |
| 29 | — Edwardian working-class sport as a whole was less violent than it had been a half-century before . |
| 30 | One may however ask whether those in the action sample who said that the strain was less than it had been a year ago attributed this to the effects of the Home Support Project . |