Example sentences of "we have [been] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Yes , we 've been the channels , been been right through to street lighting itself
2 He ended his presentation of forty-five minutes precisely , with the words , ‘ We have been the number one in the United States for many years , now we aim to be the number one in Europe , in South America , the Middle East … . ’
3 Now the trouble is that we have been the victim of those successes .
4 ‘ We believe we have been the victims of a substantial fraud , ’ said the army 's legal and parliamentary secretary , Capt Peter Smith .
5 All of them had served in Lebanon and Chad , and each of them had a minimum of three years ' service , which meant that when they had done their basic training the violence they were employing with us had been the norm .
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