Example sentences of "you have [be] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Betinna said , ‘ I hear you 've been a hero . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Anyone can see you 've been a sergeant . |
| 3 | You 'd have known that , would n't you , that you 'd been a twin ? ’ |
| 4 | I was so proud of you — as proud as though you 'd been a child of mine trying to walk . |
| 5 | ‘ Could you have been a contender ? ’ |
| 6 | You 've extended courtesy , patience , and fair-mindedness to all , so that you 've been a tribute to the enquiry process if I may say so . |
| 7 | His mouth twisted into a grim line as he admitted , ‘ You 've been a marvel about the place , and I appreciate it . |
| 8 | ‘ Jimmy , who had n't said a word , suddenly said , ‘ You know , Leslie , you 've been a bit of a bastard , have n't you … |
| 9 | It pleased him to see the shock his words delivered , and before David could protest , he lied , ‘ You 've been a help to me since my old bones went crook , and I 'll see you get your dues when the time comes . |
| 10 | John Silver , you 've been a friend of mine , but for no longer . |
| 11 | ‘ Because you 've been a part of it from the start . ’ |
| 12 | you you , you 've been a communist yourself ? |
| 13 | You 've been a widow for fourteen months now . |
| 14 | You can dance like Ginger Rogers You 've a figure like Marilyn Monroe You 've been a blonde since a week last Thursday So yir roots have n't started to show … |
| 15 | I think you 've been a lot more conscientious and got a lot er , potentially a lot more out of it . |
| 16 | and er , he said if he 's not better , any better when he goes back in a fortnight he 's gon na send him to a chest specialist , but you 've been a lot better have n't you ? |
| 17 | Yes he is , you 've been a lot of help , thanks . |
| 18 | ever since you 've been a little girl you 've been a wind-up merchant . |
| 19 | In other words if you , you 've been a teacher and you 're working in a school , you tend to talk about the things about your school that different from other schools , not about the things about your school that are the same , and that go on in all the other schools as well . |
| 20 | And in addition to that , am I right in saying , for thirty years you 've been a nun ? |
| 21 | I bet you 've been a sergeant , I bet you 'ave . ’ |
| 22 | If you come out to nothing like I did and you 've been a prostitute and know it 's easy money — well you 're going to go straight to it again . |
| 23 | ‘ You mean you 've been a closet hetero all these years ? ’ |
| 24 | Anyway , muggins here went into his dresing room just before the fight and gushed : ‘ Joe , it 's my first big show , and you 've been a professional in every sense of the word . |
| 25 | You 've been a monster today ? |
| 26 | ‘ When you 've been a soldier as long as I have , I tell you , you can smell a parasite from the other side of a black hole ! |
| 27 | Apart from one or two lapses , you 've been a model of fidelity . ’ |
| 28 | And I still feel that you 're to blame for this : if you had been a wife to him he would certainly not have had to seek comfort elsewhere . |
| 29 | When he first started , you see , all you had was a fly safe . |
| 30 | But it 's hard on Tour when you 're a long way from home and the only creature comforts you have are a television , a telephone and a McDonald 's around the corner . |