Example sentences of "i have been a " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I 'd been a union member I might have held out for a better offer or some redundancy money , but I was n't , so that was that . |
| 2 | But I realised I 'd been a bit heavy . |
| 3 | I tumbled out of the nest , where I 'd been a cosseted only child , and into digs . |
| 4 | I would n't have got to wear this if I 'd been a factory worker . ’ |
| 5 | My mother thought if I 'd been a boy Dad would have lived with us and been grand , or at least people would have noticed us . |
| 6 | I have tried therapy ( male ) which was unsympathetic to say the least ; if I 'd been a ‘ good little Jewish girl ’ , and ( later ) the type of young woman that would make ‘ an ideal bride ’ I would have been ‘ happy ’ . |
| 7 | But I wish I 'd been a snobby old ratbag with some power on the Inverness-shire County Council planning committee in the 60s . |
| 8 | I suppose if I 'd been a few years older , I would have replied , ‘ Is n't that the only way to treat it ? ’ |
| 9 | So he called me up and asked me if I wanted to play it , which was incredibly flattering because I 'd been a fan of his for such a long time . |
| 10 | ‘ Educationally and professionally , I 'd been a bit of a prodigy — always the youngest in my league . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'd been a partner for 10 years , I was 43 and could see another 17 years of PW partnership ahead of me . |
| 12 | But it 's kind of a shame , because I 'm only one element of blackness that you can see on television , and I 'll tell you , if I 'd been a kid and seen someone like me on telly , I 'd be a hell of a lot happier about the way I am in this world . ’ |
| 13 | I think I got that because of my tracheotomy — I think I probably should have gotten it before , but I 'd been a bad girl . |
| 14 | I 'd been a bit dithery for a few days , sort of clumsy and absentminded , as you often get when you 're feeling under the weather . |
| 15 | I 've said all along if I 'd been a white man with my ability , I feel I 'd be a wealthy man . |
| 16 | I might hope to be a better grandfather than I 'd been a father . ’ |
| 17 | If I 'd been a religious and I would have thanked one god or another for the large number of kilocreds I was soon to collect , which would keep me from any kind of poverty for a long time . |
| 18 | I thought that maybe I 'd been a bit harsh last night . ’ |
| 19 | In answer to Merrill 's questioning face , he went on , ‘ I think I once told you that I 'd been a bit — wild . |
| 20 | I 'd been a naughty boy , |
| 21 | ‘ I suppose I could have got action like that if I 'd been a count , ’ she mused . |
| 22 | At Old Street , I passed the Gym ‘ n ’ Tonic health club — I 'd been a member there until an embarrassing incident one evening in the female jacuzzi — then turned up towards Islington proper . |
| 23 | ‘ If only I 'd been a bit more sophisticated when we first got married . ’ |
| 24 | Ever since I 'd been a youngster , watching and playing football , Hibs have held an important place in the game . |
| 25 | It was erm it 's the first time that I 'd come across , I mean I 'd been a little bit of experience on , on inland waterways in Windsor er which I 'd lost when I went to Leicester and Lincoln I came back here of course and now we had the North Sea and the docks and erm that was a new area and a , and a really good challenge erm I particularly got involved with , with things like erm the movement of chemicals which was beginning to increase and coming into Felixstowe and , and er and , and er Ipswich erm and when I think back Felixstowe Dock , looking back , ended where the big jumbo tank , the Calor Gas tank is , that , that was the sort of range of Felixstowe Dock in those days . |
| 26 | Well er it was only I 'd been a wee while at er Birsay and a wee while at Crantit till I were back at Holland but it was a different farm I was in then it was a bit different . |
| 27 | It 's quite funny really because er I used to go off I had an agreement with the headmaster at that particular time and he 'd h I 'd been a full time teacher with him , and he needed somebody desperately , that was the only reason obviously he wanted me back , and er I said Well look I can come back but I ca n't get back in order to go to the assembly at first . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'd been an assistant stage manager and a deputy stage manager at the Northcott Theatre , Exeter , before I went to drama school . |
| 29 | I can see I have been a great burden to you . |
| 30 | She told us : ‘ The first time I saw this lady from the Foundation for Global Unity in Canterbury , she told me I had been a young boy in one of the Balkan countries , where slaves were being used to cut down all the trees . |