Example sentences of "had been a [noun] since " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had been a detective since he was twenty-five and , although unorthodox in his methods , had waged a successful war against the criminals he came up against . |
| 2 | He claimed that his life had been a misery since he sold the recording of Di talking to her friend James Gilbey . |
| 3 | Coghill , who had been a friend since they read English together as undergraduates in 1923 , was now the English tutor at Exeter College . |
| 4 | It had been a while since she 'd fired a pistol and the initial retort took even her by surprise . |
| 5 | It had been a year since the old Port Road to Stranraer line had closed and the London to Stranraer trains were diverted via Ayr and Girvan . |