Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] been a [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd been a partner for 10 years , I was 43 and could see another 17 years of PW partnership ahead of me . |
| 2 | By the time I had been an intern for a few more months , doing my rounds in my white coat with stethoscope dangling round my neck ( and feeling very important ) , Father had had to close down the second branch , leaving — for the time being — only the original shop which he had opened near the Market Place where the annual Goose Fair was held . |
| 3 | She rejected his false offering and informed him coolly , ‘ I 've been a widow for many years . |
| 4 | I 've been a skinhead for eight years . |
| 5 | I 've been a carer for quite a few years now , until recently , when my grandmother died . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've been a widower for ten years . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Yes , I 've been a subscriber for a couple of years now . |
| 8 | I 've been a member for er fifty eight year , the W I and I 'm a member in Kirkwall now . |
| 9 | But I 've been a member for many years I like the policy and erm my friends and I just decided that we would fund raise for them as they have n't got anyone in this area . |
| 10 | I 've been a virgin for the past ten years . |
| 11 | She was the first dog that I got to know and I 've been a sucker for them ever since . |
| 12 | I 've been a nun for thirty years |
| 13 | I 've been an activist for over twenty years in this organization . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've been an engineer for a long time , and I 've always believed that ethics and integrity were every bit as important as theorems and formulas , and never once has anything happened to change my beliefs . |
| 15 | ‘ I have been a nurse for ten years but I have never seen a bullet wound . |
| 16 | I have been a disaster for these people . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I have been a teacher for forty years , but I have never met a boy like Tony . |
| 18 | The way in which our hon. and learned Friend the Member for Leicester , West ( Mr. Janner ) has conducted himself has been a model for all of us to follow , though we hope and pray that most of us will not have to undergo that sort of ordeal . |
| 19 | He was fascinated by the corset which gave her a youthful figure and set about reproducing it.In 1968 , they invented the Wonderbra which has been a best-seller for more than 20 years . |
| 20 | The biggest electoral upset came in Dungannon , where Ulster Unionist Ken Maginnis lost his seat and Sinn Fein grabbed two extra seats on the council , which has been a model for co-operation between the two traditions . |
| 21 | The biggest upset was in Dungannon where Ulster Unionist Ken Maginnis lost his seat and Sinn Fein grabbed two extra seats on the council which has been a model for co-operation between the two traditions . |
| 22 | The biggest electoral upset came in Dungannon where Ulster Unionist Ken Maginnis lost his seat and Sinn Fein grabbed two extra seats on the council which has been a model for co-operation between the two traditions . |
| 23 | On the issue of economic integration , delegates heard that only some dozen states had so far opted to adhere to the treaty instituting an African Economic Community ( AEC ) , which had been a focus for optimism at the OAU 1991 summit . |
| 24 | On the issue of economic integration , delegates heard that only some dozen states had so far opted to adhere to the treaty instituting an African Economic Community ( AEC ) , which had been a focus for optimism at the OAU 1991 summit . |
| 25 | Celebrations as the new recruits graduate , some of them will be flying the new non-stop service between London and Hong Kong , which had been a duopoly for British Airways and Cathay Pacific . |
| 26 | Furthermore , he published the results of his excavations fully in the four volumes of Excavations in Cranborne Chase , which have been a model for subsequent excavation reports . |
| 27 | The visit of the Morris Men was arranged with the help of BNFL safety auditor David Pratt , of Risley , who has been a member for the past two years . |
| 28 | Mrs Murchie , 48 , who has been a member for nine years , believes everyone needs some kind of first aid training . |
| 29 | Spike Milligan , the ex-Goon , who has been a friend for years , is a veteran anti-blood sports campaigner . |
| 30 | Phil , from Paddington , West London , who has been a postman for 20 years , also wins £1,000 for his sorting office . |