Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] been a [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | She rejected his false offering and informed him coolly , ‘ I 've been a widow for many years . |
| 2 | I 've been a skinhead for eight years . |
| 3 | I 've been a carer for quite a few years now , until recently , when my grandmother died . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've been a widower for ten years . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Yes , I 've been a subscriber for a couple of years now . |
| 6 | I 've been a member for er fifty eight year , the W I and I 'm a member in Kirkwall now . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I 've been a virgin for the past ten years . |
| 9 | She was the first dog that I got to know and I 've been a sucker for them ever since . |
| 10 | I 've been a nun for thirty years |
| 11 | ‘ I have been a nurse for ten years but I have never seen a bullet wound . |
| 12 | I have been a disaster for these people . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I have been a teacher for forty years , but I have never met a boy like Tony . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | You 've been a widow for fourteen months now . |
| 16 | The party took more easily to modern electioneering than did the Liberals , and gained an unexpected bonus in the votes of women , who have been a force for conservatism since their enfranchisement in 1918 . |
| 17 | " It seems you went to see your friend Joseph Hyde first , " she said softly , very softly , " and then , having changed your clothes , you accompanied him to a public house called the Queen Victoria where you attended a secret meeting of the Irish Republican Brotherhood , of which apparently , you have been a member for some two years . " |
| 18 | ‘ We 've been a team for ever , and they 'll say things like , ‘ If we 're no going to learn a lot more about this character , why do we have so much about him in the beginning ? ’ |
| 19 | They 've been a nuisance for several days now . |