Example sentences of "[verb] be my [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Er of course as I say , they er this was the ma the maternity bill I think was , would , would 've been my mother 's day more than mine you see because I mean then yo the woman did n't get the maternity allowance and |
| 2 | He said : 'That has been my experience , certainly . ’ |
| 3 | Such a recitation may lead to the conclusion that one who consistently holds to this position ( as has been my experience ) lands outside the church . |
| 4 | However , it has been my experience that composition students do not sufficiently exploit their harmonic knowledge , often using only a limited vocabulary . |
| 5 | It has been my experience that Boards , with depressing regularity , have received submissions which on a first reading look structurally ingenious but on close analysis are found to be padded out with individual syllabuses that are academically lightweight and have little or no functional relation to the structure they are supposed to illuminate … something is disastrously wrong with planning procedures when staff only partially understand or accept the rationale of a course and a visiting party finds a farrago of assorted bits and pieces behind a facade occasionally breathtaking in its baroque audacity . |
| 6 | She has been my motivation and my subject matter . |
| 7 | ‘ Jason has been my boss for the last year , and as far as I was concerned a reasonably good one . |
| 8 | ‘ It has been my decision not to do any training so far this season . |
| 9 | The latter has been my guardian and close confidant from infancy — he would not fail me now ! ’ |
| 10 | This has been my home for more than twenty years . |
| 11 | Then , ‘ The light that lies in woman 's eyes has been my heart 's undoing ’ . ’ |
| 12 | " The furniture well , it has been my hobby for many years . |
| 13 | It has been my life . |
| 14 | I mean it has been my life , and it 's obviously the most enormous wrench when you 've suddenly got to do something entirely different . |
| 15 | ‘ I have felt better physically but the notable improvement has been my state of mind . |
| 16 | ‘ It has been my privilege to see the best of England over the years , sir , within these very walls . ’ |
| 17 | Dear Mr. Edison , I am profoundly indebted to you for , not the entertainment only , but the instruction and the marvels of one of the most remarkable evenings which it has been my privilege to enjoy . |
| 18 | Over the intervening years one of my great laments has been my inability to achieve solitude , as everywhere I can now go , so can everyone else . |
| 19 | It is hoped that the analysis and insights from these other countries ( viz. Lesotho , Zimbabwe , Botswana and Nigeria ) may serve to stimulate introspection from PHC enthusiasts from within South Africa , including the staff of the Health Services Development Unit ( HSDU ) which has been my source of inspiration . |
| 20 | Glancing at the ‘ who duz wot ’ bit has been my wont for many an aeon , I spotted an absence . |
| 21 | I DO N'T KNOW how long the Curtiss P-40 has been my son 's favourite aircraft and I often wondered why . |
| 22 | It has been my observation that when we do that , far from disappearing , the difficulties actually seem to grow . |
| 23 | How much more heavy has been my burden , and your poor mother 's , do you suppose , not knowing — all these years , Theda ! — whether you be alive or dead ? ’ |
| 24 | I know some people may not agree with this , but it has been my view over three or four years of struggle that there are in fact substantial elements within the establishment , within government , within the civil service who would like to help . |
| 25 | He had a lovely hand , and wrote about him that ‘ this man has been my coachman for a number of years and I have no hesitation in highly recommending him … ’ . |
| 26 | Er , mine died when I was nine and my mother has been my mother and a father to both myself my brother and sister and I feel she 's done just as good a job as I could of as my father could have done . |
| 27 | But since my brother 's death it has been my duty to care for my two nieces . |
| 28 | ‘ For the last three years the boy has been my ward . |
| 29 | ‘ It has been my pleasure — Sabine . ’ |
| 30 | It has been my pleasure and privilege to have known since 1967 when he made me a member of the Labour Party . |