Example sentences of "she [verb] been [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | She has been a deputy Speaker since 1987 , and is understood to have been Mr Kinnock 's choice for Speaker if Labour had won last week 's General Election . |
2 | She has been a member of the party since 1911 , and for 50 years , until a few weeks ago , collected subscriptions . |
3 | She has been a member of the Bramshott and Liphook community Care Group since it started and is now on the executive committee . |
4 | She has been a member of the Dublin Ladies ' ( now Women 's ) Committee since 1990 and has been a branch representative for 8 years . |
5 | She has been a member of the board of the British Council since 1985 and is a vice president of the NSPCC . |
6 | A post-mistress , she has been a member of the Middlesbrough club for a number of years . |
7 | She has been a member of the Finance Committee for the past two and a half years and has taken a great interest in the Society 's financial affairs . |
8 | She has been a couple of times but er when we were bringing up the family course she could n't reasonably go with me every week and er , but she had used to be er a good supporter when she was a girl , she used to go with her father in those days my son 's been with me , cos I took him las well he took me last night with his wife I went in their car . |
9 | Before she married , my father , who had rescued his parentless sister-in-law from a succession of scrapes , once remarked ( not unkindly ) , ‘ She has been a nuisance all her life and always will be . ’ |
10 | She has been a friend of WACC for the last 20 years . |
11 | She has been a delight from the beginning , not only to us , but to all the friends and relatives who have met her . |
12 | She has been a J.P . |
13 | I will bring my friend Florence Ames , she has been a nurse — perhaps you remember her ? |
14 | When she has been a carer in the family and she can no longer fulfil this role or it is no longer needed |
15 | Then , in 1982 , the then fledgling Century published her first novel , Light a Penny Candle ; she has been a bestseller every since . |
16 | Small and blond with one grown-up daughter , she has been a driving instructor for ten years . |
17 | She has been a governor of both comprehensive and primary schools and has served as a co-opted member on council social services committees . |
18 | Twice she has been a semi-finalist and twice a quarter-finalist . |
19 | Since then , after a series of well-publicised operations , to the consternation of her fans among the fundamentalists , she has been a woman - Turkey 's first and most famous transsexual . |
20 | She has been a soloist at the Proms and is currently principal oboe with the London Bach Orchestra and the Orchestra of St John 's , Smith Square , and Professor of Oboe at the Royal Academy and Trinity College . |
21 | She has been the guardian of this wishing tree in the English churchyard since anyone alive can remember , though before that , the rumour was that she had lived in a wild state , before the islands were properly civilised . |
22 | She has been the catalyst . ’ |
23 | Since that date she has been the subject of TV documentaries , a feature film ( ‘ Frida ’ by Paul Leduc ) , a stage play , numerous publications and the inspiration for designer clothing . |
24 | ‘ She has been the target of such spite that it disgraces those who offer it , and she bears it with a dignity that makes me proud , ’ he said as Mrs Kinnock stood behind him , smiling but with tears in her eyes . |
25 | She has been an A grade student all the way through her time at the Darlington girls ' school and is a stalwart of the school 's debating society . |
26 | She has been an ally of Portugal for over 600 years . |
27 | Maybe people thought that since she 'd been a witch when alive , she 'd be a ghost once she was dead . |
28 | Maybe people thought that since she 'd been a witch when alive , she 'd be a ghost once she was dead . |
29 | If she 'd been a man . |
30 | She 'd been a schoolteacher once , she told him . |