Example sentences of "he 's [been] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like I say , he 's been a bit unlucky . |
| 2 | He 's been a bit disappointing and they made the difference . ’ |
| 3 | Bearing in mind that Mr Steel probably on his own admission has said he 's been a bit late out of the starting blocks in order to make his bid for a review of the allocations , er I mean how do you feel in response to that ? |
| 4 | ‘ But he 's been a bit grumpy about the reappearance of Ross in my life , and the fact that I 'm having to live with my mother-in-law . ’ |
| 5 | He said , I 'll get onto them and I 'll tell him he has to come and clean your windows he 's been a bit busy . |
| 6 | Andrew-wa He 's been a bit er green has n't he , I think . |
| 7 | I think he 's been a bit green today . |
| 8 | But he does , he lives in the churchyard , and he has done on and off , as you say , for a few years , and he 's been a bit of a most of the time he 's perfectly all right because he keeps himself to himself . |
| 9 | He 's been a hillwalker for 30 years and is the author of nine books on the outdoors |
| 10 | He 's been a farmer , a pilot , a director of coffee plantations and an army officer . |
| 11 | Martin Hines says he 's been a winner here twice and everyone will be looking to beat him . |
| 12 | He 's been a member of the Medieval Circle for twelve years and goes to all their functions . |
| 13 | He has strong interests in education , and management training and much experience of negotiating with government , something that we all need in N C V O. For some years he 's been a member of the Council for Voluntary Service Overseas . |
| 14 | Now how about this feller … he 's been a lock-keeper for thirty seven years . |
| 15 | He looks as though he 's been a footballer in his time . |
| 16 | He 's been a candidate on six occasions in Portsmouth municipal elections , and in nineteen eighty six was elected to the Havelock ward . |
| 17 | ‘ He 's been a prisoner too long ’ |
| 18 | He 's been a bouncer I think . |
| 19 | He 's been a frog for simply ages . ’ |
| 20 | He 's been a force in British politics for a third of a century , but for how much longer . |
| 21 | You could not , no , a miner once he 's been a miner , can not go down er a pit and say to anyone down a pit , and say to anyone down a pit , that he 's not a miner . |
| 22 | But he 's been a lot better , especially since we got Caspar . ’ |
| 23 | I mean to say , Charles is an absolute prick , but he 's been a prick for twenty years , why divorce him now ? |