Example sentences of "[pron] have been a [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have been a machine knitter for about 20 years and I still remember those early garments which I expected my family to wear . |
| 2 | All my life I have been a 7ft woman trying to get out . ’ |
| 3 | Although I have been billed as a " computer man " — I have been employed in the computer marketing and services side of IBM for 17 years — for over half this time I have been a line manager . |
| 4 | ‘ I have been a consumer researcher for so long that I am Consumer Correspondent always on the look-out for a new subject to investigate . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I have been a car park season ticket holder for the last five years , during which the cost has risen from about 20 pence to £150 per day . ’ |
| 6 | We have been a nation state for a very long time . |
| 7 | This year , in St Petersburg alone , there have been an army colonel , two Communist Party officials , a university teacher and a tax collector kidnapped . |