Example sentences of "he [vb -s] been a [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Dungarvan Leader once commended a candidate " with a record of achievement " in these revealing terms : " He has consistently fought in the Waterford County Council ( of which body he has been a member for many years ) for amenities for the town , and it was thanks to his representations that the long-suffering residents of the old road had a footpath provided in front of their homes to prevent flooding . |
| 2 | Images have always crowded Bevan Davies ' mind and in an effort to capture them he has been a photographer for many years . |
| 3 | It was Mr Deans 's first trip to an offshore installation , although he has been a seaman for a number of years . |
| 4 | Yet the harsh fact remains that Rushdie has won much greater commitment from politicians elsewhere than from those in the country of which he has been a citizen for a quarter of a century . |
| 5 | He has been an instructor for 40 years and is an FAA examiner in eight different warbirds . |
| 6 | He 's been a hillwalker for 30 years and is the author of nine books on the outdoors |
| 7 | Now how about this feller … he 's been a lock-keeper for thirty seven years . |
| 8 | He 's been a frog for simply ages . ’ |
| 9 | I mean to say , Charles is an absolute prick , but he 's been a prick for twenty years , why divorce him now ? |