Example sentences of "[vb base] been a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been a sportsman all my life and after a couple of years away from the game on a daily basis , I 'm happy to be coming back . |
| 2 | But he vowed : ‘ I 'll battle through — I 've been a fighter all my life . ’ |
| 3 | I 've been a boarder , so I know the routine . |
| 4 | ‘ Yes , I 've been a subscriber for a couple of years now . |
| 5 | Sorry I 've been a while , I went into mum 's to take her shopping in and Uncle Philip was there . |
| 6 | His mouth twisted into a grim line as he admitted , ‘ You 've been a marvel about the place , and I appreciate it . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've been a bit lucky , ’ he said , modestly . |
| 8 | ‘ Jimmy , who had n't said a word , suddenly said , ‘ You know , Leslie , you 've been a bit of a bastard , have n't you … |
| 9 | We 've been a bit lucky because , although our ball is in high rough — and I mean high ; it was up to Greg 's knees — we 've caught a good lie , so he can hit a pitching-wedge back on to the fairway . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've been a bit depressed , ’ she said , ‘ that 's all . ’ |
| 11 | It'd 've been a bit before eleven o'clock . |
| 12 | Today he can look in his pharaoh-style mirror and say , ‘ Oh dear , I 've been a bit of a git . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I ca n't help feeling , ’ says Howard , sticking his head forward ruefully , ‘ now I know who you are , that I 've been a bit outspoken in some of my remarks about the system . ’ |
| 14 | I should be congratulated not criticized , and if sometimes I 've been a bit unfair , played a bit of a game , that 's life is n't it . |
| 15 | Apparently they 've been a bit disturbed once or twice , recently . ’ |
| 16 | I 'm sorry , I 'm sorry I 've been a bit steady getting there , but I think it 's an important issue to tackle that , quality is horses for courses and we have to accept the fact that we 're gon na get prestige type jobs and quick slick jobs , especially in the beginning of March every year . |
| 17 | I 've been a bit dull of hearing and I have n't got my hearing aid in . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm sorry if I 've been a bit below par this evening , ’ she apologised . |
| 19 | I know I 've been a bit stupid , but I 'm trying to get my act together and all Luke-do-it-all-Denner does is give me a hard time ! |
| 20 | But it seems I 've been a bit blasé about pregnancy 's being ‘ a perfectly natural physical state ’ — dear Dr Newne hit his surgery roof when I casually mentioned flying to St Lucia ! |
| 21 | ‘ We 've been a bit short of cash for developing it , ’ said Bruce Rannie . |
| 22 | But I mean i i certainly if you go through the , the early bits erm I mean i i i if you take well okay the , the organization bit to begin with , but then hitting the landlords politically er you know y you 're , you 're checking their accounts , you 're imposing their fines when they 've been a bit naughty , you 're letting contributions erm you 're crowning them and going through the streets , you 're locking them up , you 're banishing some of them , you might be executing some of them but i it 's , it 's only specifically where they 've offended against your , your view of the moral economy , where they , where they 've sort of been naughty in terms of |
| 23 | I 've been a life insurance salesman and I was in the deep freeze business for ages . |
| 24 | I 've been a man in total control all my life , and I find myself out of control around you . |
| 25 | Now colleagues , I 've been a member of the G M B for twenty five years . |
| 26 | I 've been a member for er fifty eight year , the W I and I 'm a member in Kirkwall now . |
| 27 | But I 've been a member for many years I like the policy and erm my friends and I just decided that we would fund raise for them as they have n't got anyone in this area . |
| 28 | ‘ I 've been a fool , ’ he went on . |
| 29 | I 've been a fool and more than a fool . |
| 30 | I 've been a fool , have n't I ? |