Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] been one for " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 've always been one for a quiet life , have n't you ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I 've never been one for doctors , and hospitals were for visiting other people , ’ he said . |
| 3 | But Mike , of Bamford , Derbys — a Blades fan for 50 years — said : ‘ I 've never been one for holidays . |
| 4 | I 've never been one for crediting animals with human feelings , but the expression on that dog 's face definitely said " Stop laughing and get me out of here " . |
| 5 | I 've never been one for making friends , you know that . |
| 6 | I 've never been one for loud bangs . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Well , I 've never been one for tea or coffee after seven o'clock . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've never been one for a sweet wine Never . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I have always been one for good manners , I like people to say please and thank you , ’ says Marjorie Gedge . |
| 10 | It is after all quite difficult to remember exactly what it felt like to be a small person when you yourself have n't been one for thirty or forty years . |
| 11 | I have never been one for spending a fortune on equipment , so a dream tank was not something that had ever really passed through my mind . |