Example sentences of "been sir [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There would have been Sir William before that . |
| 2 | This had been Sir Ivor at his brilliant best , striking with one deadly burst of speed . |
| 3 | He had been Sir Lancelot , which was a heroic character , but what we wanted with Ian was someone resonant that the public would respond to . |
| 4 | There have been many Sir Johns , and you could have been Sir John yourself . ’ |
| 5 | His earliest ally had been Sir Robert Heath , who had promoted Vermuyden 's advancement at court , and had even managed to get him out of prison . |
| 6 | Another important element is the chairman : successive chairmen of the Treasury Committee have been Sir Ernest du Cann and Mr Terence Higgins and their stature , experience and ability added greatly to the weight of this committee . |
| 7 | His second cousin had been Sir James Wyatt , ‘ the brilliant but facile ’ Surveyor General . |
| 8 | Some in the profession of political commentating would opt for Bagehot as their formative influence , but mine has long been Sir David — a founder of biased Tory journalism . |
| 9 | If Law had a political model , then it must have been Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman , a fellow Scot who had shown that an ordinary man could hold the highest office without discredit and that he could beat the clever and the politically sophisticated at their own game . |