Example sentences of "he [vb -s] been a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has been a couple of times . |
| 2 | Almost from the start he has been a university teacher who has , so to speak , a ‘ hard hat and a pair of stout wellington boots constantly in his car ’ . |
| 3 | For several years he has been a helper , and having decided to return to Birmingham where he had a distinguished career as a teacher of English , he resolved to give us the greater part of the library , collected over many years by himself and his late wife . |
| 4 | He campaigned against the burial of irradiated waste in the UK , and Parliamentary commitments include serving on the select committe for employment , 1983–87 , and he has been a whip responsible for defence , energy , transports and Northern Ireland for several years . |
| 5 | Through his chairmanship of the TCCB 's Registration Sub-committee , he has been a member of the Executive Committee of the TCCB since 1980 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | He has been a member of the Chief Executive 's Management Group since those early days and is the only remaining director from the team which put the Council together in 1974 . |
| 8 | He has been a member of the Scottish International Cycling Squad for 8 years . |
| 9 | He has been a member of a number of college committees and has acted as Head of Department . |
| 10 | He has been a member of the Executive Committee as Cork District Secretary since 1983 . |
| 11 | He has been a member of the Pensioners ' Committee , the Council of the Institute of Bankers and a Trustee of Bank of Ireland Pension Fund . |
| 12 | He has been a member of that Committee since it was re-established in 1991 . |
| 13 | Of course Potter has nothing against unions as such , he has been a member of the National Union of Teachers all his working life . |
| 14 | He has been a member of every Conservative Cabinet since 1970 , despite the fact that , by his own testimony , he is strongly against monetarism , non-interventionism , the high interest rate policy , the poll tax , the European Community policy of the previous Prime Minister and , last but not least , the promotion of hospital opt-outs . |
| 15 | I am sorry that the hon. Gentleman was not able to join us in Committee because I have enjoyed his contributions in previous Committees of which he has been a member . |
| 16 | For twenty five years he has been a member of Equity and has played a different number of roles . |
| 17 | He has been a member of the Royal Dorset Yacht Club for the past twenty three years and is now an honorary life member . |
| 18 | He has been a member of the episcopal committee to liaise with the Major Religious Superiors since 1984 and is the present chairman of the committee for consecrated life . |
| 19 | He has been a member of Dinsdale Golf Club for seven years and only played there about ten times and that is something else he hopes to expand on , he says . |
| 20 | He has been a branch representative for many years since being elected to that role in Queen 's Square . |
| 21 | Herbie was Craigavon district Secretary 1979–87 and he has been a branch representative since 1978 . |
| 22 | Well he has been a bit |
| 23 | ‘ He has been a bit edgy , ’ said Helen . |
| 24 | Images have always crowded Bevan Davies ' mind and in an effort to capture them he has been a photographer for many years . |
| 25 | He is very good , Mr , and he has been a county councillor in I think Staffordshire , before the days of pindown I have to er , hasten to add , but he does know both sides of the er , street as it were . |
| 26 | It was Mr Deans 's first trip to an offshore installation , although he has been a seaman for a number of years . |
| 27 | For the last two years he has been a hospital porter . |
| 28 | He has been a victim of his own success at Arsenal in terms of his public profile but he 's professional enough to curb his celebrations when he scores a goal . |
| 29 | He has been a director of Wise Speke , one of the largest regional stockbrokers in the UK since its acquisition by Sturge in 1987 . |
| 30 | He has been a SCOTVEC examiner since 1984 and is involved with SCOTVEC 's Advanced Accounting courses , and in the teaching of Professional Accounting and Banking courses . |