Example sentences of "have been a [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alexanders , the jewellers , have been a Rolex concessionaire for over forty years now enabling us to offer you a service that we firmly believe is second to none . |
| 2 | I have been a machine knitter for about 20 years and I still remember those early garments which I expected my family to wear . |
| 3 | All my life I have been a 7ft woman trying to get out . ’ |
| 4 | The Falkland ( Malvinas ) Islands have been a United Kingdom dependent territory since right of sovereignty was claimed in 1833 , when a British naval captain expelled an Argentine force . |
| 5 | Many people have strong views on whether or not the nationalized industries have been a success story . |
| 6 | It must , he concluded , have been a Gooseneck invention . |
| 7 | ‘ I have been a car park season ticket holder for the last five years , during which the cost has risen from about 20 pence to £150 per day . ’ |
| 8 | In his State of the Union address , delivered to the US Congress on Jan. 31 , President George Bush stated that " the events of the year just ended , the revolution of 1989 , have been a chain reaction — change so striking that it marks the beginning of a new era in the world 's affairs " . |
| 9 | Swindon finished fifth Leicester sixth … on equal points … but if anything City have been a bogie team … |
| 10 | Surviving companions have been a 40cm lungfish , two 30cm gars and a couple of plecos . |
| 11 | Although I have been billed as a " computer man " — I have been employed in the computer marketing and services side of IBM for 17 years — for over half this time I have been a line manager . |
| 12 | Although residential and day-care staff have been a priority target for training in many departments , the vast majority are untrained , except for the offices in charge . |
| 13 | ‘ I have been a consumer researcher for so long that I am Consumer Correspondent always on the look-out for a new subject to investigate . ’ |
| 14 | We have been a nation state for a very long time . |
| 15 | To both the Chinese and the Japanese , carp have been a food source for centuries . |
| 16 | It was recorded as a fulling mill , although it may at least in part have been a grist mill . |
| 17 | Brentford have been a bogey team for both our sides this season . |
| 18 | The Bidston Dock cranes have been a Birkenhead landmark for many years . |
| 19 | The victims have been a prison officer and three Roman Catholic civilians , one of them a woman . |