Example sentences of "i 've been [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Now I 'm hoping we can see the best of Barnes because since I 've been Liverpool manager it is something I 've not seen . ’
2 For more than twenty years I 've been part of the furniture , a constant teatime companion .
3 I 've been part of Jewish life — and so have Rainbow and all her kind , and all the other heretics and deviants and dissenters — far longer than your little cult . ’
4 I 've been south of it all day . ’
5 But also in the years since the Liberal Democrats ' inception , I 've been chairman of the Metropolitan Stockport Liberal Democrats .
6 I 've been bone idle ca n't keep
7 Taylor said enthusiastically : ‘ After the win against Turkey , it was the first time since I 've been England manager that I 've gone back into the dressing room and felt the emotions I did as a club manager .
8 I 've been friends for a few years with the head stalker of Corrour estate , Ted Piggott , and his wife Theresia .
9 The reason I 'm here is I 've been friends with Jake ever since we met over a beer or three in Germany during my Jam days , I admire him as a lyricist and I think the group has a valid future . ’
10 after my second week he said I 'd got the gift of the gab or something and I always manage to wind people round my finger and always always get what I want and everything and I always took my way out of shit and I heard this from Matt , you can imagine how upset I was like on my I tell you er I heard about it on the field weekend cos I was here and Matt was here as well and , and I just thought my God I 've been friends with this bloke , we were having baths together when we were like two years old and , and I 've known him all my life and if you ca n't trust him well where does the , where , well you know , who can you trust ?
11 I 've been darling , I , believe me I 've , you ai n't got ta do it
12 So I really can say I 've been Cake-Maker to the king !
13 Something I 've been sort of working on , sort of . ’
14 No I , I have n't got any plans at the moment , you know I 've been sort of er I usually go around this time you know , er
15 I 've been family member for twelve years and must have seen a thousand children , and of those , barely fifty had both their natural mother and father !
16 I 'm actually , I am actually , I 've been party , they 've been circulating me with the correspondence of the residents ' association and I am very worried about this but do n't feel , until invited by the residents ' association , that we should do any more .
17 I 've been search for it and here it is look at that , two in there , that 's the new one
18 and I 've had three accidents and I 've been stationery every time , so somebody 's done something to me , so I 've had three
19 I 've been HIV + since about 1984 .
20 I 've been keep thinking that .
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