Example sentences of "you have been a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Betinna said , ‘ I hear you 've been a hero . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Anyone can see you 've been a sergeant . |
| 3 | I was so proud of you — as proud as though you 'd been a child of mine trying to walk . |
| 4 | You 'd have known that , would n't you , that you 'd been a twin ? ’ |
| 5 | Of course you could have become Lord Mayor then if you 'd been an alderman ? |
| 6 | That — and you having been an oarsman , too . |
| 7 | ‘ Could you have been a contender ? ’ |
| 8 | They 'd say things like , ‘ Glen , you 've been a really naughty boy . |
| 9 | You 've been a good friend but unfortunately this is not going to be enough to help your friend . |
| 10 | He lay down on the bed , with my mother beside him , and he died in her arms , saying : ‘ You 've been a good wife to me , Mary . ’ |
| 11 | Your conductors ' competitions brought on some new talent , beginning with the Finnish conductor Okko Kamu , who won the first competition in 1969 ; and you 've been a great help to most of the new generation of top conductors — Abbado , Ozawa , and so on . |
| 12 | ‘ Jimmy , who had n't said a word , suddenly said , ‘ You know , Leslie , you 've been a bit of a bastard , have n't you … |
| 13 | ‘ I just wanted to say that , we would of course be very sorry to lose you , you 've been a tremendous asset to the Department , even in the short time you 've been here . |
| 14 | You can dance like Ginger Rogers You 've a figure like Marilyn Monroe You 've been a blonde since a week last Thursday So yir roots have n't started to show … |
| 15 | ‘ You 've been a big detective lately , have n't you , Auntie Jean ? |
| 16 | Anyway , muggins here went into his dresing room just before the fight and gushed : ‘ Joe , it 's my first big show , and you 've been a professional in every sense of the word . |
| 17 | You 've been a bad influence . |
| 18 | You 've been a good lodger and paid regular , and I 'm sorry about it ; but there it is , Mr Arkwright . |
| 19 | You 've been a real sport , mister , standin' up for me like you did , and fetchin' that brute a lovely wallop . |
| 20 | I bet you 've been a sergeant , I bet you 'ave . ’ |
| 21 | You 've been a socialist all your life and were a former economic adviser to Che Guevara . |
| 22 | ‘ You 've been a real help to me , Carrie . ’ |
| 23 | You 've been a good wife , Elaine . ’ |
| 24 | That 's er , so you 've been a successful propagandist ? |
| 25 | You 've extended courtesy , patience , and fair-mindedness to all , so that you 've been a tribute to the enquiry process if I may say so . |
| 26 | It pleased him to see the shock his words delivered , and before David could protest , he lied , ‘ You 've been a help to me since my old bones went crook , and I 'll see you get your dues when the time comes . |
| 27 | ‘ When you 've been a soldier as long as I have , I tell you , you can smell a parasite from the other side of a black hole ! |
| 28 | If you come out to nothing like I did and you 've been a prostitute and know it 's easy money — well you 're going to go straight to it again . |
| 29 | You 've been a widow for fourteen months now . |
| 30 | You 've been a wonderful sister to me , dearest . |