Example sentences of "[pron] have [be] such [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 How could I have been such a fool as to take him seriously ?
2 How could I have been such a fool ? ’ she wailed through her tears .
3 Oh , I do hate him — I 'm so miserable — I 've been such a fool !
4 I 've been such a fool . ’
5 I 've been such a fool ! ’
6 By contrast Celtic had a goal in hand for much of the match and put together many passages of the passing game which has been such a feature of recent matches .
7 Beside the door of each room a supply of ready-loaded firearms had been laid ; every available weapon , from the Enfield rifles of those killed earlier in the siege to native flintlocks and the countless sporting guns which had been such a feature of " the possessions " , had been pressed into service .
8 But what happened to the crushed tomatoes which had been such a success , Were they abandoned in favour of whole canned tomatoes ?
9 The parameters of the religious issue might have been changed somewhat by the grudging toleration granted to Protestant Nonconformists in 1689 , but the religious settlement can scarcely be said to have provided a satisfactory solution to the issue of Dissent which had been such a source of tension in Restoration society .
10 By contrast , the early 1980s were dominated by the re-emergence of the drift to the South East which had been such a focus of attention in the 1950s and early 1960s .
11 On his ‘ Big Red Train Ride ’ in 1977 , Eric Newby found these class approaches to the catching of and waiting for the trains , which have been such a characteristic of colonial societies in India and Africa , still very much the norm in the communist countries .
12 She 'd been such an idiot , had n't she ?
13 How could she have been such a fool ?
14 Why should you have to sacrifice yourself — you who 've been such a brick all your life ?
15 You 've been such a help , ’ she said , brushing aside Loretta 's half-hearted attempt to make a contribution .
16 You 've been such a help . ’
17 You 've been such a brick for carrying on while I was away .
18 ‘ It do n't seem right , though , askin' for things when you 've been such a kind bloke to me , and doctored me as well . ’
19 In this more fiercely competitive situation people quarrel more readily and more often , and the elder who had been such a paragon of gentle paternalism finds things increasingly difficult .
20 For his firm support and that of Charles Elly as Deputy Vice-President , despite other intense pressures on their time , I owe a singular debt of gratitude — as I do to the Secretary-General and all his staff , not least the dedicated private office team who have been such a help to me and to Catherine my wife .
21 She puts her intellect to work on why she 's been such a pain for the last 50 years , and ends up a little less smug and a lot less married .
22 The extent to which there has been such a departure is well shown by the fact that , when the World Council of Churches was originally formed in 1948 , the basis of that Council ( to which churches which wanted to join must subscribe ) read : ‘ The World Council of Churches is a fellowship of churches which accept our Lord Jesus Christ as God and Saviour . ’
23 There has been such a growth in direct dealing that fish is only getting sent to Billingsgate when no one else wants it . ’
24 In case you think I have been having a merry old time , I 'd better tell you also that I have been staying up to the small hours as there has been such a lot of preparation to do , and the course participants have also been keen to make use of our presence by asking all kinds of questions about English etc. , so this is literally the first free time I have been able to make since I have been here .
25 There has been such a reaction around the world that there may be some hope .
26 Thirdly , if there has been such a form of duress leading to a contract for consideration , I think that contract is a voidable one which can be avoided and the excess money paid under it recovered .
27 Dwyer , who guided the Aussies to World Cup victory last year , insists : ‘ There has been such an improvement in Welsh rugby it could be us who go in as underdogs . ’
28 Even if there had been such an agreement , there was nothing to stop the board getting rid of Mr Venables if it wished , said Mr Heslop .
29 So the current position is that there 's been substantial progress er in Greater York , and I think its testimony to the willingness of the Greater York authorities to work together there that there 's been such a level of agreement I think probably er never before achieved in the Greater York area as to the direction that Greater York erm er should take .
30 Cos there 's been such a timetable mess up this year .
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