Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [be] [adj] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and then other , like this morning I woke up about quarter to seven , well I 'd been awake a while but I thought I 'd came to at quarter to seven I went down and make some tea and having breakfast |
| 2 | How could I have been such a fool as to take him seriously ? |
| 3 | How could I have been such a fool ? ’ she wailed through her tears . |
| 4 | Oh , I do hate him — I 'm so miserable — I 've been such a fool ! |
| 5 | ‘ I 've been such a fool . ’ |
| 6 | I 've been such a fool ! ’ |
| 7 | She 'd been half-expecting a trial and then a labour camp but instead , there was an ambulance . |
| 8 | How could she have been such a fool ? |
| 9 | ‘ You 've been such a help , ’ she said , brushing aside Loretta 's half-hearted attempt to make a contribution . |
| 10 | You 've been such a help . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ You 've been such a brick for carrying on while I was away . |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | It has been such a success within the company over recent months that JT Design Build are now making it available throughout the construction industry and to the industry 's clients . |
| 15 | Seeing as he 'd been such a pain , I was a little slow going to his rescue . |
| 16 | If someone had told him that he 'd been angry a moment before , he would 've denied it . |
| 17 | That was why it had been such a shock when the neighbours came round to tell Lily the baby was screaming and there was nobody answering the door or any lights on in the house . |
| 18 | His musical talents had not been confined to the School , for he had been first a choirboy at St. Matthew 's in Edgeley , and then organist for the Sunday afternoon services at Barnes ' Convalescent Home in Cheadle , followed by eight years as organist at St. John 's , Heaton Mersey , then 20 years at St. Peter 's , Stockport , and finally 34 years at the Parish Church , St. Mary 's , from which he finally retired in 1944 . |
| 19 | Dr Nanayakkara said Liam 's death had caused him grave concern and he had been eager a specialist children 's pathologist should carry out the post-mortem examination . |
| 20 | Dr Marshall says it 's been such a success he 'd like to see his research go up in flames again |
| 21 | Dr Marshall says it 's been such a success he 'd like to see his research go up in flames again |
| 22 | ‘ It 's been such a shock . |
| 23 | My mother 's always dying , it 's been such a help over the years , and poor Papa frequently demands a change of geriatric vista . |
| 24 | And it 's been such a relief to be able to speak about it openly for the first time . |
| 25 | ‘ Yes , it 's been such a relief to hear that Liz and Owen are still making good progress . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's been such a pleasure meeting you and do n't forget what I said about the spring . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ It 's been such a comfort talking to you , Alison . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's been such a burden , all these years . |
| 29 | I mean they 'll just they 'll just have it sat there empty , it 's been empty a year now . |