Example sentences of "[pers pn] have been [det] a [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 | She 'd been such an idiot , had n't she ? |
| 7 | How could she have been such a fool ? |
| 8 | ‘ You 've been such a help , ’ she said , brushing aside Loretta 's half-hearted attempt to make a contribution . |
| 9 | You 've been such a help . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ You 've been such a brick for carrying on while I was away . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Seeing as he 'd been such a pain , I was a little slow going to his rescue . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The hospital and all that went with it had been such an oasis in the alarming wilderness of doing everything for , and chiefly by , myself ; now it came to the point of leaving it , I was scared . |
| 17 | Dr Marshall says it 's been such a success he 'd like to see his research go up in flames again |
| 18 | Dr Marshall says it 's been such a success he 'd like to see his research go up in flames again |
| 19 | ‘ It 's been such a shock . |
| 20 | My mother 's always dying , it 's been such a help over the years , and poor Papa frequently demands a change of geriatric vista . |
| 21 | And it 's been such a relief to be able to speak about it openly for the first time . |
| 22 | ‘ Yes , it 's been such a relief to hear that Liz and Owen are still making good progress . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's been such a pleasure meeting you and do n't forget what I said about the spring . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ It 's been such a comfort talking to you , Alison . |
| 25 | ‘ It 's been such a burden , all these years . |