Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] that [pron] have [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am most upset that you have been treated so badly by my countrymen , ’ Gennaro said in a quiet steady voice . |
| 2 | The American legal system is so odd that I 've been told I could get Tristram deported in my custody . |
| 3 | He had sunk so low that she had been obliged to approach Dr McNab for his help . |
| 4 | They have been so pervasive and so self-evident that there has been little point in articulating them . |
| 5 | ‘ He deserves a proper thrashing , ’ Cissie protested , fiercely indignant that she had been unable to defend herself while her cowardly brother took delight in whipping her . |
| 6 | I 'm only glad that we 've been able to sort it all out so quickly . |
| 7 | Suddenly conscious that she had been holding her breath , Katherine pulled the door closed and then leaned back against the wall , aware of the pounding of her heart . |
| 8 | The transcript of the " trial " is so unique that it has been reproduced here in full … |
| 9 | But three years later on 27 July 1795 the new head of the Macclesfield company , Abraham Mills , wrote to the new agent Thomas Harrison of Kendal , advising him , alas , that " … the Coniston Mine has for some time been so unproductive that it has been determined to discontinue the working … " |
| 10 | I 'd been excited about Brownies for so long that I 'd been warned about wishing my life away nearly a hundred times by the week of my first Pack meeting . |
| 11 | His family was so poor that they 'd been obliged to sell him . |
| 12 | Some have suffered symptoms so severe that they have been given medication by their doctor . |
| 13 | We males naturally reject the idea that we 're not at all times ready to cream anything that moves as a monstrous slander on our virility , while women certainly do n't want to think that creatures whose sexual urges are so undiscriminating that they have been known to rape grannies and animals and even corpses , for God 's sake , could possibly find them so unattractive that they need to simulate orgasm . |
| 14 | I 've been , oh , so aware that you 've been more than generous , with your time , your coaching , your support against Gesner . |
| 15 | At one stage , in her early fifties , the depression had been so bad that she had been admitted to hospital . |
| 16 | She was suddenly aware that she had been looking forward to her new life in Portugal far more than she had realized . |
| 17 | ‘ I was so astonished that I 've been waiting until people started to come to church so that I could show somebody and you 're the first and most suitable . |
| 18 | I am acutely conscious that I have been a source of aggravation to Pa recently over my stupid allergy to vegetables ; it can not be pleasant to see the products one has slaved over summer and winter being regurgitated on to the dinner plate of one 's elder child . |
| 19 | Dear love , I get plenty of time to think about us these days , and I 'm more than ever grateful that I have been given such a wonderful person as you to be my wife . |
| 20 | Men like Ryan , and probably Leo , could have their pick of women , which made it even more unbelievable that she had been so stupid as to believe Ryan . |
| 21 | Twenty years later Craig was still convinced that he had been right . |
| 22 | I find it difficult to understand how they are going to carry on experimental work at other depots that are n't really equipped to carry out experimental work , and so for that reason , I mean , there 's a great deal of concern that these cuts are n't rather more cosmetic that they 've been made out to be . |
| 23 | Given the current arrangements in primary and secondary care , it is hardly surprising that there has been so little assessment of efficiency to date . |
| 24 | Against this background of significant changes in household formation patterns it is hardly surprising that there has been an increase in the proportion and number of older people living alone ( Figure 2.9 ) . |
| 25 | Is the Minister further aware that there has been an enormous erosion of confidence in the reliability and roadworthiness of buses since deregulation , especially in south Wales during a period in which monopolies have been created as stronger firms capture weaker ones and cowboy fleets undercut the operations of firms that are much more conscientious and safety conscious ? |
| 26 | It was possible that he had forgotten to switch it off last night or that he was at work early , but it was also possible that there had been an intruder . |
| 27 | It is also clear that there have been long-term shifts in priorities as the cuts became permanent . |
| 28 | They were slightly embarrassed that he had been left out , but had agreed at the time that there was no sense in phoning him at home because he would have nothing useful to say . |
| 29 | This year I 'm nearly certain that there 's been some money , not too much — about five thousand pounds — taken out of the system . |
| 30 | Is he also aware that there has been considerable disquiet over the proposed amalgamation of the St. |