Example sentences of "have been [adv] [det] for [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Luckily Miss Malley was on leave at the time , otherwise this event might just have been too much for her . |
| 2 | The strain of prolonged interviews might have been too much for her . ’ |
| 3 | As for Philip , the prospect of seeing the man who was supposed to marry his sister go off on crusade for an indefinite period seems to have been too much for him . |
| 4 | An empty stomach and the pain of her ankle had been too much for her . |
| 5 | Louise Dunstaple , who had once been so fair , now looked like some consumptive Irish girl you might find walking the London streets ; in spite of the angry red spots on her pale brow she no longer wore the poultice of flour … the temptation had been too much for her and she had eaten it . |
| 6 | The excitement of Cynthia 's revelation had been too much for her and Cynthia now anxiously rang the bell for the nurse . |
| 7 | The journey had been too much for her , he thought apprehensively , but when she spoke it was in a cheerful raised voice . |
| 8 | He probably expected to find that the problem had been too much for her . |
| 9 | She thought at first that his ordeal had been too much for him and that his mind was wandering . |
| 10 | The pious hush in there had been too much for them . |
| 11 | It 's been too much for him , too great a burden . |