Example sentences of "have been so [adj] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Atkinson said : ‘ It 's a blow to lose someone like Shaun , who has been so impressive for us . ’ |
| 2 | It has been so rewarding for me to read about the happiness and freedom from the prison of obesity that is now enjoyed by so many . |
| 3 | In any case , it would n't have been so easy for me to start again at something else . |
| 4 | This view of kinship as an opposite to capitalist relations of production explains the vivid interest with which Marx and Engels examined the work of such anthropologists as Bachofen , McLennan , and Maine , who were all concerned with this topic ; but above all it explains once again why Morgan should have been so important for them , since he above all was the expert on kinship . |
| 5 | It had been so long for her she was like a dam waiting to burst . |
| 6 | When Edith had met Joss Campbell a few years later he had been so glad for her , because Joss was older than Edith and was more than a match for Nancy . |
| 7 | You know that , ’ she replied , and discovered that Travis , more interested in his love-life than hers , wanted to talk about Rosemary and how much he missed seeing her and the fact that he had been so lonesome for her that he 'd phoned her flat several times yesterday evening and , receiving no reply , had realised she must still be at her parents ' home . |
| 8 | It is why you have been so successful for us abroad . |
| 9 | I 'm sorry things have been so tough for you . ’ |
| 10 | I think I 'll stick with Lulu — I 'm not superstitious but it 's been so good for me up until now that I 'm not going to throw it away . |
| 11 | I wish he would walk , he 's been so heavy for me to carry . |
| 12 | It 's been so dreary for you in the last couple of weeks . |