Example sentences of "that [pers pn] have been [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The thing is , you see , I realize that I 've been rather stupid and rather selfish , and I 'd like to apologize . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ My problem is that I 've been too open and trusting , ’ she says sweetly . |
| 3 | Oh well if he wants to know why I 'm there and me are you off sick I shall just show him a I 've got proof that I 've been off sick . |
| 4 | It had n't crossed my mind , but I was grateful now that I 'd been too busy throwing up to examine the body too closely . |
| 5 | I could not believe that I 'd been so stupid , or that such a simple mistake was about to have such dire consequences . |
| 6 | I told him that ever since listening to my father 's vivid descriptions of Constantinople I had always wanted to visit the city , but that I had been sadly disillusioned by the Turks I had seen on my way to the Embassy ; they had looked so incongruous in second-hand European clothes . |
| 7 | Rather than concluding that I had been too radical in Opposition , I fast came to the view 1 had been too cautious . |
| 8 | It suddenly occurred to me that I had been so busy enjoying myself on the Mantela that I had never even opened either of them . |
| 9 | Beth Stubbs was a Quaker , a member of that old Mafia that I had been so wary of . |
| 10 | On one occasion , when playing to a group of Durham University students , I told them that I had been personally responsible for Nelson Mandela 's release , and a tuxedo-clad toff suggested I should n't have bothered . |
| 11 | I felt that I had been very clumsy . |
| 12 | So good was his work , so fulfilling of my ambitions , that I have been well content to let my narrative in this book play second fiddle to his excellent photographs . |
| 13 | ‘ I am sorry that I have been so ungrateful in the past for your many generous acts , ’ it began . |
| 14 | She thought ruefully that she had been pretty unfair . |
| 15 | To which she replied that she had been sound asleep , that she had heard a desultory conversation , but its substance had nothing whatever to do with her . |
| 16 | He thought that she had been exceptionally sweet to Emmie lately and he was grateful to her . |
| 17 | ( Her niece told me that she had been particularly good at her job . ) |
| 18 | It seems to be almost a perception of physics as an ‘ arts ’ subject ; indeed , Jane told me that she had been equally good at arts and sciences but had chosen sciences because of the job and university prospects . |
| 19 | He walked out and Jenna was left with the feeling that she had been decidedly ungracious , of uncertain temper and rather childish . |
| 20 | His eyes narrowed at this bitterness , but he simply left the room , and Jenna had the feeling that she had been as ungracious as he appeared to think . |
| 21 | It was just that she had been too much in love at the time to see it . |
| 22 | She did n't want to explain that she had been too nervous to go in the kitchen and cook it , too lily-livered to turn her back to the window as she lit the gas , too timorous to cause even the tiny sounds of roasting game . |
| 23 | It had all gone — the thin veneer of self-confidence , the determination that she had been so proud of acquiring and nurturing since that first audition in Vienna . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Because , while being regressed , the patient is well aware of his or her present-day persona in addition to the previous one , Myra found it very distressing to think that she had been so happy to go along with all Hugh 's demands . |
| 26 | Her previous recording with Sir Charles Groves featured Crusell 's Second Concerto , in which she was partnered by the English Chamber Orchestra , and it became evident from our conversation that she had been especially happy to work with Sir Charles once again , in this new recording of English music for clarinet and orchestra . |
| 27 | Six weeks later she reported back that she had been very well on holiday with no travel-sickness or stomach problems but since returning home the digestive symptoms had gradually increased in intensity . |
| 28 | When I asked her how easy or difficult she had found the exercise , Sylvia told me that she had been quite surprised at how simple it had been . |
| 29 | But setting her misgivings about Tommaso himself aside , Caterina decided that she had been quite wrong to think that it was she who had caught his attention . |
| 30 | For a long time she lay awake , staring into the darkness and telling herself that she had been absolutely crazy to let this happen . |