Example sentences of "that i 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | I could not believe that I 'd been so stupid , or that such a simple mistake was about to have such dire consequences . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Rather than concluding that I had been too radical in Opposition , I fast came to the view 1 had been too cautious . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Beth Stubbs was a Quaker , a member of that old Mafia that I had been so wary of . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I felt that I had been very clumsy . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ I am sorry that I have been so ungrateful in the past for your many generous acts , ’ it began . |