Example sentences of "been [adj] [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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1 | I had n't been quick to come around to Caduta , as you know . |
2 | Not only was I an only child but my dad 's father was an orphan and my mum 's family had been happy to get out of Kensal Town — which was a little down the road . |
3 | Because she had been reluctant to meet up with Celeste again , she had sat in a public stand a long way away from the private seating , the grid , the pits , but now she raced back towards them . |
4 | The main problem has been we have n't been able to come up to EC standards . |
5 | The Office of Fair Trading chose not to examine this market and the Hatton Garden traders have not always been able to stand up to Ratner 's negotiating muscle . |
6 | But it had always been dark , and he had always been anxious to get back to Cheltenham , where he lived . |