Example sentences of "been so [adj] as [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He disliked the use of extemporary prayers , saying , ‘ There needed no other confutation than to take them down in shorthand and shew them afterwards to those men that had been so audacious as to utter them . ’ |
| 2 | He mentioned also that " The inhabitants of the town have been so good as to rebuild me the Court wall and make some improvements in the yard , and they are very desirous for the Company to lend their aid " . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , ’ said Fribble , ‘ Calatin here has been so kind as to invite me to stay for a while . |
| 4 | If they 'd had a key , they would n't have been so careless as to leave it open , would they ? ’ |
| 5 | He blamed the fall of the city on the impiety and general degeneracy of the people , who had been so foolish as to ally themselves with Christians in the first place . |
| 6 | How could she have been so foolish as to imagine he had issued the invitation on a personal level ? |