Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] been [adj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | and then other , like this morning I woke up about quarter to seven , well I 'd been awake a while but I thought I 'd came to at quarter to seven I went down and make some tea and having breakfast |
| 2 | How could I have been such a fool as to take him seriously ? |
| 3 | How could I have been such a fool ? ’ she wailed through her tears . |
| 4 | Oh , I do hate him — I 'm so miserable — I 've been such a fool ! |
| 5 | ‘ I 've been such a fool . ’ |
| 6 | I 've been such a fool ! ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I have been patient a long time , nonya . ’ |
| 8 | By contrast Celtic had a goal in hand for much of the match and put together many passages of the passing game which has been such a feature of recent matches . |
| 9 | A common tendency , reflecting perhaps a consciousness of the taboo on didacticism which has been such a strong feature of recent primary education , was for some teachers to ask questions rather than make statements or give instructions . |
| 10 | As such they are seen as antithetical to the work ethic which has been such an integral part of Thatcherite political rhetoric . |
| 11 | He rode on the Sambre 's northern bank , drawn towards the town by the sound of musketry which had been loud an hour before , but which now had faded into silence . |
| 12 | But what happened to the crushed tomatoes which had been such a success , Were they abandoned in favour of whole canned tomatoes ? |
| 13 | Beside the door of each room a supply of ready-loaded firearms had been laid ; every available weapon , from the Enfield rifles of those killed earlier in the siege to native flintlocks and the countless sporting guns which had been such a feature of " the possessions " , had been pressed into service . |
| 14 | This was the 1st Ukrainian Division , many of whose members came from those parts of Poland incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1939 and which had been such a special concern of the AFHQ letter of 6 March defining " Soviet nationals " . |
| 15 | By contrast , the early 1980s were dominated by the re-emergence of the drift to the South East which had been such a focus of attention in the 1950s and early 1960s . |
| 16 | Focus on the two-party system , the growing strength of the organized working-class and the gradual decline of the big single-issue movements which had been such a central feature of the mid-Victorian political scene were visible signs of this transformation . |
| 17 | The parameters of the religious issue might have been changed somewhat by the grudging toleration granted to Protestant Nonconformists in 1689 , but the religious settlement can scarcely be said to have provided a satisfactory solution to the issue of Dissent which had been such a source of tension in Restoration society . |
| 18 | As a result of this new alliance with the bishops , we see little of the anti-episcopalian rhetoric which had been such a prominent feature of the Whig platform during the Exclusion Crisis . |
| 19 | To relinquish her calling , or the possibility of the companionship and family life which had been such an influential part of her background . |
| 20 | Her dark blonde hair was cut into a short , feathery style , which had been popular a few years ago . |
| 21 | On his ‘ Big Red Train Ride ’ in 1977 , Eric Newby found these class approaches to the catching of and waiting for the trains , which have been such a characteristic of colonial societies in India and Africa , still very much the norm in the communist countries . |
| 22 | She 'd been half-expecting a trial and then a labour camp but instead , there was an ambulance . |
| 23 | She 'd been such an idiot , had n't she ? |
| 24 | How could she have been such a fool ? |
| 25 | Why should you have to sacrifice yourself — you who 've been such a brick all your life ? |
| 26 | ‘ It do n't seem right , though , askin' for things when you 've been such a kind bloke to me , and doctored me as well . ’ |
| 27 | You 've been such a good and loyal friend to me all these years , and I know it was wrong of me to ask something so demanding of you , but … ’ |
| 28 | ‘ You 've been such a help , ’ she said , brushing aside Loretta 's half-hearted attempt to make a contribution . |
| 29 | You 've been such a help . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ You 've been such a brick for carrying on while I was away . |