Example sentences of "[pron] have been such a " in BNC.
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| 1 | How could I have been such a fool as to take him seriously ? |
| 2 | How could I have been such a fool ? ’ she wailed through her tears . |
| 3 | Oh , I do hate him — I 'm so miserable — I 've been such a fool ! |
| 4 | ‘ I 've been such a fool . ’ |
| 5 | I 've been such a fool ! ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | But what happened to the crushed tomatoes which had been such a success , Were they abandoned in favour of whole canned tomatoes ? |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 " . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | How could she have been such a fool ? |
| 17 | Why should you have to sacrifice yourself — you who 've been such a brick all your life ? |
| 18 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 19 | 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 … ’ |
| 20 | ‘ You 've been such a help , ’ she said , brushing aside Loretta 's half-hearted attempt to make a contribution . |
| 21 | You 've been such a help . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ You 've been such a brick for carrying on while I was away . |
| 23 | Anna thought about the needlework classes of her schooldays , in which she had been such a conspicuous non-success . |
| 24 | She had been such a fine woman . |
| 25 | Sometimes they had speculated on how she would develop but not often : mostly she was taken for granted because she had been such a quiet child , sitting dozily in her pram outside the Dog and Duck while the sun went down . |
| 26 | On 1 August 1834 , after attending the wedding of his daughter Priscilla who had been such a tireless assistant to her father , Thomas Fowell Buxton and his gentlemen associates attended a ‘ grand public dinner ’ to celebrate the end of slavery with toasts and speeches . |
| 27 | In this more fiercely competitive situation people quarrel more readily and more often , and the elder who had been such a paragon of gentle paternalism finds things increasingly difficult . |
| 28 | But as I left my car and started to go into the house it was then that I realised I was falling under the spell of this Englishwoman who had been such a delightful and charming companion that day . ’ |
| 29 | And grateful Jean , their son Nicholas and four daughters passed on ‘ heart-felt thanks to the surgeons and staff at Cheltenham and Frenchay hospitals , the police , ambulance and fire services , their friends and the countless well-wishers who have been such a sustaining source of strength ’ . |
| 30 | I also have to bear in mind the interests of my wife and family who have been such a wonderful support to me during this particularly trying period for all of us . |