Example sentences of "[pron] have been [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only have your reports been first-lass but I have been particularly pleased that you were able to establish and maintain such good relations with the girl 's family and with the police . |
| 2 | In both British Coal and British Steel I have been enormously impressed by the ability and dedication of my colleagues , particularly when one recognises the totally inadequate rewards they receive in comparison with their opposite numbers in the private sector . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | So far in this judgment I have been principally concerned to explain why , as it seems to me , the court has not only the power but the inescapable responsibility of deciding , in that specific context , what is to be done in the interests of her welfare . |
| 5 | ‘ To begin with , I have been effectively two short on my team throughout my time here . ’ |
| 6 | As Sean will testify I have been pretty anti Strachan in the past especially when he was still playing when obviously suffering from his back trouble . |
| 7 | All right , I daresay you do n't — but there 's no need to snap , I have been pretty well at the end of my tether . |
| 8 | Over the last six years I have been closely involved with the Institute of Linguists Community Interpreting Project , coordinated by Ann Coresellis whose paper this afternoon will be discussing the emergence and future of the profession of Community Interpreting . |
| 9 | I have been closely involved in the work of two committees involved in this issue : |
| 10 | I feel just as guilty because I have been here five Sundays and not come to church on any of them . |
| 11 | ‘ You have been here a week , Holly , I have been here one hundred times longer . |
| 12 | I have been here eight and a half years now . |
| 13 | ‘ I know this because I have been here several times when I was younger . |
| 14 | I have been here less than a week and already it feels like home , ’ he said . |
| 15 | I have been most impressed by the strength of this basic common sense at Her Majesty 's prison in Kingston , which is in my constituency . |
| 16 | ‘ Except that Sir John and I have been most zealous in this matter . |
| 17 | ‘ I have been most restrained — I could see you had your hands full . |
| 18 | HAVING BEEN a regular reader of your magazine for a few years now , I have been most interested in the regular updates on the progress in restoration of Bf 109G G-USTV . |
| 19 | Sir , — I have been most concerned to read the recent press coverage regarding the Surrey Ambulance Service and as general manager , I must put the record straight . |
| 20 | I have been most concerned by reports that some students may have been in temporary difficulty at the start of the current term because their grant cheques have not arrived from certain authorities . |
| 21 | If I have been primarily expository hitherto ( and I have been because I believe Callinicos ' book to be the best on this subject that we have ) I will now begin to turn to criticism ; or at least to trying to ventilate that reservation which , faced by Callinicos , certainty , will not be stilled . |
| 22 | For the past few years , I have been heavily involved in the development of quality initiatives , and I am now looking forward to continuing this work with our teams in Aberdeen , Edinburgh and Glasgow . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ When visiting patients at mealtimes , ’ he says , ‘ I have been repeatedly appalled at what was on the family table : things like tinned vegetables , white bread , biscuits , sweet drinks , and , in place of porridge , the ubiquitous sweetened breakfast cereals . ’ |
| 24 | But I have been up all night comma , too tired , but I was really homesick . |
| 25 | Another said , ‘ I have been thoroughly happy with this diet , though I must admit I do enjoy bread , fruit and salads in the normal way of things . |
| 26 | ‘ I have been genuinely surprised at the positive reaction , ’ smiles Trevor , a perfectionist in all he does . |
| 27 | In fact , I have been pleasantly surprised at the speed of WSWIN 1.5 . |
| 28 | He added : ‘ I have been pleasantly surprised by the number of people who have expressed an interest , without being morbidly curious , shall we say . |
| 29 | Soane concludes , ‘ I have been more anxious to produce utility in the plans than to display expensive architecture in the elevations ; the leading objects were to unite convenience and comfort in the interior distributions , and simplicity and uniformity in the exterior. , |
| 30 | I have been more concerned with what would happen to my business if Andrew switched his manufacturing orders to someone else . ’ |