Example sentences of "[pers pn] have be very [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah he 's a very you know it 's funny I know it 's the worst time to do a phone in actually because people are doing other oh I 've got me foot caught in the whatsit but erm I thought I thought we 'd get loads of people on saying I 'd been very rude saying that this was er er er nation of animal haters and abusers . |
| 2 | He thanked me too , saying I 'd been very fair and was paying him royally , but then he added , in that high-pitched voice of his : ‘ One thing though . |
| 3 | Anyway , I 'd been very busy the day before and Doreen had irritated me for other reasons . |
| 4 | I felt that I had been very clumsy . |
| 5 | I had never seen it other than murky before along that particular section so I decided to walk the far bank and see what I could in the swims where I had been very successful . |
| 6 | But then I had been very ignorant of the disease ; now I was wiser . |
| 7 | I had been very impressed by Jacob Bronowski 's television series , The Ascent of Man . |
| 8 | Before my condition was diagnosed , I had been very bored with life . |
| 9 | It was my first piece , and I got it in my head immediately ; I had been very depressed and I think he saved my life . ’ |
| 10 | I demurred , pointing out to Haines that as the chairman of the Newspaper Publishers Association I had been very careful to avoid interfering with press stories in any way . |
| 11 | It was when I was living in New York , in Greenwich Village , in 1974 , after completing a semester of ‘ creative writing workshops ’ at Ohio University , where I had been very happy . |
| 12 | I had been very ill . |
| 13 | I had been very lucky , so far . |
| 14 | I had been very anti-body before . |
| 15 | I had been very naive when we started out in Rotherham and it came as a shock to me to realize that not everyone can see the justness of a just cause . |
| 16 | I thinks the manufacturing experience I had was very important , because it enabled me to see things from the manufacturer 's point of view , which many retailers have n't done . |
| 17 | But I 'm also very anxious that we receive a full percentage whack of those profits and as you can see I , over the years , I 've been very assiduous in ensuring that we do move towards that position . |
| 18 | From left the Virago team , Lennie Goodings , 20th year ‘ mascot ’ Ethel Merman ( ‘ Broadway has been very good to me — but then I 've been very good to Broadway ’ ) , Harriet Spicer and Fiona McIntosh . |
| 19 | I 've been very good . |
| 20 | Well I 've been very good I 've not been phoning anybody else |
| 21 | I 've been very fortunate because it 's very like a large family . ’ |
| 22 | I 've been very fortunate also in having Rob Moffat as coach to the Scottish Schools side . |
| 23 | So far I 've been very fortunate in that I 've been in the right place at the right time ; buying land and property in a subdued market then selling it on when demand is high . |
| 24 | I 've been very fortunate to be able to become part of your industry , to see part of your contribution to my patients for the great tomorrow . |
| 25 | I 've been very mean with him all day . |
| 26 | Wycliffe did not look up from the statements and for some time Sara gave no sign that she had heard ; then she said : ‘ I 've been very stupid . |
| 27 | I 've been very poorly and I ca n't get out to the shops . |
| 28 | ‘ I 've been very pleased to meet you , ’ Mother said to the old gentleman , when it was time for him to leave . |
| 29 | Like the pram , it is sturdy and well made , and I 've been very pleased with it . |
| 30 | Thank you very much well I 've been very pleased to make those points relating to the leader of the council . |