Example sentences of "[vb infin] [been] so [adj] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Could Filmer have been so stupid as to get the horses ' names wrong in addition to the cities ? |
| 2 | It was impossible to believe she could have been so stupid as to let Marc kiss her ! |
| 3 | Given the brief span of their acquaintance , the even briefer time they had actually spent together , how could he have been so presumptuous as to imagine that she would wish to fly out and join him at the Plaza ? |
| 4 | Almost certainly it would have been the executors , after consultation with the family , as not even a cabinet-maker used to the undertaking trade would have been so bold as to have proceeded with such an elaborate item without having first enquired of the executors . |
| 5 | How could he have been so foolish as to stretch out away from the shade of the trees ? |
| 6 | Surely she could n't really have been so foolish as to fall in love with Guido Falcone ? |
| 7 | How could she have been so foolish as to imagine he had issued the invitation on a personal level ? |
| 8 | If they 'd had a key , they would n't have been so careless as to leave it open , would they ? ’ |
| 9 | No ‘ amateur ’ models could have been so photogenic as to command such a price . |
| 10 | Folly wondered just how she could have been so naïve as to accept Luke 's explanation of the porter 's tale . |