Example sentences of "[been] [adj] [verb] [pers pn] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since few actuaries will have had much practical experience of teaching before becoming tutors these notes have been prepared to give you some guidance towards helping students most effectively in the context of the tuition system . |
| 2 | It must have been awkward getting it all the way to Hochhauser from London . |
| 3 | Yet it scorched him that he had been unable to give her that chance himself . |
| 4 | ‘ Mummy , why do n't I look like Paula ? ’ she had asked , staring wretchedly at her five-year-old reflection in the mirror , but her mother , herself slightly bemused by the young beauty she had produced , had been unable to give her any satisfactory answer . |
| 5 | He had been able to teach her some of the ploys that actors use to control their breathing when they are nervous , and project their voices so they can be heard . |
| 6 | And McGrindle , very matter of fact though drunk as usual : I have sixteen children , seven by my first marriage , four by my second , my second wife had two of her own , that makes thirteen , and three from my third , sixteen , and I am proud to say I have been able to give them all a good education and every chance in life without ever compromising my integrity . |
| 7 | I 'll tell Sheila straightaway ’ made me feel that , at last , I 'd been able to give them some good news . |
| 8 | But that in no way affected my admiration for what Winston had done , and I am pleased to think that on one or two occasions I have been able to render him some modest service in the way of a reward for this particular display of public courage . |
| 9 | I 'm only glad that we 've been able to sort it all out so quickly . |
| 10 | If only Kinnock had been able to show us this side of himself when he was still Leader of the Labour Party , the election might have had a very different result . |
| 11 | This chapter has not been able to cover them all — the impetus GPFHs have had in driving through quality improvements for example ( Glennerster et al. |
| 12 | We 've never been able to offer you such big , comfortable suites as in our exclusive new American Colonial Collection . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's been lovely to see you all , even though it 's a sad errand that 's brought me ! ’ |