Example sentences of "have been so [adj] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was favoured with your letter and should have been glad to embrace this opportunity of sending a packet of seeds to Dr. Manetti of Florence , but the season has been so cold that but few of them have ripened as yet , but if the next month proves favourable , I hope to send him some in November , if you have any opportunity to convey them . |
| 2 | He 'd been so gentle that morning when he must have seen he had hurt her feelings , and she felt good inside that she had seen the more gentle , considerate side of him . |
| 3 | He 'd been so busy that afternoon that he 'd completely forgotten to call her . |
| 4 | ‘ You mean he would n't have liked to be an invalid having been so healthy all his life ? ’ |
| 5 | But that was only because she had eaten nothing since last night and had been so furious this morning about her father 's gall in writing that damnably cheerful letter . |
| 6 | Shame to disturb his toilette , when he had been so meticulous that morning . |
| 7 | She had been so happy that day . |
| 8 | He had been so angry all day , but why ? |
| 9 | All she could see was Felipe 's face , his dark eyes , the laughter that had been so ready this morning . |
| 10 | because they 've been so much more technology , you know , since it 's started |
| 11 | ‘ I was just about to ring you , dear , to see if we could pop over for the day , just to say goodbye — but I 've been so busy these last few days , what with one thing and another . |
| 12 | Conditions in Evin have been so appalling that three women prisoners committed suicide in December . |
| 13 | So if I trail the classes in this way it 's not gon na do any harm I do n't think because the class presentations and the class discussions in general have been so excellent this year . |
| 14 | ‘ He 's been so good all night . |
| 15 | But she 's sure to have some ideas about my future , and — and , well , she 's been so marvellous all this time , running the house and looking after poor Daddy , that of course I must consider her now . |
| 16 | Now really but erm this year 's been so peculiar that |