Example sentences of "been a very [adj] man " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Here I apologised to JTR and learned that he must have been a very tall man . |
| 2 | He had always been a very religious man , which had helped him a lot in the Corporation . |
| 3 | I 'm a widow of 70 and for the past eight years there 's been a very persistent man in my life . |
| 4 | ‘ Garland seems to have been a very modest man . ’ |
| 5 | The author of that book seems to me to have been a very sick man indeed . ’ |
| 6 | Great-Grandfather was running a farm at the same time , so he must have been a very busy man . |
| 7 | ‘ And he 's always been a very busy man . ’ |
| 8 | Mr Steinberg had also been a very busy man when the other candidates debated the health service but , as a former headmaster , had found time to attend the education debate . |
| 9 | He must have been a very attractive man once , I thought , and then wondered , suddenly , if Adam had had a similar thought about me . |