Example sentences of "[verb] been [adv] [adj] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The month-old ‘ final offensive ’ has been most successful this year because a split that erupted last August among rebel ranks has not yet been patched up in the face of Khartoum 's assaults . |
| 2 | The hon. Gentleman has been exceptionally churlish this afternoon . |
| 3 | The Passport Agency has been very successful this year in speeding up the processing of passport applications . |
| 4 | But he has been very loving this summer and much cast down by the failure of the Italian cause and I will not grudge him a livelier time of it in Rome . |
| 5 | With grass knee high and crops waist high , like most clubs , our ‘ Finds Table ’ has been almost empty this summer . |
| 6 | so you just wan na revisit it and say oh I 'm sure you found this document has been really useful this evening and out of those five areas we discussed , you might wan na consolidate it a bit , which was the one that excited you the most and that 's your retirement savings you know |
| 7 | I think I should start by stressing the process through which we have gone in order to prepare this report has been somewhat different this year from that which we followed in the past and |
| 8 | The fields were spread thick with buttercups and the may blossom which had been particularly plentiful this year was beginning to turn and fall . |
| 9 | He had been very kind this morning about the murder . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | All she could see was Felipe 's face , his dark eyes , the laughter that had been so ready this morning . |
| 12 | I 've been completely teetotal this weekend , thank you . |
| 13 | We 've been very busy this morning , making enquiries . |
| 14 | I do n't want to speak too soon , but I think I 've been fairly consistent this season . ’ |
| 15 | I 've been really good this year , I have n't had any anything really except my Christmas present I had early from mummy and daddy and from nana . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Yesterday , Ray Sunman , projects and administration manager for Darlington Borough Council , said : ‘ We have been very fortunate this year . |
| 18 | ‘ We have been very busy this week and hopefully the attendance will get close to Windsor 's 10,500 capacity , ’ said William Campbell of the IFA . |
| 19 | The Aussie boss insisted : ‘ You have one of the best sides in the world in Wigan and we have been very competitive this year — it 's not right . ’ |
| 20 | First , customs have been extremely successful this year with record seizures of Ecstasy . |
| 21 | The competition 's been pretty tough this year has it ? |
| 22 | So it 's been very good this year . |
| 23 | It 's been quite warm this afternoon er Rosie , it has . |
| 24 | It 's been really frantic this summer . |