Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] been successful " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had been successful as a boxer at Eton and in my first term at Oxford I was selected to box against the Army . |
| 2 | ‘ All my life , I 've been successful at everything I 've done . |
| 3 | Well so far I 've been successful . |
| 4 | That 's not so worrying , but I feel that I 've been successful in my own right and I would erm like to think I deserve the same recognition as we 've both set same standards over the last twelve months . |
| 5 | I have been successful , I have owned many beautiful things … ’ |
| 6 | To the extent that they are spontaneously enthusiastic about the story , can easily make it their own and see implications for their own practice , and ask me back , I reckon I have been successful . |
| 7 | I could boast of times when I have been successful ( been successful ) |
| 8 | And it is not the first time she has been successful . |
| 9 | The rockdust prevented her from seeing if she had been successful in her kill . |
| 10 | Congratulations to Sharon Doolan , Reprographics Unit , who learned recently that she had been successful in gaining two further Scotvec modules in photography . |
| 11 | She turned to the door as Myra came in , her smile saying she had been successful . |
| 12 | When you reviewed your business plan , did you conclude that to date you had been successful ? |
| 13 | If you have been successful in treating the interview as a two-way communication then much of what you hope to say will arise naturally as part of the interchange between you . |
| 14 | I mean I , what you 're saying 's quite valid I mean , i if you 've got a situation where you have been successful and you 've got an accumulation of stuff that 's been recovered from robberies , at least it gives you some method of returning it to it 's previous |
| 15 | Our relationship between any lottery director and G Tec as a company has always been professional and above reproach and as far as our relationship with the current director in California , we 've had instances were we 've been successful in California in gaining business while she was a director , and we 've been unsuccessful . |
| 16 | I 'm only in this business for my own enjoyment , yet because we 've been successful and made a lot of money people automatically assume I 'm a raving Conservative and resent.my criticisms . |
| 17 | The objective to funding from the old objective programme is we 've now learnt that we 've been successful in getting a grant made towards the Centre feasibility study , Shropshire welcomes Japan television advertisement on the Japanese , Japan area , towards the pipeworks promotion and the fly-drive marketing initiative because , er , to get people from North America into the marches and staying here , so it looks as those projects will be almost fifty percent funded from Europe to objective two . |
| 18 | The Agency 's work strategy has , has been made available to members , and erm , I think if we look back to a previous Committee , where the er , information was provided , that we had been successful . |
| 19 | The rarest of the two European storks , we have been successful in breeding this species . |
| 20 | We have provided comics , magazines , records and cassettes ; we have installed comfortable seating and modern furniture , and have laid on numerous events and activities : we have been successful in updating our image , but one of the consequences of our success has been the degree to which we have attracted the rowdier elements of the local youth . |
| 21 | This , I believe , we have been successful in doing . |
| 22 | ‘ Mr deputy mayor I am pleased to say that we have been successful ’ , said the proposer . |
| 23 | ‘ We have been successful because we are offering a quality service , ’ adds Mr Gamlin . |
| 24 | The optimistic reading is that we have been successful , in that the number of men convicted of rape has increased over the last decade by 39 per cent in the case of rape , 2 per cent in the case of sexual assault , and 55 per cent in the case of incest . |
| 25 | Group chief facilitator said : ‘ Initially we have been successful in helping to establish teams in the personnel , training , public relations , sales and distribution departments at Barlaston , while Johnson Brothers have had five teams indifferent areas of the offices for some time now . ’ |
| 26 | We have been successful in going in the opposite direction — in increasing the number of jobs and in making British industry more competitive in the past 10 years . |
| 27 | ‘ Whatever happens , Roger , we have been successful . |
| 28 | What we have been successful at and particularly important in point of view is that we have been successful in keeping Whitchurch within the rural development areas , and , and retaining the status of the available which that gives . |
| 29 | What we have been successful at and particularly important in point of view is that we have been successful in keeping Whitchurch within the rural development areas , and , and retaining the status of the available which that gives . |
| 30 | Chair , if I can , if I can speak to it from a financial point of view , this is the scheme where we have been successful in bidding for the European Rural Development Fund grants . |