Example sentences of "[vb past] be [adv] kind " in BNC.
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| 1 | Taking pity on them because , despite her irritation with their constant preoccupation with her affairs , she knew it was n't meant maliciously , and they 'd been enormously kind after Ryan 's defection , she walked back to the counter . |
| 2 | Very little apart from his outward appearance , and when he had n't been teasing her he 'd been carelessly kind to her when they met . |
| 3 | They 'd been unbelievably kind to her , not that it was any of his business — he was n't one of the villagers , just a visitor . |
| 4 | But , looking into her face , it did n't seem as if her years of freedom had been particularly kind to her . |
| 5 | The years had been reasonably kind to Katherine Lundy — or at least had been until she had begun drinking heavily . |
| 6 | Foolishly , the roughness from one who had been so kind was the last straw , and tears suddenly welled into her eyes . |
| 7 | But Wilson had been immeasurably kind to him , found a place for a very square peg in his government and , in 1967 , when he no longer had room in his government for Wigg , created him a peer and was at pains to find him a suitable job as chairman of the Horserace Betting Levy Board . |