Example sentences of "[been] [adv] [adj] [verb] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Marie had n't been so desperate to escape from that room , she would n't have suggested taking Bella out in her wheelchair . |
| 2 | Although the governed have been largely prepared to defer to those in power , their deference has been conditional . |
| 3 | At the end of the test I have to say that I would have been reasonably happy to work with any of the monitors on a long term basis . |
| 4 | It was ridiculous , of course ; by rights she should have been perfectly happy to throw on any old thing , the more unflattering the better , since the whole purpose of the exercise was to convince Dane she did n't want him . |
| 5 | Her own intense excitement had given way to a hollow feeling in her stomach and she had been quite unable to eat for several days . |
| 6 | Celsus senior may have been very advanced to arrive at this conception at the time he did . |
| 7 | Jobs , I know , have been very hard to come by this summer . |
| 8 | The only difference was that , until that final encounter when she fled from her cousin and his suggestions , she had been very willing to comply with all his wishes and , indeed , had thoroughly enjoyed the experience of being hugged , kissed and stroked by him . |
| 9 | ‘ Anyway , he 's been too busy to think about this . ’ |