Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] not been too [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I had n't been too dumb I could have come to Mars-U as well , then I would n't have been alone . |
| 2 | I 've seen the laws in action and I have n't been too impressed . |
| 3 | I have n't been too bad over the past few years but I 've certainly been left with the legacy of my habit . |
| 4 | But also that any who might peruse this essay from a research perspective will feel that I have not been too cavalier in the implications that I draw from the results of their studies . |
| 5 | But to find her meant giving him the slip , and she had n't been too successful at that the last time . |
| 6 | Laurence had given her some money which fortunately she had n't been too proud to accept . |
| 7 | She realised at once that he could be forgiven if he reminded her that she had n't been too sugary herself during that phone call : but he did nothing of the kind , though he did allow himself a small smirk before all trace of a smile went from him . |
| 8 | She had brought a couple of dresses with her because she had not been too sure about the heat . |
| 9 | You have n't been too bright since Harry arrived , have you ? ’ |
| 10 | I hope you have not been too lonely . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Amy , No , she 's not been too well recently , I understand . |
| 12 | Well mainly cos of me mum of an evening , cos she 's not been too good , so I 've been up and down . |
| 13 | we 've not , we 've not been too good at one of them |
| 14 | For this reason I have to say we have not been too happy with-her work on joint projects . |
| 15 | He had already put out feelers with local employers but they had n't been too keen on employing a well-known agitator ; even those who seemed sympathetic to the anti-nuclear cause did n't actually have work on offer . |
| 16 | But it has not been too cold at night and hopefully this wo n't go on until the winter . |
| 17 | And you know this brings another important aspect up which is very important about communications , erm you know we 've jollied along talking about what communication is making sure people know you know what you want etcetera etcetera etcetera but also do n't forget that different people can have different perceptions of the same same things but as I say here we are we sat here we done we 've done about an hour an hour and a half on written communications and yet you know when we passed the papers around it has n't been too bad but there has been different things that people have gone for both in the writing of these reports and both in the marking of them as well . |
| 18 | Yes touch wood , for flowers it has n't been too bad a year , so far , we have n't had very . |
| 19 | It had n't been too bad , apart from people being cold and wet and getting eaten all the time . |
| 20 | For weeks he had pushed thoughts of her out of his mind , and it had n't been too difficult at first . |
| 21 | It had n't been too difficult at first . |
| 22 | For some reason he had not been too worried out it last night , nor was he now . |
| 23 | He had n't been too well lately they said . |
| 24 | Signaller Chris Lodey of Darlington said : ‘ It 's not been too tiring because we 've managed to get a bit of rest . |
| 25 | It 's not been too bad , David . |
| 26 | And it 's not been too bad in the rush hour on the er local public transport ; I 've no problems to report to you on either the buses or the trains . |
| 27 | He 's not been too well today . |
| 28 | He 's not been too bad but I tried to put him to sleep upstairs did n't I this afternoon ? |