Example sentences of "i have been [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have been delighted by the interest and support of the people of Killyleagh . |
| 2 | Simon comments : ‘ I have been involved with the AOI since it started in 1973 . |
| 3 | I have been involved in the retail industry all my life . |
| 4 | ‘ I have been proud of the way we have played in England and believe we are becoming a better team with every game . |
| 5 | I have been impressed with the way Wilkinson has built up the squad over the last few years . |
| 6 | Above all , I have been impressed by the immense generosity of my academic and museum colleagues , who have given unstintingly of their time and expertise for this catalogue ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ In recent years I have been impressed by the standard of speech training in various parts of the province and it was the same again in Ballyclare where a number of talented young people were on stage . ’ |
| 8 | On a broader front , I have been impressed by the various initiatives which have been taken locally to manage costs . |
| 9 | I have been impressed by the variety of the protesting letters , almost without exception . |
| 10 | Like my colleagues in Newport , I have been dismayed by the checks for people over 75 : it is not just the collection of medical facts but the appreciation of the social and personal difficulties of elderly people . |
| 11 | ‘ I have been alarmed at the easy way the Labour Party has in recent years allowed certain factions in society to dictate to them the philosophical approach they should be following . |
| 12 | In talking to women at grassroots level in this country , I have been alarmed by the number of women who have undergone caesarean sections . |
| 13 | Kindly note that I have been specific on the daily to do list . |
| 14 | On the rare occasions when I have met television journalists , I have been astonished by the hatred expressed for Adie , as well as by the vitriolic gossip about her , which subsequently proved to be entirely false . |
| 15 | I have been interested in the dynamics of the golf swing for ten years , and John is an expert on instrumentation who was able to help me with the experimental work . |
| 16 | I have been interested in the use of computers for designing knitwear for several years . |
| 17 | I have been interested in the number of representations that I have received from country areas and I see no reason why the Bill can not apply to villages , too . |
| 18 | However , I have been interested in the wave of approval which has greeted the new stand which is now nearly complete . |
| 19 | But I have been unfair to the typists . |
| 20 | ‘ At Manchester United I have been top of the table in April and still lost it . |
| 21 | I says , I have been ready for the last week . |
| 22 | In my experience as an inspector I have been surprised at the frequency with which there are no or inadequate schemes of work within secondary school departments , with the effect that there is either repetition between the years , or gaps and discontinuities . |
| 23 | In studies of disability , I have been surprised by the number of sexually handicapped people in their fifties and beyond who have consoled themselves with the belief that they are , in any case , too old for sex to have much meaning . |
| 24 | ‘ In Nigeria I only knew of Guinness as the stout and Harp lager so I have been surprised by the diversity of the company , ’ reflects . |
| 25 | ‘ Oh — well — I have been busy in the garden . ’ |
| 26 | In the past few years I have been amazed at the transformation of the zoo , to a very modern , progressive and caring institution . |
| 27 | ‘ I have been amazed by the amount of creative talent to be found in Darlington , ’ he said . |
| 28 | ‘ I have been amazed by the amount of creative talent to be found in Darlington , ’ he said . |