Example sentences of "[pers pn] been [adj] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Presently there were feet on the stairs — a headlong clatter that would have frightened her had she been capable of ordinary feelings . |
| 2 | While reading this chapter , have you been aware of the degree to which your reading method conforms to the advice offered here ? |
| 3 | Why have you been frightened of it mum ? |
| 4 | None of the patients interviews said they would have taken paracetamol had they been aware of this danger . |
| 5 | It had immediately struck him , of course , that the latter , had they been aware of it , would have strongly resented the interference of spiritual sanitary workers . |
| 6 | The politicians ' disapproval would have been sharper still had they been aware of plans already taking shape in the army to launch an actual invasion of mainland France if the regime refused to recall de Gaulle to power . |
| 7 | Rozanov had not seen the man , in any form , nor had he been aware of speaking those words . |
| 8 | He was so naturally modest ( some have described his so-called humility — ‘ the most difficult of Christian virtues ’ , as he put it — as an irritating pose ) that had he been aware of this silent hero-worship , he would no doubt have felt uneasy . |