Example sentences of "[been] [adj] [adv] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mike Gatting , who is the same age , and has been fortunate indeed to be excused his South African indulgence , looks a good deal older . |
| 2 | ‘ The focus of my own emotions , ’ said Ian , ‘ is not , as I think Julia 's is , my family , whom I have always been fortunate enough to be able to take for granted , but rather is it the Church , about which I 'm unduly passionate . |
| 3 | Eighteen months previously I would have been content merely to be alive . |
| 4 | What is a Member of Parliament to do when , having been lucky enough to be given an Adjournment debate by you , Mr. Speaker , and having given a copy of his entire speech to the Foreign Office at 9.45 in the morning , the Minister — in this case the Minister of State , the hon. and learned Member for Grantham ( Mr. Hogg ) — makes no attempt whatever to answer the deeply serious issues that have been raised ? |
| 5 | The Daily Graphic ( 30 March 1898 ) described the fate of one young man , Thomas Duff , who had been unlucky enough to be charged with ‘ riding a tricycle to the common danger ’ and to encounter a magistrate who took an extremely dim view of the matter . |
| 6 | ‘ Then you would n't have been tough enough to be a Corosini , ’ he replied evenly . |
| 7 | It was his own fault for having been conceited enough to be pleasant to her on the morning of the read-through . |
| 8 | Oh , would have hit other kids cos you would n't have been naughty enough to be hit . |