Example sentences of "[been] [adv] [adj] for [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must indeed have been most galling for him to be so addressed by one such as I. ’ |
| 2 | It must have been rather unnerving for him to see his room thus turned upside down . |
| 3 | Stiff with pride — which she was now sick and tired of being told was a Leo trait — and buoyed up by the certain knowledge that it would have been morally indefensible for her to desert her father , Laura had taken some weeks to realise that there must surely have been another way for them to solve their problems . |
| 4 | And that in modernity ( probably Giddens is clearest in this statement ) social actors can take cognizance of , and reflect rationally on , rules that had previously been only implicit for them . |
| 5 | ‘ I am delighted to record that the Group 's recovery has been sufficiently strong for us to undertake two acquisitions during the year , Sekers and Mercia Carpets ’ . |
| 6 | Nor would it have been constitutionally possible for me to have become head of the Church of England . ’ |
| 7 | It is why you have been so successful for us abroad . |
| 8 | Atkinson said : ‘ It 's a blow to lose someone like Shaun , who has been so impressive for us . ’ |
| 9 | In any case , it would n't have been so easy for me to start again at something else . |
| 10 | It had been so long for her she was like a dam waiting to burst . |
| 11 | I think I 'll stick with Lulu — I 'm not superstitious but it 's been so good for me up until now that I 'm not going to throw it away . |
| 12 | I 'm sorry things have been so tough for you . ’ |
| 13 | It has been so rewarding for me to read about the happiness and freedom from the prison of obesity that is now enjoyed by so many . |
| 14 | I wish he would walk , he 's been so heavy for me to carry . |
| 15 | This view of kinship as an opposite to capitalist relations of production explains the vivid interest with which Marx and Engels examined the work of such anthropologists as Bachofen , McLennan , and Maine , who were all concerned with this topic ; but above all it explains once again why Morgan should have been so important for them , since he above all was the expert on kinship . |
| 16 | You know that , ’ she replied , and discovered that Travis , more interested in his love-life than hers , wanted to talk about Rosemary and how much he missed seeing her and the fact that he had been so lonesome for her that he 'd phoned her flat several times yesterday evening and , receiving no reply , had realised she must still be at her parents ' home . |
| 17 | It 's been so dreary for you in the last couple of weeks . |
| 18 | When Edith had met Joss Campbell a few years later he had been so glad for her , because Joss was older than Edith and was more than a match for Nancy . |
| 19 | By the end of 1969 his success had been just sufficient for him to collect some sponsorship for 1970 , when he raced in a Lotus 59 . |
| 20 | I am not decrying Sara in any way when I say it might have been more sensible for us to choose the leader . ’ |
| 21 | It has been more difficult for it to investigate the non-physical nature of prehistoric society . |
| 22 | The car must have been exceptionally sturdy for it often had me driving and pedalling like mad , with one friend perched on the bonnet and another on the back . |
| 23 | Those of us who live in north-east Kent have always believed that there should be a fast link , and we have been perfectly happy for it to go through south London , to where our constituents who will benefit from the link wish to travel . |
| 24 | And in 1944 when Cole wrote his book as part of the Movement 's centenary tribute to the Rochdale Pioneers , when Consumers ' Co-operation could still look back on many decades of unbroken success , it would have been as natural for him to suppose that the Pioneers had in this respect been mistaken and that their mistake stood in need of explanation . |
| 25 | Have they been as bad for you , darling ? ’ |
| 26 | There were some mornings , Monday mornings in particular , when it would have been as quick for him to walk to the main gates and then catch an internal minibus to his office block . |
| 27 | It must have been really strange for her , going to a new school all on her own , and a convent school at that , with nuns like great black crows floating down the corridors and carrying her off to chapel . |
| 28 | But it 's been really hard for her to juggle . |
| 29 | Up to this stage it will have been fairly easy for them to break off their activities should the occasion demand it . |
| 30 | It has been particularly difficult for him because the Government have two of their placemen on the council , but he has managed to keep fighting though the council has this deadweight of government lackeys . ’ |