Example sentences of "[verb] n't been too [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She obviously has n't been too careful about what she 's been eating . ’ |
| 2 | Her mother had n't been too pleased with Kevin as a son-in-law . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | But to find her meant giving him the slip , and she had n't been too successful at that the last time . |
| 5 | And some of the great families had n't been too happy about nomes being able to go where they pleased , without having to ask permission . |
| 6 | For weeks he had pushed thoughts of her out of his mind , and it had n't been too difficult at first . |
| 7 | It had n't been too difficult at first . |
| 8 | Apparently the school dessert had n't been too popular with the children : the remains of the custard had been put out in a bin , and this had attracted that great opportunist , the starling . |
| 9 | British handhelds have n't been too successful in the past ( remember the Gamate ? |
| 10 | I arrived home just before midnight , the Institute beckoning early next morning to share my moment of glory ( there have n't been too many of those with my beloved , knowing how proud she would be of her hero ! ! |
| 11 | I have n't been too bad over the past few years but I 've certainly been left with the legacy of my habit . |