Example sentences of "[pron] have n't [be] too [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I had n't been too dumb I could have come to Mars-U as well , then I would n't have been alone . |
| 2 | I 've seen the laws in action and I have n't been too impressed . |
| 3 | I have n't been too bad over the past few years but I 've certainly been left with the legacy of my habit . |
| 4 | But to find her meant giving him the slip , and she had n't been too successful at that the last time . |
| 5 | Laurence had given her some money which fortunately she had n't been too proud to accept . |
| 6 | She realised at once that he could be forgiven if he reminded her that she had n't been too sugary herself during that phone call : but he did nothing of the kind , though he did allow himself a small smirk before all trace of a smile went from him . |
| 7 | You have n't been too bright since Harry arrived , have you ? ’ |
| 8 | 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 ! ! |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | And you know this brings another important aspect up which is very important about communications , erm you know we 've jollied along talking about what communication is making sure people know you know what you want etcetera etcetera etcetera but also do n't forget that different people can have different perceptions of the same same things but as I say here we are we sat here we done we 've done about an hour an hour and a half on written communications and yet you know when we passed the papers around it has n't been too bad but there has been different things that people have gone for both in the writing of these reports and both in the marking of them as well . |
| 11 | Yes touch wood , for flowers it has n't been too bad a year , so far , we have n't had very . |
| 12 | It had n't been too bad , apart from people being cold and wet and getting eaten all the time . |
| 13 | For weeks he had pushed thoughts of her out of his mind , and it had n't been too difficult at first . |
| 14 | It had n't been too difficult at first . |
| 15 | He had n't been too well lately they said . |