Example sentences of "[adv] been very [adj] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Well , I say , he 's always been very good at that .
2 I do n't know , Mr Chairman , I think you 've always been very keen on this trend and supported it fully .
3 The Gruagach were strong on courtesy ; Inchbad had always been very firm about this , even to the extent of feeding prisoners before the Fidchell which Goibniu had always said was a waste of good food and wine .
4 But Joseph had always been very devoted to any local news and for a long time the talk of the town had been the Cockermouth man — Fletcher Christian 's — Mutiny .
5 Margo and Nigel had always been very fond of each other , and she was upset to have missed him .
6 Because McDonald 's has always been very conscious of all issues relating to the environment , early last year the decision was taken to cease using CFCs in packaging .
7 I have always been very conscious of this because the last aircraft I flew as a regular airline pilot were the old Douglas DC-6 B and the Convair 340 .
8 Having 2 ex-county players on the team has also been very worthwhile with helpful tips being tried out every week ( as the Institute chaps will tell you , comparing our game with them a few weeks ago and the Charity Match just played — sorry David what was the score … ? )
9 The standard of manual design has traditionally been very low for several reasons .
10 I 'd never been very good at big lies , and the thought of living one terrified me , but it was important that not only I , but the baby , should have some self-respect about its origins .
11 She had never been very obedient in other areas of her life but in the tube she was a child again , learning , wary , and without that presence which had always been there in her childhood .
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