Example sentences of "[vb past] n't been too [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her mother had n't been too pleased with Kevin as a son-in-law . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 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 | He had n't been too well lately they said . |
| 5 | But to find her meant giving him the slip , and she had n't been too successful at that the last time . |
| 6 | Laurence had given her some money which fortunately she had n't been too proud to accept . |
| 7 | It had n't been too bad , apart from people being cold and wet and getting eaten all the time . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | For weeks he had pushed thoughts of her out of his mind , and it had n't been too difficult at first . |
| 10 | It had n't been too difficult at first . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |