Example sentences of "[been] [adv] [adj] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr Pertwee says there is no longer a stigma attached to cannabis research in the scientific world , although pharmaceutical companies have been less willing to be seen to be working with cannabis-like substances . |
| 2 | Though from the way she remembered it , she had been so eager to be his that shyness had n't had a look in ! |
| 3 | The reputations of others who may not have been so willing to be identified are sacrificed in the quest for titillation . |
| 4 | Bruce Forsyth and Jimmy Tarbuck have been more likely to be found together on the golf course than on a chat show in recent times . |
| 5 | Bruce Forsyth and Jimmy Tarbuck have been more likely to be found together on the golf course than on a chat show in recent times . |
| 6 | Bruce Forsyth and Jimmy Tarbuck have been more likely to be found together on the golf course than on a chat show in recent times . |
| 7 | Unbeaten in two starts as a juvenile , Elizabeth Bay had been ridiculously unlucky to be beaten on her reappearance in the Prix Imprudence at Maisons- Laffitte a race apparently named in honour of Thierry Jarnet 's riding tactics . |
| 8 | Unbeaten in two starts as a juvenile , Elizabeth Bay had been ridiculously unlucky to be beaten on her reappearance in the Prix Imprudence at Maisons Laffitte . |
| 9 | However , there was nothing the elderly woman could have done to prevent her departure with the two children , who had been clearly delighted to be leaving their grandmother 's house . |
| 10 | I 've been very fortunate to be able to become part of your industry , to see part of your contribution to my patients for the great tomorrow . |
| 11 | That reminds me : I asked whether he 'd heard anything within a few minutes of seeing young Hamnett , hoping he 'd say a shot , of course , which really would have been too good to be true . |
| 12 | and I said oh there 's Benjy , there must be something , you know , I thought it was one of the kids that had jumped or something because the little one had always climbing and jumping off the wall , breaking his leg you know the weak one , and the next minute saw the ambulance outside , but he must of been , it must of been too massive to be able to do anything cos he was n't breathing that bit you see |
| 13 | They must have been too valuable to be discarded wantonly . |
| 14 | ‘ What would have happened to the world if Churchill had been too scared to be rude to Hitler when he marched into Sarajevo ? ’ |
| 15 | The man she had just interviewed , a Mr Liam Groves , had not been too happy to be interviewed on Boxing Day . |