Example sentences of "'ve been very [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everyone has had a reasonable work-out and we 've been very fortunate with the weather at a time of the year when you can have a lot of matches ruined by rain . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ We 've been very fortunate in most of the families of new residents when they take them out , they often take out their friends as well . |
| 4 | So far I 've been very fortunate in that I 've been in the right place at the right time ; buying land and property in a subdued market then selling it on when demand is high . |
| 5 | But I 'm also very anxious that we receive a full percentage whack of those profits and as you can see I , over the years , I 've been very assiduous in ensuring that we do move towards that position . |
| 6 | ‘ You 've been very unkind to Sarella , ’ began Peter . |
| 7 | You 've been very good with the children , I would n't deny that . |
| 8 | You 've been very good to me . |
| 9 | From left the Virago team , Lennie Goodings , 20th year ‘ mascot ’ Ethel Merman ( ‘ Broadway has been very good to me — but then I 've been very good to Broadway ’ ) , Harriet Spicer and Fiona McIntosh . |
| 10 | ‘ They 've been very good to me , ’ he said curtly . |
| 11 | You 've been very gentle with me , which makes it even worse ; perhaps if you 'd been more brutal I could have managed to stop … but then you would never be brutal . |
| 12 | I 've been very mean with him all day . |
| 13 | Like the pram , it is sturdy and well made , and I 've been very pleased with it . |
| 14 | We 're coming along very well and erm working hard as coach and erm things have really been picking up we 've been very pleased with the way it 's gone . |
| 15 | What er , is this not out of true , by my visits to various homes , and I 've been very impressed with the , the er , general conditions , the care , er , of the residents and everything else . |
| 16 | I 've been very impressed by this boot , and at a price which , by present standards , has to be regarded as favourably competitive , I 'd recommend giving it a serious consideration . |
| 17 | You 've been very helpful to us , Darren . |
| 18 | It was some time before the detective found your address ; you 've been very clever in not meeting here , but it was careless of you to go to the same hotel every time , even if you did sign in as Mr and Mrs Smith . |
| 19 | But , as I say , we 've been very unhappy about it ! |
| 20 | what I would like to say is , that on the , er , er it is question of culture , it does take time , er , in my experience , I 've been very interested in theological debate that 's run with the ordination of women . |
| 21 | Suppose I 'm an industrialist listening to this programme , and I 've been very interested in what you 've been saying , and I feel that I 've got a problem that the University could possibly give me some advice on . |
| 22 | I 've been very happy with my little Cathy . |
| 23 | I 've been very happy with Oxford the last 6 year I 've been racing for them . |
| 24 | We did , however , feel it was necessary to go and look at the because we are very aware of , of , of the lighting that affects those properties who 've been very patient with the amount of development that 's gone on there . |
| 25 | You 've been very quiet for a long time . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ You 've been very quiet about this , Dorothy . |
| 27 | I 've been very blessed by a positive response after the TV programme ‘ Looking for God ’ . |
| 28 | I 've been very bad on this recently , I 've really been too busy or tired , but I have got , I have , today I have had arrived oh not today , the last few days , the new mandate workshop , so |
| 29 | ‘ Apart from a fractured leg I 've been very lucky with injuries and have got on well with the managers who have come to the club . |
| 30 | And er of course in retirement , it 's unlikely that anybody will be paying higher rate tax , unless you 've been very lucky on your pension provision . |