Example sentences of "have been [adv] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He must have been pretty close all the time . |
| 2 | ‘ He 's very active and would have been pretty fit first time out . |
| 3 | Erm that might have been as well another reason for selling to friends , erm because most of the stuff we bought anyway was new so that does n't really come into it . |
| 4 | ‘ It was pure sex , and I should never have been so damn crazy ! |
| 5 | Nicola Field , once a member of the first lesbian and gay production group , Converse Pictures , now working as a freelance researcher , has been able to maintain her focus on sexuality and lesbian and gay politics in a way that might have been more difficult five or ten years ago . |
| 6 | Similarly , the need to generate foreign currency has stimulated tourism in regions that would have been virtually inaccessible 15 years ago . |