Example sentences of "but he 's be " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he 's been a lot better , especially since we got Caspar . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Oh , but he 's been transferred , ’ said the nurse . |
| 3 | There is a wealth of revealing evidence on the attitudes that affect reading : ‘ His daddy always takes him to bed , and he says ‘ Can I have a story ? ’ said an engineer 's wife , ‘ but he 's been told now that he 's getting a bit too old for stories ’ ’ [ ‘ He ’ is four ] ( Newson and Newson , 1968 , p.274 ) ; ‘ Then I read her a story , ’ said an actor 's wife , ‘ and Rupert listens , and then I show Rupert his little book ’ ’ [ Rupert being sixteen months old ] ( ibid . |
| 4 | When he used to write music he used to have different tunings for almost every song , but he 's been doing this now for the last five to seven years — the E string tuned down to D. If I have to play guitar on a song where he 's played guitar , I just learn it my way , using traditional tuning . ’ |
| 5 | Billy 's been brilliant because we 've had him on an album-by-album deal , and he could have jumped ship , but he 's been really loyal . ’ |
| 6 | Funnily enough , he 's very good at his job , very efficient , but he 's been spoiled by women , I think . ’ |
| 7 | He explains : ‘ It may look like a poor run for a player of Neil 's calibre , but he 's been out with a hamstring problem for much of the time . |
| 8 | Victory may have been his Down Under if this Honda had n't cooked its clutch , but he 's been expecting his Michelins to have the upper hand in hot weather . |
| 9 | But he 's been keeping the opticians in business — especially the ones that stock really old-fashioned frames — ever since we were at school together . |
| 10 | I mean to say , Charles is an absolute prick , but he 's been a prick for twenty years , why divorce him now ? |
| 11 | But he 's been doing it manually have n't you Rog ? |
| 12 | But he 's been saving up . |
| 13 | But he 's been very silent . |
| 14 | He 's just joined the Squadron but he 's been flying for two years . ’ |
| 15 | But he 's been odd in his manner these last few days , no doubt about that . |
| 16 | " Nobody , " Harkness answered , coming forward , " but he 's been to hospital with that hand , and if you cane him on it , he 'll have to go again . |
| 17 | ‘ Probably , but he 's been doing it for years . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I could n't tell him for sure , but he 's been taking Vulcan out most days . |
| 19 | He went away a lot , with his work , but he 's been back with us for the last year or so , off and on . ’ |
| 20 | you could n't do it , but he had every opportunity the other , the twin did to get through you know and he passed his City and Guilds , but Peter 's got on alright , the other son who 's got the factory , he 's , he 's busy got an electrical panels and all that he does , you know , he 's quite good and my other son he works , he used to work at Burnt Mill , and he now has moved to erm er Stansted , he works at Stansted he works in the big food depot , that used to be years ago and he works there , he 's been there ever since he left school , since except two , two years he had in the army you know for the conscription , but he 's been there erm ever since he was fourteen and he 's now about oh , forty something now he is , I 'm not quite sure of their ages , I get muddled up I 've got , eight , eight sons altogether , so , I 've got quite a family dear . |
| 21 | ‘ But he 's been a bit grumpy about the reappearance of Ross in my life , and the fact that I 'm having to live with my mother-in-law . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I would if I could — but he 's been flying back and forth to Australia like a damned Yo-Yo ! |
| 23 | Possible slight nerve damage to the right arm — the brachial plexus was a bit chewed up , but he 's been remarkably lucky . |
| 24 | But he 's been doing very well at it despite having to learn terrifying new skills , like walking a tightrope . |
| 25 | But he 's been told he should have shaved if he 'd wanted the job . |
| 26 | Ward said : ‘ He is causing a bit of a headache for us , but he 's been able to get away with it so far because he has been unknown , but it will be increasingly difficult for him if he keeps trying . ’ |
| 27 | He was a bit sort of wobbly on his legs at the beginning of the day but he 's been |
| 28 | Well he were n't too bad dad but he 's been really poorly . |
| 29 | But he 's been very ill . |
| 30 | Real Men with John Ritter its , its really wacky , like he 's this fucking secret agent stuff , I never smoke unless its after six and he just , he 's this John Ritter and his got this really mild of character but he 's been mistaken for an , an agent and he 's , he 's , he 's going |