Example sentences of "but [pron] have not [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was quite aware of my childish misdemeanours , but I had n't been to confession since I returned from Egypt , and I thought he would be profoundly shocked by what I should have to tell him . |
| 2 | I used to be , but I have n't been for a long while I used to we ca n't say that I was there last year but |
| 3 | Yes , but I have n't been to work today . |
| 4 | It was her idea to come here each summer , but she has n't been for three years now . |
| 5 | But she has n't been in touch with her colleagues for four months . |
| 6 | But we have n't been for months . |
| 7 | Accidental fires do happen when the Peak is very dry but we have n't been in that situation yet . |
| 8 | I do n't like the cold snaps but they have n't been for long have they ? |
| 9 | But he had n't been at the PCC because of recovering , still , from the flu . |
| 10 | Peter was a poor salesman , but he had n't been at DPR quite long enough yet to get sacked . |
| 11 | It was n't far from where he lived , just a stop further on the tube , but he 'd not been to the area before . |
| 12 | Yes , but he has n't been for ages has he ? |
| 13 | but he , he , I mean we 've not seen him he 's been away four years , I know he 's been coming home first , for holidays , visit , but he 's not been at home because , well we moved into that house , if you remember we moved |
| 14 | It was easy now to write to Vincent about his father 's visit in a flippant , amusing way , but it had n't been like that at all . |
| 15 | But it had n't been like that . |
| 16 | Well colleagues , he 's achieved a lot of things , but it has n't been in cooperation with local governments . |
| 17 | This runs through an existing tunnel , but it has not been in operation since 1970 . |