Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [verb] [been] [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I 'd been careful for a long time before that , because I 'd sensed something . |
| 2 | It is difficult to plan far enough ahead for a quarterly magazine , but we have been quarterly for two years now and still manage a Calendar in most editions so please , members and secretaries … help the editor to make your magazine an interesting and informative read for the Institute . |
| 3 | The Book of Remembering was for remembering the animals but they had been dead for twenty thousand years . |
| 4 | It was difficult to explain , but he 'd been uneasy for the last few minutes : not an emotion he 'd ever had much experience of before . |
| 5 | She 'd only met him a few times , but it had been easy for Julie to see that Ross Wyndham was even more Leo-like than his wife . |
| 6 | But it had been simmering for a couple of years before that . |
| 7 | In some , e.g. , the United Kingdom and France , judges are permitted to attend ( pursuant either to a declaration under the Convention or other procedures ) but it has been rare for them to do so and they could normally only ask questions with the leave of the court . |
| 8 | ‘ But it has been responsible for the deaths of at least three good men and may cause the deaths of others , including our own . ’ |
| 9 | But it 's been unused for more than two years and is now derelict . |