Example sentences of "but [verb] [adv] [been] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thereafter the play received a few critically acclaimed performances in Birmingham but has otherwise been unperformed in this country . |
| 2 | The gun , manufactured by Sturm-Ruger Police Firearm Services of Southport , Connecticut , is described by them as ideal for hunting small game — coyotes , marmots — but has always been popular with criminals and psychopaths . |
| 3 | The highest part of the Tibesti consists of an enormous volcanic mass , which seems to have reached the solfatara stage , but has certainly been active in the recent geological past ( Gautier , 1928 ) . |
| 4 | First , consider a firm which has a machine which originally cost £10,000 but has recently been surplus to requirements . |
| 5 | Understanding British Industry ( UBI ) has recently contracted to the DTI to manage its pilot Teacher Secondment Programme , but has long been active iii the field and produces regular publications . |
| 6 | Yet Joseph knew that he was right to have his armaments in place : you could never trust the gypsies or the tinkers — against each other , let alone anyone else : quacks , drunks and ranters would drift from their positions in the line and cause trouble just by bumping into the orderly armada of hill folk who knew how to hold steady but had never been fond of strangers . |
| 7 | She had made gallant efforts to pull herself together but had still been confused about the precise sequence of events between arriving at the church and the moment when she had pushed open the door of the Little Vestry . |
| 8 | The jury … found that Constable Laurie was not actuated by malice or direct motive , but had actually been over-zealous ; that he had no reasonable and probable ground for believing that Roche 's house was used for betting , and that he did not honestly believe that he made bets with plaintiff . |
| 9 | I 've had perms in the past but have never been happy with them — they are always too curly . |