Example sentences of "but have [adv] be [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Rex was employed as a toy importer but had also been in wine importation before he joined Khai Eng full-time towards the end of the first year .
2 Mark had spent many idyllic summer days sailing and fishing with his brothers and his aunt on the beautiful river , but had never been to her winter cottage .
3 The world 's first chair-lift was installed in Sun Valley , Idaho in 1934 — a resort designed by Hollywood architects who copied , but had never been to , the Tyrol .
4 According to the assessments of relatives , friends , and neighbours who answered the questions , the quality of life of people who had been in a residential home for a year or more before their death was similar to that of others who died but had never been in such a home .
5 She is a steady inland and sea paddler but had never been in a sea kayak .
6 Many young drivers , like Paul Standen , may have passed their test , but have never been on a motorway .
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