Example sentences of "but have [adv] be [prep] " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
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 . |