Example sentences of "but they have be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Opinion polls suggested a Conservative win , but they had been wrong too often in the past to inspire confidence . |
| 2 | There were ten birthday cards on the mantelpiece , but they had been there two days and she took them down . |
| 3 | But they 've been carefully worked out , so that everyone is happy . |
| 4 | THE CONCRETE centre of Newcastle on a freezing Friday night and Lynchmob are trying , but they 've been well and truly outflanked . |
| 5 | THE CONCRETE centre of Newcastle on a freezing Friday night and Lynchmob are trying , but they 've been well and truly outflanked . |
| 6 | But they 've been there for twenty years on that spot . |
| 7 | I 've met few recently , but they 've been very good . |
| 8 | ‘ They have tried to lead normal lives since the girls disappeared , but they 've been under great stress and anxiety . ’ |
| 9 | Epic have been fabulous ; they 're much better known for the Michael Jacksons and George Michaels of this world , but they 've been really helpful to me … ’ |
| 10 | Now you have had a few crackles but they 've been fairly easily sorted out . |
| 11 | The Conservatives , in contrast , have always been a party more accustomed to government and less interested in theories , but they have been equally class identified . |
| 12 | Such a register was available in the UK only from 1939 to 1952 , but they have been widely used in , for example , Scandinavia ( since the seventeenth century ) , Belgium , the Netherlands and Switzerland . |
| 13 | But they have been dead scared of the Russians for 40 years . |
| 14 | These three principles are not only suited to adult learners but they have been readily adopted in the primary school , and the following are suggestions for practising cognitive principles in the classroom with younger children : ( a ) Give experience of the language they are learning — teach them rhymes , tell them stories , talk to them . |
| 15 | These qualities have always been present in the metaphors and similes of poetry but they have been less frequent in painting , which in the past was largely concerned with reproducing external reality , with decoration , or , as in the more advanced movements of recent years , with the composition of color and line into formal design . |
| 16 | Erm people spitting er obscenities , obscene gestures , er we 've had two assaults er but they have been relatively minor assaults as far as we 're concerned . |
| 17 | Opposition Members have persistently evaded questions about their plans to repeal that legislation , but they have been more forthcoming about the new powers that they have promised the trade unions , including powers to force employers to recognise and negotiate with trade unions |