Example sentences of "but [pron] [verb] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He told me he had been a sailor , had known the bitter odour of disease and been a casualty in the wars of the elements , but nothing had been as dire as the loss of his woman to another . |
| 2 | ‘ And , like we 've complained about it but nothing 's been done . ’ |
| 3 | Its abolition was recommended as long ago as 1967 but nothing has been done — one suspects a feeling that it might come in useful one day . |
| 4 | Racing Santander FC , who will stage the match as a benefit for the Spanish PFA , said yesterday : ‘ An England security man has checked our ground but nothing has been decided about segregation or tickets . ’ |
| 5 | As for any impending agreement with Mitsubishi , she said , ‘ We are in the middle of negotiations , but nothing has been concluded yet . ’ |
| 6 | That was as long ago as 8 May 1991 , but nothing has been done . |
| 7 | ‘ We 've had offers locally , but nothing has been agreed as yet . ’ |
| 8 | He says there are currently three contractors who are being prosectued but nothing has been proved against them yet . |
| 9 | But nothing has been decided and there will have to be a successful ceasefire before anything positive can be done … although there are hopes to bring out to hundred children in the next two weeks . |
| 10 | They 'd had a choreographer in when the show had first been set up , but no-one had been near it since ; replacement dancers had to pick up the routines from the others , and some of the results could be kind of interesting . |
| 11 | But no-one had been able to match the Lancashire company 's price . |
| 12 | ‘ But no-one has been arrested . |
| 13 | Mr David Cummings , general manager , said : ‘ We have never done anything on this scale , but everyone has been fantastic and our suppliers have stood by us . ’ |
| 14 | But everyone has been very kind . |
| 15 | Erm the daring to the daring to say things which I did , did think were true , but I knew were true because many of them were facts . |
| 16 | But I remember being happy just staring at all the people passing by . |
| 17 | ‘ I ca n't remember to this day which one I wore but I remember being totally traumatized by it because it would show favouritism . ’ |
| 18 | I did the pictures , but I remember being horrified that these pictures were going to be printed . |
| 19 | I always thought I had a good appetite , but I remember being at a college feast once at Cambridge , where they had seven or eight courses and the elderly dons seemed to have less trouble than anyone else getting through it . |
| 20 | Siegfried , I do n't know what you 'll think , but I 've been recommended for the MC — and I 've recommended every single NCO who was with me . |
| 21 | ‘ And you just got up in front of Henry and those pipsqueaks in your department and said , ‘ Sorry and all that , old chaps , but I 've been wrong all my life and led you into error and wickedness ’ ? ’ |
| 22 | But I 've been thinking about next week . |
| 23 | ‘ Sorry , but I 've been at it all day . ’ |
| 24 | But I 've been up all night . |
| 25 | But I 've been at it for 15 years . |
| 26 | ‘ But I 've been reading an interview in Groundswell where Johnny Boy says that he 's misunderstood and really he 's got a heart of gold . ’ |
| 27 | But I 've been taught to mind my own business , so I wo n't need an answer to that . ’ |
| 28 | We 're at a loose end , Cynthie and me — I 'm up at Trinity , you know , but I 've been ill — ha ha ! — and have to stay down this term . |
| 29 | ‘ But I 've been recommending such improvements for years . ’ |
| 30 | Sorry for the long letter , but I 've been itching to write this for a long time . |