Example sentences of "but [pron] [verb] been [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And erm that 's quite special for me , it 's erm my homeland , where I 've come from , but I 've been twelve years in this vicinity around here , so there is erm if you like , a divided loyalty with the four kids . |
| 2 | You er last time I saw you , you were I did n't know whether you 'd been starting up in er in photography but you had been next door I think or I 'd seen a lot of your stuff . |
| 3 | I came back and got a deal that summer and started the album immediately but there 've been various setbacks along the way . |
| 4 | He knew the most trusted adviser of the late Tsar Peter had been a Scotsman , but there had been four Tsars since then , and there was a Tsarina , Elizabeth , on the throne , or so he had been told in Vilna . |
| 5 | ‘ But there had been disappointed expectations , on both sides , when the estate of the late philanthropist had finally , well almost finally , been settled , with the lawyers still growing fat on the pickings . |
| 6 | The Grand Junction , he told them , had entered into minimum toll agreements with the Leicestershire Navigation , the Loughborough Navigation and the Erewash Canal , but there had been insufficient traffic to meet the full amount . |
| 7 | The authority was not accepting Mr Guest 's allegation of a blatant and malicious fabrication by the officers but there had been insufficient material to obtain the warrant . |
| 8 | There was an emphasis on the generation of female employment as well as on the general need for diversification but there had been little development by the outbreak of war . |
| 9 | But there had been little doubt he would go from the moment Micheal Hurley had called during the Thanksgiving holiday to say he had at last been funded for a major operation in the Middle East and would Coleman be interested in going back to Cyprus as a DEA contractor ? |
| 10 | The party managers continued to bewail the organizational weakness of Coalition Liberalism , but there had been little opportunity for organizational collaboration ; one of the few joint ventures , a magazine called Popular View , was abandoned in 1921 because of the impossibility of producing a lively magazine out of continuous compromise . |
| 11 | Before this , it was realized that quality had an impact on the bottom line , but there had been little analysis of its effects . |
| 12 | She had helped to pick up all the things spilt from the bag , but there had been that look in her eye just before — a familiar look , contempt , indifferently hidden . |
| 13 | But there had been unsuccessful sides in the past that had been packed with outstanding individuals who had not coalesced , or been moulded , into a good team . |
| 14 | She still had the pearls , but there had been many tears since she first wore them . |
| 15 | But there had been eighteen jobs on offer . |
| 16 | But there had been strange times since then , and they 'd put Gentle in an apter mood for this study . |
| 17 | All 18 had initialled the treaty on March 13 , but there had been some doubt before the final signature that Baskhkortostan would sign . |
| 18 | This is proving more taxing , but there have been encouraging signs of support from some people within social services and negotiations are continuing . |
| 19 | But there have been other claims to knowledge of absolute Truth . |
| 20 | But there have been other trends since 1980 which arguably move things backwards , not one step but two . |
| 21 | He wants me dead , of course , but there have been other targets in the past , like Thatcher and high-street butchers . |
| 22 | ‘ But there have been major changes for 1993 . |
| 23 | But there have been grander times when dozens of guests from the Royal Family down would dine from their silver service . |
| 24 | The vole prefers slow-moving rivers , pools and marshy areas with some deep water whose level changes little , but there have been great changes to Britain 's wetlands during the past 40 years as a result of agricultural intensification . |
| 25 | But there have been worse experiences since then , the ultimate loss of identity in the faceless , featureless blocks that have risen to replace individualized and characterful termini : Rotterdam Central ( 1957 ) , Munich ( 1963 ) , Leningrad Finland Station ( 1960 ) , London Euston ( 1968 ) , Paris Gare Montparnasse ( 1969 ) , Berne Central ( 1974 ) , Warsaw Central ( 1975 ) , and Milton Keynes ( 1983 ) . |
| 26 | But there have been many changes , as Fordyce Maxwell overheard |
| 27 | Captain Pugwash is probably his best-known character but there have been many others : Harris Tweed , Lettice Leefe , Mary , Mungo and Midge , Sir Prancelot , and Cardinal Grotti in the Catholic Herald . |
| 28 | As examples of the achievements of these minds , I think of the Gandavyuha and the Sufis ' planes of reality but there have been many others whose level of vision is as extensive though in no sense more penetrating or more brilliant . |
| 29 | Nearly all the records are for the period December to March with a distinct peak in February , but there have been two April records since 1947 , one for May ( 2nd , 1956 , Rye ) , one for October ( 16th , 1969 , Pevensey ) , and one for 13 November 1971 in the Adur Levels ; there are also two old records for November . |
| 30 | The manager has always remained the same , but the TV presenter has not only changed each time but there have been serious discrepancies in the age , gender and sexual proclivities of this mysterious media personality . |