Example sentences of "but [pers pn] have been [adj] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Despite the passion in Glasgow he did not have to show his yellow card once as Rangers won 2-1 and Wilkinson said : ‘ It 's always important to have a good referee , but I 've been pleased with the standard of refereeing this season . ’
2 But I 've been amazed by how much the girls love Graham and care for him .
3 But I 've been stuck in this line for twenty years , and I reckon I 'll be stuck in it when I drop . ’
4 But I 've been surprised over the last erm few years of all these young men erm who have restored this museum who , although were not even born in those years , have taken a tremendous interest in what went on and erm well their results , some of their results you can see here today .
5 I do n't know exactly how long , but I 've been aware of it for the last eighteen months .
6 I had , I had a letter the other day saying that I 'd been paying thirty nine pounds , fifty a week to live on , but I 've been entitled to fifty five pound something for low income support so are they gon na backdate all that and then get their
7 But I 'd been interested in old houses long before that . ’
8 But I 'd been careful for a long time before that , because I 'd sensed something .
9 Chairman , er I do n't often disagree with er Mr in front of me there , but I have been consistent in my approach over the years , er , wherever I 've had the had the opportunity to speak at political meetings and ministers have been present .
10 ‘ The bag is gone forever but I have been able at least to recover this . ’
11 But I have been lucky in all sorts of things .
12 But I have been unfair to the typists .
13 Someone once said that you were n't much interested in politics except of the musical variety , of which you are a consummate master ; but you have been friendly with a number of leading politicians , including two British Prime Ministers .
14 But she had been right about the other thing , so maybe she was right about this .
15 Mrs Diggory was herself but little touched , Theda believed , but she had been upset by her husband 's woeful demeanour .
16 But she had been fond of Moira , and guessed how much anguish the rift in the family must have caused her .
17 He had kept out of her way while she 'd been interviewing but she had been aware of where he was all the time .
18 She had thought he would be happy about Mrs Gotobed 's message because she would have been , but she had been wrong about that .
19 I did n't understand what ‘ interest ’ was but she 'd been kind to me and I thought she would be kind to others and help them .
20 No but she 's been critical of lots of other people .
21 But we 've been involved with two specific projects that we 've worked on in conjunction with the tenants ' association ,
22 But we 've been honest with our people , we have not paid anyone off , in the fifteen years I 've been at , that did n't want to go .
23 A more accurate term would have been desktop layout or desktop typesetting and page makeup but we 've been stuck with the words he used .
24 It is difficult to plan far enough ahead for a quarterly magazine , but we have been quarterly for two years now and still manage a Calendar in most editions so please , members and secretaries … help the editor to make your magazine an interesting and informative read for the Institute .
25 But we have been faithful to the Carry On formula and that is what counts .
26 The Book of Remembering was for remembering the animals but they had been dead for twenty thousand years .
27 The fans were right to give me stick but they 've been good to me and it 's great to come off to a reception like that . ’
28 Well , not really but they have been disillusioned over the years they 've promised so much and then they 've never seemed seemed to get anywhere but I think , I honestly think they would , people would get behind them , if they could see they were going somewhere I mean like this season they seem to have fallen away yet again .
29 She could never like the man , because of what he was , but he had been kind to her considering he was her inquisitor .
30 It was difficult to explain , but he 'd been uneasy for the last few minutes : not an emotion he 'd ever had much experience of before .
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