Example sentences of "but [pers pn] have been [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I should have called round sooner but I 've been on holiday and only returned yesterday to hear the news . |
| 2 | I have n't been away , but I 've been off work like |
| 3 | " Oh , but you 've been in bed ! " she exclaimed as soon as she went round the angle . |
| 4 | Her own business needed her attention , but she 'd been in touch with her manager , and everything was under control . |
| 5 | Not only had it been obvious from the map that they were ninety degrees off course but they had been on tarmac for nine miles after being told that the track in In Salah was dirt from its start . |
| 6 | He was n't at all old , but he had been in poetry long enough to take these things coolly . |
| 7 | Do nt know about Strandli , but he has been on loan to Start ( Norway 1st Div side — where leeds bought him from ) . |
| 8 | " Nobody , " Harkness answered , coming forward , " but he 's been to hospital with that hand , and if you cane him on it , he 'll have to go again . |
| 9 | But it has been in existence for almost as long as there has been detective fiction . |
| 10 | It is an old ship-building town , it once produced a massive proportion of British vessels , but it has been in decline for decades . |