Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [verb] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | But I 've been up the road every day this week , not shopping but just out for a walk , you know ? |
| 3 | I should have called round sooner but I 've been on holiday and only returned yesterday to hear the news . |
| 4 | But I 've been on an immense number of statutory instruments upstairs er and everybody says they 're greatly needed , they usually say they 're greatly needed because they want to go out in three or four minutes and ten thirty comes and ten thirty five they 're out . |
| 5 | ‘ Sorry , but I 've been at it all day . ’ |
| 6 | But I 've been at it for 15 years . |
| 7 | Well , this is the thing , we have a caretaker but er fo for his services , but I 've been at the council and I have got nowhere , I have from the corporation , there 's an awful lot of people complaining but they 'll do nothing about it ! |
| 8 | Well , I feel better than I was , but I 've been at Haywoods Heath which was a religious community |
| 9 | I 've never been on tour , but I 've been to the visitor 's centre , and |
| 10 | I mean , I am not that involved with this , but I 've been following that . |
| 11 | I mean , you could learn , but I 've been down that road and I do n't want you to follow . |
| 12 | I have n't been away , but I 've been off work like |
| 13 | But I 've been through it a dozen , twenty times already . |
| 14 | I mean we did n't have any damp or anything in erm our flat , but I 've been in some of the downstairs ones , where they were very very damp . |
| 15 | But I 've been in there since the beginning . |
| 16 | But I 've been in the wood for many years and there is a lot more to read than what I keep in the shaman 's lodge . |
| 17 | ‘ I was here in good shape , but I 've been in good shape at other championships and failed . |
| 18 | What excellent company you keep in recommending Chambers — not all of them are quite politically correct but I 've been after the broadest sweep possible . |
| 19 | But I mean being in the water I had no life jacket or anything like that so it was a matter of trying to keep afloat and er kicking off my boots and getting me overalls . |
| 20 | Before , I loved being at home but I loved being in work too and I do miss it , the girls and all . |
| 21 | So I can not claim to be an expert , but I have been considering spending my own money on America this year . |
| 22 | But I have been to the cirque in early June and in October , and found it almost deserted , so it is not too hard to pick your moment . |
| 23 | But I have been in regular contact with Ali Bacher and he assures me there are no problems over the tour and that it is definitely on . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ And as for the idea that I am being some how manipulated all I can say is that I do n't know about the other girls but I have been in a similar industry — television , for the last couple of years and now I know how it works . |
| 25 | ‘ It 's a heart-breaking decision for me to make , but I have been in the firing line of late with the suspensions and I have struggled with injuries all season , ’ said the Colchester manager . |
| 26 | This awful thing has never happened to me but I have been in the situation leading up to the attack hundreds of times , in trusting casual acquaintances to walk me home or allowing strange men to come into my house to do repairs . |
| 27 | I confess I did not remember her at all , but I have been in so many hoses , I suppose it is only natural … " |
| 28 | You think here it is Russia in winter , but I have been in my frozen villages ; you have no idea . |
| 29 | The law used to look with disfavor on the statute of limitations , but I have been in the habit of saying that it is one of the most sacred and indubitable principles that we have … |
| 30 | So let me just say a few things before he does arrive , and catch his breath and perhaps have a cup of tea , on , on a topic which we , it 's not fully listed but I think is worth just mentioning , and that is writing for the press , because it may occur to you and in fact you may yourself on occasions , write things for the press . |