Example sentences of "but [pron] [verb] been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But no-one had been able to match the Lancashire company 's price . |
| 2 | 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 . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | Eddery 's first success was Mrs Hauksbee , but he admitted : ‘ To be honest I do n't remember anything about that first one , but I 've been lucky to ride lots of winners in good races here . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ But I 've been amazed by how much the girls love Graham and care for him . |
| 7 | But I 've been stuck in this line for twenty years , and I reckon I 'll be stuck in it when I drop . ’ |
| 8 | But I 've been stuck here for ages . |
| 9 | I usually empty them but I 've been busy . |
| 10 | Erm but I 've been this is I 've been progressively pricing this account . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ 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 ’ ? ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | I do n't know exactly how long , but I 've been aware of it for the last eighteen months . |
| 15 | 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 |
| 16 | I thanked him , he saluted , and the two of them walked on My guard said that I was crazy ; I could have run into terrible trouble , but I had been lucky and now I had only to choose a beautiful new bicycle . |
| 17 | The Factory had n't been specific ( it rarely is ) , but I had the feeling that whatever it was warning me about was important , and I also suspected it would be bad , but I had been wise enough to take the hint and check my Poles , and now I knew my aim was still good ; things were still with me . |
| 18 | Sitting in the rear , maybe it had felt worse , but I 'd been petrified . |
| 19 | But I 'd been interested in old houses long before that . ’ |
| 20 | But I 'd been careful for a long time before that , because I 'd sensed something . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | ‘ The bag is gone forever but I have been able at least to recover this . ’ |
| 23 | Both crabs died after about two months , but I have been unable to find any information on them . |
| 24 | But I have been lucky in all sorts of things . |
| 25 | But I have been unfair to the typists . |
| 26 | Since its arrival in the eighteenth century , this is a literary mode which has recurrently been pronounced dead but which has been capable of renewal , and now Ackroyd has given a further turn to the wheel . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | You may be wrong , but you have been active . |
| 30 | A police surgeon had advised him to find a desk job within the force , but none had been available . |