Example sentences of "but [pers pn] have always [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Actually , it was n't hard for me to play a man ten years my junior , because I was not only physically younger but I 've always been emotionally immature . ’ |
| 2 | I know it sounds nutty but I 've always been frightened of cranes . |
| 3 | But I 've always been my own man and I do n't bullshit . |
| 4 | ‘ But I 've always been terrified of them . |
| 5 | At the orphanage I was complimented on me English composition , but I 've always been a bit shy about speakin' up for meself . ’ |
| 6 | " But I 've always been there when he 's been arrested . |
| 7 | ‘ Louise is keen , like you say , but I 've always been completely honest with her . |
| 8 | The teachers treat me as an adult , but I 've always been very mature for my age . |
| 9 | ‘ Once , when I was young and stupid , but I 've always been thankful my intended bride broke our engagement when she found a wealthier man than the young fool who was working flat out to save the almost bankrupt business his father had left him . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ My real name 's Veronica , but I 've always been called Ronni . ’ |
| 11 | But I 've always been a champion of English wines . |
| 12 | Her insistence seemed absurd in view of her own failed marriage , but I had always been too nervous to point this out , to ask what she made of the break in connection between the symbolism of the dress and the unassailability of the marriage vow . |
| 13 | Maybe I delivered my opinion more bluntly than I should have , but I had always been candid with Ted . |
| 14 | It was inappropriate of me but I have always been attracted to that kind of danger . |
| 15 | But you 've always been able to make me behave completely out of character . ’ |
| 16 | Eugénie had not long been an Empress , but she had always been a grandee of Spain , with all that implied in pride and good breeding . |
| 17 | But she had always been , it seemed , too busy to stop and take stock , too busy to plan , too busy to rationalize . |
| 18 | Ours is a much older organisation , but we have always been handicapped in two essential points , namely , ( 1 ) the goodwill and help of people of influence , and ( 2 ) want of funds . |
| 19 | But we have always been looking for the cause of the extra 40 per cent . |
| 20 | Motion-pictures have conquered the masses and created many financial fortunes but they have always been largely the monopoly of cultural and social outsiders . |
| 21 | Grunte was ancient , but he had always been nice to her . |
| 22 | He said ‘ Yes , Ernest , but he 'd always been known as Johnny Walker ’ . |
| 23 | Poliakoff had his first playwrighting success at the age of 19 but he has always been , to put it gently , a more grown-up dramatist than many of the pack of hairy , scary stage writers whose careers coincide with his . |
| 24 | Mikhail Budyko , the most revered figure of Soviet climatology , has never been noted as a cold war warrior , but he has always been aware of the limitations imposed on the Soviet Union by its climate . |
| 25 | Hoffman 's face has never been very expressive ( sometimes his rabbit stare makes me think that the great Maureen Stapleton has spawned an emotionally retarded.son ) , but he has always been able to get our empathy . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ When we married 26 years ago I never realised it would be to a millionaire , but he has always been lucky . |
| 27 | ‘ When we married 26 years ago I never realised it would be to a millionaire but he has always been lucky . ’ |
| 28 | He was never paid , so he never had a job to lose , but he 's always been happy to help people who asked him . ’ |
| 29 | But he 's always been like that with them kids you know yourself if they do anything it 's got ta be done |
| 30 | Cor not half , but he 's always been a bit of |