Example sentences of "but i 've [be] [adj] " 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 | 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 . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ But I 've been amazed by how much the girls love Graham and care for him . |
| 4 | But I 've been stuck in this line for twenty years , and I reckon I 'll be stuck in it when I drop . ’ |
| 5 | But I 've been stuck here for ages . |
| 6 | I usually empty them but I 've been busy . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 ’ ? ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I do n't know exactly how long , but I 've been aware of it for the last eighteen months . |
| 11 | 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 |