Example sentences of "but i have [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Siegfried , I do n't know what you 'll think , but I 've been recommended for the MC — and I 've recommended every single NCO who was with me . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 ’ ? ’ |
| 3 | But I 've been thinking about next week . |
| 4 | ‘ Sorry , but I 've been at it all day . ’ |
| 5 | But I 've been up all night . |
| 6 | But I 've been at it for 15 years . |
| 7 | ‘ But I 've been reading an interview in Groundswell where Johnny Boy says that he 's misunderstood and really he 's got a heart of gold . ’ |
| 8 | But I 've been taught to mind my own business , so I wo n't need an answer to that . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ But I 've been recommending such improvements for years . ’ |
| 11 | Sorry for the long letter , but I 've been itching to write this for a long time . |
| 12 | I used to use a 2x12 EV , but I 've been really enjoying the dispersion of the Marshall . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ But I 've been a good girl so I get to eat Mr Chef 's meal instead of lumpy mashed potato . ’ |
| 14 | But I 've been getting faster as the years go by . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've always been a great Archers fan but I 've been sworn to secrecy over what I will be doing . ’ |
| 16 | I 've been on this circuit for six months now , but I 've been driving cabs for twenty-four years . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's been a tough couple of years but I 've been relatively OK since earlier this year . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm a tough , tough guy but I 've been crying my eyes out all day , ’ he said . |
| 19 | ‘ I do n't understand myself , but I 've been dreaming again . |
| 20 | ‘ But I 've been doing this job for so many years , I 've probably been playing the odds too long . ’ |
| 21 | But I 've been offered several million for it . |
| 22 | But I 've been promised to Craig for years , I ca n't break my word . ’ |
| 23 | But I 've been asked by the PM to co-operate with a special operative of the CIA . |
| 24 | Yes , it 's been available for months now — but I 've been reliably informed that the 3.5-inch drive is going to be re -launched , hopefully with a sizeable catalogue of software titles to accompany it . |
| 25 | ‘ But I 've been amazed by how much the girls love Graham and care for him . |
| 26 | I have to say , in comment to that , I do n't the know the the balance of statistics but I 've been a lone parent for , for ten years now , although I 've I 've pressed button , it was because for ten years of being able to have a stable relationship with my children , I 've got two very stable teenagers and during that , the course of that ten years I 've been disabled person as well , so yes there may be the case that there 's there 's trouble with the children of lone parent families , but I think there 's far too much emphasis on that nowadays ! |
| 27 | I do n't know exactly how long , but I 've been aware of it for the last eighteen months . |
| 28 | but I 've been down there ? |
| 29 | 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 ! |
| 30 | 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 . |