Example sentences of "but [conj] [pers pn] [verb] been a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was true that Conchis was a recluse and never came to the village , but that he had been a collaborationist was a lie . |
| 2 | Wilkins also told magistrates that he had n't deliberately tipped his drink over the bar but that it had been an accident . |
| 3 | ‘ But although he 's been a key force for them , we have to remember that they have a number of good jumpers ready to come in as replacements . |
| 4 | He still jumped well , but if it had been a bit softer he would have been up there . ’ |
| 5 | But if it had been an unusually intelligent bird — an escaped mynah bird , perhaps , or a parrot that had been blown several thousand miles off course by very strong winds — ; it would have thought : |
| 6 | The differences are deep and go far back into history , but while I have been a Minister dealing with the economy and the environment I have always had the greatest possible collaboration from all the parties in Northern Ireland , which have always worked cheek by jowl with one another and with me for the benefit of all the people of Northern Ireland . |
| 7 | I think it was his fourth , but as I had been a child during this proliferation of fiancées I was n't certain . |