Example sentences of "but [pers pn] have been [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | but I 've been reinstated to twenty three pounds |
| 2 | But I 've been taught to mind my own business , so I wo n't need an answer to that . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I 've always been a great Archers fan but I 've been sworn to secrecy over what I will be doing . ’ |
| 4 | But I 've been promised to Craig for years , I ca n't break my word . ’ |
| 5 | Well , they were expensive if you had to buy them but they had been given to me , along with a pair of golf shoes , by the Italian company which supplied Jack . |
| 6 | In recent years several British ensembles have begun to draw upon an ‘ exotic ’ instrumentarium of this kind once again , but they have been marginalized to some degree . |
| 7 | Some of these recipes contain , fat , sugar or flour — often forbidden in other diets — but they have been reduced to a minimum to provide tasty food that 's also low in calories . |
| 8 | Their veteran spokesman thundered occasionally from the back benches , but he 'd been banished to the backwoods by popular opinion . |
| 9 | ‘ At this moment , yes , but he 'd been promoted to registrar and would have assumed that title in a fortnight 's time . ’ |
| 10 | It was only a beard — true enough — but it had been connected to a man 's face for many many years . |
| 11 | The damage to the alliance was eventually repaired , but it had been subjected to the most serious strain of the post-war period . |
| 12 | But it had been proved to the satisfaction of all but a few sceptics that such an event would result in an effect similar to the collapse of a dwarf star . |
| 13 | The catch appeared to be faulty , but it has been attended to . ’ |
| 14 | A trade union or union official calling its members out on strike is therefore protected but it has been said to be arguable that an individual striker has no protection against a claim that he uses unlawful means when he withdraws his labour because this situation does not appear to fall within section 13(1) . |
| 15 | Before the general election the Welsh Affairs Select Committee began an investigation into this subject , but it has been brought to a halt by the failure , so far , to reform the committee . |
| 16 | This should never happen , but it has been known to , and being safe rather than sorry is always best . |
| 17 | Legislation has not only so multiplied that it is now the characteristic activity of the modern state , but it has been addressed to complicated matters which have increased the complexity and bulk of individual statutes so that they often go unread even by the legislators who pass them . |
| 18 | Left realism is not intentionally racist , but it has been responded to as such , because of the complex element of police racism . |
| 19 | Cannabis Teenagers often insist that cannabis is harmless , but it has been shown to be a high risk for certain users . |
| 20 | That 's a cruel thing to say , but it 's been done to me often enough in the past : you find yourself saying ordinary things and the person next to you is suddenly being witty . |
| 21 | Er , it used to be those over eighty , but it 's been reduced to those over seventy five . |
| 22 | Erm I mean , it was always nine hundred , but it 's been upped to eleven hundred last year I think . |
| 23 | But it 's been left to his wife to explain to their children |