Example sentences of "but i have [be] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | But I 've been getting faster as the years go by . |
2 | ‘ But I 've been recommending such improvements for years . ’ |
3 | ‘ He says it 's because he volunteered when he was too young and now he 's been pestering them , but I 've been pestering all three services and got nowhere . ’ |
4 | But I 've been buying more icecream and that . |
5 | ‘ But I 've been doing this job for so many years , I 've probably been playing the odds too long . ’ |
6 | But I 've been offered several million for it . |
7 | I 've always shaved my legs but I 've been told that shaving makes the hair grow more strongly . |
8 | But I had been visited that morning by what was usually at this state of the term a rare inspiration , and was writing a poem of my own . |
9 | ‘ It jolted me into making the decision to quit , but I 'd been moving that way for a long time . |
10 | I dare n't say about the future but I have been doing some stuff with girls teen magazines . |
11 | But I have been divorced 30 years and know I 'd feel the same as the man who was jailed if I found my wife in the arms of someone else . |
12 | It 's odd ( and I feel a little guilty ) but I have been feeling happier today than at any time since I came here . |