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 .
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