Example sentences of "but [pron] have been [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But I 've been a good girl so I get to eat Mr Chef 's meal instead of lumpy mashed potato . ’ |
| 2 | 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 ! |
| 3 | I think I got that because of my tracheotomy — I think I probably should have gotten it before , but I 'd been a bad girl . |
| 4 | It was n't IMP 's fault , or hers , that he had started at Jerez in third position , but she 'd been a convenient whipping-boy for his suspicions . |
| 5 | I know she is old and wo n't last forever , but she has been a good and loyal friend to me and I will stand by her . |
| 6 | In November Lord Woolton , a man of no party affiliation but who had been a successful Minister of Food , was appointed to the task , and was given a seat in the War Cabinet . |
| 7 | But there had been a certain amount of argument with the police and one National Socialist was arrested for obstructing the footway . |
| 8 | But there had been a full moon last night , a bomber 's moon with all London laid out clearly for the Luftwaffe pilots . |
| 9 | Miss Philimore had behaved pleasantly enough , but there had been a calculating set to her narrow mouth that made such a gesture seem unlikely in the extreme . |
| 10 | But there had been a long-standing dispute between managers , parents and the county over school premises . |
| 11 | Margaret had returned to work by this time , but there had been no real change in her other problems . |
| 12 | They had had no indication that anything had gone wrong , but there had been no firm news from Stockholm since before the flight . |
| 13 | But there had been no overall review in recent times of the problem of crime and criminals by an independent and authoritative body . |
| 14 | but there had been no practical progression to the redevelopment of commercial areas ; there was only a handful of local authorities which seemed capable of making design and environmental advances in planning practice . |
| 15 | A low level of unemployment would certainly make the finance of the social security scheme less perilous but there had been no organised lobbying for a full employment policy . |
| 16 | But there had been no statutory provisions regarding it . |
| 17 | The ministry confirmed high levels of dioxin in the milk following tests carried out in March , and said some of the dairy products entered the food chain but there had been no public health risk . |
| 18 | Darlington Council leader John Williams ( Lab ) said public transport minister Roger Freeman had pledged to meet the management of Caldaire , which owns the site in question but there had been no further word from him . |
| 19 | But there had been no more children , and now Cousin Charlie would inherit . |
| 20 | He had been as surprised and chagrined at her choice as he had at the prospect of taking up a new job with an unknown PA , but there had been an additional and more disturbing reaction . |
| 21 | Other studies suggest that cyclosporin is of therapeutic value in ulcerative colitis , but there have been no controlled trials . |
| 22 | But there have been no credible claims of responsibility , and the use of Pentrite suggests to secret service investigators that it may not have been aimed at French national interests but at someone on the aircraft . |
| 23 | According to Martin Orne , hypnosis may at times help to remove this amnesia , but there have been no good studies of the effect of hypnosis on trauma . |
| 24 | It has been suggested that in some rural areas , clitoridectomy is practised but there have been no confirmed reports and it would seem unlikely as it was not a characteristic of Meso-american cultures . |
| 25 | No one has ever refused to go up , but there have been a few that needed coaxing down ! ’ |
| 26 | But there have been a few problems in trying to explain to the Chinese the finer points of a fish supper . |
| 27 | But there have been an enormous number of changes . |
| 28 | ‘ Alaska has a lot fewer , but larger , assets than XEU but there has been a major reorganisation there , ’ he says . |
| 29 | But there has been a gradual shift in attitudes within this bastion of British ballet . |
| 30 | Losing the toss in both Tests did not help England 's cause , but there has been a collective lack of confidence against spin that has clearly concerned Fletcher . |