Example sentences of "but [pers pn] have [adv] [been] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the orphanage I was complimented on me English composition , but I 've always been a bit shy about speakin' up for meself . ’ |
| 2 | But I 've always been a champion of English wines . |
| 3 | But I have never been a lover of cheese myself , except with Christmas cake . |
| 4 | ‘ Maybe not for that alone , but you 've certainly been a big draw , ’ the other woman said . |
| 5 | But she had n't been a hardnosed grubber after facts ( or compiler of falsehoods , for that matter ) . |
| 6 | Eugénie had not long been an Empress , but she had always been a grandee of Spain , with all that implied in pride and good breeding . |
| 7 | The cultural difference between Spain and the Spanish king 's northern dominions was considerably greater than that between France and Scotland ; Scotland managed to resist becoming a permanent part of the French political hegemony , but she had long been an enthusiastic member of the cultural one . |
| 8 | She 's ancient , and sexless the way the very old and the very young are , but she 's still been a woman , and I resent that , for my own good reason . |
| 9 | Enlightenment man has undoubtedly been a man of power , but he has also been a barbarian . |
| 10 | A ladies ' man he may profess to be but he 's also been a bit of a louse . |
| 11 | Cor not half , but he 's always been a bit of |
| 12 | But he 's never been a journalist |
| 13 | The duke 's campaign of the previous season , which had won Berwick for the crown , may have whipped up enthusiasm for future conquests , but it had also been a lesson in the expense and difficulty of winning a small piece of land and the cost of keeping it thereafter . |
| 14 | The duke 's campaign of the previous season , which had won Berwick for the crown , may have whipped up enthusiasm for future conquests , but it had also been a lesson in the expense and difficulty of winning a small piece of land and the cost of keeping it thereafter . |
| 15 | But it had n't been a dream . |
| 16 | Well , it was n't as gruesome as it might have been had the bodies been five weeks rather than five years old , but it had n't been a pretty sight by any means . |
| 17 | But it had not been a smooth process . |
| 18 | But it had all been a sham . |
| 19 | But it had all been a trick , a dreadful trick . |
| 20 | But it had all been a bluff . |
| 21 | But it has n't been a problem . |
| 22 | There have been problems with one or two areas but it has n't been a a a general problem . |
| 23 | I mean it 's just like Aston is , it is , is , it 's , it 's a university but it has n't been a university for that long , it was a technological institute before |
| 24 | The Government can not say that because , by definition , the Government have to be comfortable with everything , but it has not been a profitable period for teachers in terms of their pay . |
| 25 | Again , we have paid lip-service to this for a long time , but it has not been an easy ideal to achieve . |
| 26 | Their public excuse was that they attempted to do so in the Social Security Act 1986 , but it has clearly been a failure . |
| 27 | This chapter has been a complex one , but it has nevertheless been an exercise in oversimplification . |
| 28 | It was supposed to be for just a day , or maybe two , but it has already been a week … ’ |
| 29 | But it has long been a mystery to me why students find proofs to be a mystery , and Solow has the answer : it 's not enough to tell them ‘ a proof is a sequence of logical steps ’ . |
| 30 | It is true that , as the term is commonly used , a representative , as opposed to a delegate , is not mandated to speak or vote in particular ways ; but it has always been a puzzle to me to understand in what ways such a person can then be said to represent , or speak for , those who sent him/her there . |