Example sentences of "but [pers pn] has [been] a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | Tristan Garel-Jones is not a household name but he has been a key player in British , and particularly Tory , politics over the past two years . |
3 | ‘ But it has been a great triumph for Hochhauser , Willi . |
4 | ‘ It 's easier to manage a team playing in defence because you can see the game developing , but it has been a real problem up front , especially with all the pushing and shoving . |
5 | I thought I would go home when I left but it has been a long time . |
6 | ‘ I do n't usually do that , but it has been a long day . ’ |
7 | But it has been a rough 18 months for him and there is still a gauntness about him , even if he does claim he has never felt fitter and that his swing is closer to being ‘ on track ’ than for a long time . |
8 | But it has been a busy and peripatetic decade for Taylor , Heglund and their co-workers . |
9 | The 26-year-old Shannon clubman , an inspirational figure in Irish rugby 's long overdue renaissance said : ‘ It was great to get the try , but it has been a 15 man effort all along the line . |
10 | But it has been a universal feature of modernity that the larger family unit , the so-called ‘ extended ’ family , has given way to a much smaller unit , the ‘ nuclear ’ family . |
11 | ‘ But it has been a wonderful year and a wonderful time for me . |