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 .
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