Example sentences of "but [pers pn] 've [be] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 And erm that 's quite special for me , it 's erm my homeland , where I 've come from , but I 've been twelve years in this vicinity around here , so there is erm if you like , a divided loyalty with the four kids .
2 Despite the passion in Glasgow he did not have to show his yellow card once as Rangers won 2-1 and Wilkinson said : ‘ It 's always important to have a good referee , but I 've been pleased with the standard of refereeing this season . ’
3 Eddery 's first success was Mrs Hauksbee , but he admitted : ‘ To be honest I do n't remember anything about that first one , but I 've been lucky to ride lots of winners in good races here . ’
4 But I 've been amazed by how much the girls love Graham and care for him .
5 But I 've been stuck in this line for twenty years , and I reckon I 'll be stuck in it when I drop . ’
6 But I 've been stuck here for ages .
7 I usually empty them but I 've been busy .
8 Erm but I 've been this is I 've been progressively pricing this account .
9 We 're at a loose end , Cynthie and me — I 'm up at Trinity , you know , but I 've been ill — ha ha ! — and have to stay down this term .
10 ‘ And you just got up in front of Henry and those pipsqueaks in your department and said , ‘ Sorry and all that , old chaps , but I 've been wrong all my life and led you into error and wickedness ’ ? ’
11 But I 've been surprised over the last erm few years of all these young men erm who have restored this museum who , although were not even born in those years , have taken a tremendous interest in what went on and erm well their results , some of their results you can see here today .
12 I do n't know exactly how long , but I 've been aware of it for the last eighteen months .
13 I had , I had a letter the other day saying that I 'd been paying thirty nine pounds , fifty a week to live on , but I 've been entitled to fifty five pound something for low income support so are they gon na backdate all that and then get their
14 But we 've been involved with two specific projects that we 've worked on in conjunction with the tenants ' association ,
15 But we 've been honest with our people , we have not paid anyone off , in the fifteen years I 've been at , that did n't want to go .
16 A more accurate term would have been desktop layout or desktop typesetting and page makeup but we 've been stuck with the words he used .
17 But we 've been unable to track down an official aid organisation which has worked with her .
18 The fans were right to give me stick but they 've been good to me and it 's great to come off to a reception like that . ’
19 Yeah but they 've been open chillers as opposed to closed chillers before have n't they .
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