Example sentences of "but [adv] he [verb] been " in BNC.
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| 1 | But perhaps he had been tired , and what with hearing so much about the wretched Monument … |
| 2 | But perhaps he had been to a Harley Street specialist — it was easier to imagine the long holiday being recommended behind thick net curtains in one of those tall houses with several brass plates on the door . |
| 3 | But perhaps he 'd been over-excited . |
| 4 | President Bill Clinton has been in the White House just a month but already he 's been proposed for Oxford University 's highest honour . |
| 5 | But lately he 'd been concealing this whiff with his favourite aftershave , Rampage . |
| 6 | But lately he 's been a real pain in the neck . |
| 7 | But lately he has been losing rather too many important matches . |
| 8 | In their dealings in the office they 'd worked well together , achieved an excellent rapport regarding the PR for the business fair , but somehow he 'd been the model of teasing aloofness , apparently with more time for Stephanie Marsa than for Caroline . |
| 9 | Merymose had already seen the body , but now he had been deputed by an increasingly impatient Kenamun to visit the victim 's parents . |
| 10 | ‘ I think Neville Southall has been the best goalkeeper in England for a long time , but now he has been joined by others like David Seaman , Tony Coton and Chris Woods . |
| 11 | But now he has been given a new lease of life after securing a sports bursary at Stirling University . |
| 12 | I sympathise with my hon. Friend the Member for Kilmarnock and Loudoun ( Mr. McKelvey ) but surely he has been a Membeer long enough to know that the Government do not care . |
| 13 | She was surprised by his hatred sometimes , but then he 'd been born there and grown up , while she was second-generation American . |
| 14 | He did n't mind admitting that he was attracted to Phil Prior , but then he had been attracted to many girls in the past . |
| 15 | But then he had been wrong about his eldest son . |
| 16 | She had seen Guy fight before at the river crossing , but then he had been quick and efficient . |
| 17 | He 's never oversexed or silly , but then he 's been brought up not to be . |
| 18 | George Bush has too , but then he 's been a rather busy fellow of late . |
| 19 | But then he 's been burning gold every few days for ten years . |
| 20 | Alexei had expected to be seated beside Tulagai and Targoutai , the half-brothers of Nogai and T'zin , but instead he had been led to this place beside Siban . |
| 21 | ‘ Yes … but recently he 's been stealing other things from the house , too … ’ |