Example sentences of "but he [verb] always been " in BNC.
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| 1 | Grunte was ancient , but he had always been nice to her . |
| 2 | He said ‘ Yes , Ernest , but he 'd always been known as Johnny Walker ’ . |
| 3 | Poliakoff had his first playwrighting success at the age of 19 but he has always been , to put it gently , a more grown-up dramatist than many of the pack of hairy , scary stage writers whose careers coincide with his . |
| 4 | Mikhail Budyko , the most revered figure of Soviet climatology , has never been noted as a cold war warrior , but he has always been aware of the limitations imposed on the Soviet Union by its climate . |
| 5 | Hoffman 's face has never been very expressive ( sometimes his rabbit stare makes me think that the great Maureen Stapleton has spawned an emotionally retarded.son ) , but he has always been able to get our empathy . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ When we married 26 years ago I never realised it would be to a millionaire , but he has always been lucky . |
| 7 | ‘ When we married 26 years ago I never realised it would be to a millionaire but he has always been lucky . ’ |
| 8 | He was never paid , so he never had a job to lose , but he 's always been happy to help people who asked him . ’ |
| 9 | But he 's always been like that with them kids you know yourself if they do anything it 's got ta be done |
| 10 | Cor not half , but he 's always been a bit of |