Example sentences of "but he [verb] been [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was tempted to go in and get it over , but he had been away from his temporary headquarters for a long time and he did not even know if the body had bean recovered successfully . |
| 2 | But he had been easily outwitted in the tangled back streets of Paris . |
| 3 | But he had been utterly routed . |
| 4 | Not that he was now smitten with Moray 's sister in any serious fashion , he could assure himself ; but he had been much impressed by her at Doune that time , her looks , her manner and behaviour , her quiet competence — and probably the fact that the young Steward was so evidently captivated , something which might hold its own challenge . |
| 5 | But he had been there with Montaine and he could n't bear to see the place again — not then . |
| 6 | Sometimes she 'd found it difficult to believe a word he said , but he had been there to meet her when she 'd arrived as a stranger . |
| 7 | But he had been there at the right time , he had acted swiftly and effectively and she was alive . |
| 8 | But he had been there — he had watched someone he loved being drawn deeper and deeper into the morass . |
| 9 | But he had been really well at home . |
| 10 | Enoch had mellowed , but he had been terribly hurt at losing his seat in 1987 . |
| 11 | It was the pot of white paint that dropped + had fallen on Nutmeg but he had been too scared to notice . |
| 12 | But he had been very helpful over the Puddephat business , she admitted to herself , and his moods were unpredictable — he might be on top of the world by the time he arrived at the cinema . |
| 13 | But he had been very kind to her the past few weeks , and she knew he was right , that the showing would be a fiasco if it went on this way . |
| 14 | This pistol was so heavy that he could not , of course , stick it in his belt ; it was all he could do to lift it with both hands But he had been so enthusiastic about it that he had willingly gone through the laborious loading of its honeycomb of barrels , one after another , and now it was ready to wreak destruction . |
| 15 | Coffin wished he had observed Edward Pitt more closely on that evening , but he had been so taken up with Letty . |
| 16 | She had n't wanted to take the four months ' pay from Nicolo , but he 'd been coldly adamant . |
| 17 | He had only one more room to do , he said , and he should have finished long before this but he 'd been badly delayed in the car on the other side of the dining car , which he had in his care also . |
| 18 | But he has been very loving this summer and much cast down by the failure of the Italian cause and I will not grudge him a livelier time of it in Rome . |
| 19 | The distinctive orange , yellow and black bike was a Christmas present for the youngster , but he has been so weak because of chemotherapy treatment that he has been able unable to ride it . |
| 20 | But he has been under intense pressure recently . |
| 21 | Possible slight nerve damage to the right arm — the brachial plexus was a bit chewed up , but he 's been remarkably lucky . |
| 22 | Billy 's been brilliant because we 've had him on an album-by-album deal , and he could have jumped ship , but he 's been really loyal . ’ |
| 23 | Well he were n't too bad dad but he 's been really poorly . |
| 24 | but he 's been really |
| 25 | But he 's been very silent . |
| 26 | But he 's been very ill . |
| 27 | you could n't do it , but he had every opportunity the other , the twin did to get through you know and he passed his City and Guilds , but Peter 's got on alright , the other son who 's got the factory , he 's , he 's busy got an electrical panels and all that he does , you know , he 's quite good and my other son he works , he used to work at Burnt Mill , and he now has moved to erm er Stansted , he works at Stansted he works in the big food depot , that used to be years ago and he works there , he 's been there ever since he left school , since except two , two years he had in the army you know for the conscription , but he 's been there erm ever since he was fourteen and he 's now about oh , forty something now he is , I 'm not quite sure of their ages , I get muddled up I 've got , eight , eight sons altogether , so , I 've got quite a family dear . |