Example sentences of "but he have been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lewis began his Narnia stories for children in 1949 , but he had been publishing fiction for adults since Out of the Silent Planet ( 1938 ) , a mixture of space-fiction and theology that he was soon to extend into a trilogy , ending with That Hideous Strength ( 1945 ) . |
| 2 | Item — On the night of March 18th , there was a fierce storm ; Alexander was not drunk but he had been drinking heavily . |
| 3 | Hindley Earnshaw should have been at Catherine 's burial yesterday , but he had been drinking so much that he could n't go . |
| 4 | But he had been drinking , and deep inside she knew he had been partly to blame . |
| 5 | This was Peter Lorre 's first film but he had been acting for ten years in a career which had begun with his running away from home at the age of 15 and which bore many similarities to the careers of other American and European actors who had arrived in Hollywood already . |
| 6 | But he had been working on that first novel for at least ten years , ever since I 've known him . |
| 7 | But he had been coming home drunk too often and now she was determined to let him know her feeling about it . |
| 8 | He had looked older when she had seen him at St Petrock 's ; but he had been scowling then , and now he was looking quite friendly and interested — rather like James , who sat in front of them regarding them both with faithful brown eyes . |
| 9 | Of course I 've sent specimens to Forensic but you can take it from me that he died of strychnine poisoning ; a fairly hefty dose but he 'd been living on borrowed time any way . |
| 10 | The same old crowd , but he 'd been seeing much less of them . |
| 11 | But he 'd been practising his backhand all year , mentally preparing himself for the North Shore . |
| 12 | But he has been trying to unload the firm since last year to help his debt-laden holding company , BTF , and clear the way for him to pursue his political career . |
| 13 | But he has been learning the ropes since February with Liverpool Playhouse workshop . |
| 14 | The Dark Ones are demanding , but he has been bearing up remarkably . |
| 15 | Victory may have been his Down Under if this Honda had n't cooked its clutch , but he 's been expecting his Michelins to have the upper hand in hot weather . |
| 16 | But he 's been saving up . |
| 17 | But he 's been telling members of the Environmental Protection Committee this afternoon that he has every confidence in the steps that Thames Water has taken to prevent an recurrence of the events of eighteen months ago . |
| 18 | ‘ I could n't tell him for sure , but he 's been taking Vulcan out most days . |
| 19 | He 's just joined the Squadron but he 's been flying for two years . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I would if I could — but he 's been flying back and forth to Australia like a damned Yo-Yo ! |
| 21 | When he used to write music he used to have different tunings for almost every song , but he 's been doing this now for the last five to seven years — the E string tuned down to D. If I have to play guitar on a song where he 's played guitar , I just learn it my way , using traditional tuning . ’ |
| 22 | But he 's been doing it manually have n't you Rog ? |
| 23 | ‘ Probably , but he 's been doing it for years . ’ |
| 24 | But he 's been doing very well at it despite having to learn terrifying new skills , like walking a tightrope . |
| 25 | Yeah , but he 's been doing really good ! |
| 26 | But he 's been keeping the opticians in business — especially the ones that stock really old-fashioned frames — ever since we were at school together . |