Example sentences of "but [pron] has be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm sorry , cariad , ’ he said wearily , sinking into a chair , ‘ I 've done my best to keep things going but someone has been poaching my customers . |
| 2 | Mum Cheryl needs a heart-lung transplant but she has been waiting in vain for a donor since January . |
| 3 | Then , raising her voice , ‘ I do n't think Lady Joanna expects you to play with her , my lady , but she has been asking if you are feeling more rested . |
| 4 | But who has been clutching whom ? |
| 5 | ‘ I hope that I shall not be taking up your time needlessly , ’ Catherine said , ‘ but something has been troubling me . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | But he has been learning the ropes since February with Liverpool Playhouse workshop . |
| 8 | The Dark Ones are demanding , but he has been bearing up remarkably . |
| 9 | Ideally , the EC Commission would step in with a way to prevent the disruption of trade ; but it has been trying unsuccessfully for many months to steer a directive on packaging waste through the council of ministers . |
| 10 | The item that makes everyone tick at PE also lies within the former gunnery hall , but it has been receiving attention since its arrival — within the hold of a Safair L–100 Hercules . |
| 11 | Social embarrassment , duly fictionalised , is an odd commodity to export , and it does not figure in official balance-of-payments figures ; but it has been selling around the world since Fielding 's Tom Jones and Scott 's Waverley , not to mention Wodehouse 's Bertie Wooster . |
| 12 | We knew of its existence from a photograph taken in the 1850s , but it has been missing for 150 years . |
| 13 | The smaller , darker mountain type with black points and mucosae is very like the Piedmont of northwest Italy and is ideal for extensive systems , but it has been declining in numbers over the last 50 years and by 1980 was down to about 35,000 . |
| 14 | ‘ But what has been happening in Darlington has been happening all over the country , this has been a national problem . ’ |