Example sentences of "but [pron] have [been] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But I 've been a good girl so I get to eat Mr Chef 's meal instead of lumpy mashed potato . ’ |
| 2 | I have to say , in comment to that , I do n't the know the the balance of statistics but I 've been a lone parent for , for ten years now , although I 've I 've pressed button , it was because for ten years of being able to have a stable relationship with my children , I 've got two very stable teenagers and during that , the course of that ten years I 've been disabled person as well , so yes there may be the case that there 's there 's trouble with the children of lone parent families , but I think there 's far too much emphasis on that nowadays ! |
| 3 | But I 've been a member for many years I like the policy and erm my friends and I just decided that we would fund raise for them as they have n't got anyone in this area . |
| 4 | I think I got that because of my tracheotomy — I think I probably should have gotten it before , but I 'd been a bad girl . |
| 5 | and er , he said if he 's not better , any better when he goes back in a fortnight he 's gon na send him to a chest specialist , but you 've been a lot better have n't you ? |
| 6 | There have been occasional sorties by the BNP in local by-elections , but none has been a particularly significant performance . |
| 7 | It was n't IMP 's fault , or hers , that he had started at Jerez in third position , but she 'd been a convenient whipping-boy for his suspicions . |
| 8 | I know she is old and wo n't last forever , but she has been a good and loyal friend to me and I will stand by her . |
| 9 | In November Lord Woolton , a man of no party affiliation but who had been a successful Minister of Food , was appointed to the task , and was given a seat in the War Cabinet . |
| 10 | But there 've been a number of changes over the years , certainly prior to nineteen seventy four that would be the case , water boards supplying water , local councils treating treating the sewage , and the rivers authorities looking after the river pollution aspects . |
| 11 | It was years since he 'd been there , but there had been a time when he 'd gone every week , sometimes twice . |
| 12 | Generally they were booked months ahead , but there had been a cancellation on one leaving almost at once . |
| 13 | R : Everyone felt that the campaign had been worthwhile , but there had been a lot of tensions and problems to deal with and so that affected how we all felt at the end . |
| 14 | But there had been a full moon last night , a bomber 's moon with all London laid out clearly for the Luftwaffe pilots . |
| 15 | Their contents had usually turned out to be machine parts but there had been a couple of times when he had found something a little more palatable — once a case of French Burgundy , on another occasion a case of German hock . |
| 16 | But there had been a certain amount of argument with the police and one National Socialist was arrested for obstructing the footway . |
| 17 | The river was n't visible , but there had been a lot of rain over that week and one corner of the field had flooded , leaving a shallow temporary loch reflecting the tarnished dark silver of the clouds ; its waters were still and flat . |
| 18 | But there had been a long-standing dispute between managers , parents and the county over school premises . |
| 19 | Miss Philimore had behaved pleasantly enough , but there had been a calculating set to her narrow mouth that made such a gesture seem unlikely in the extreme . |
| 20 | But there had been a time , early in the nineteenth century , in Shelley 's day , where the head and the heart had stood a chance of marching forward together . |
| 21 | The ‘ blockbuster ’ bombs were part of the IRA 's economic war , but there had been a tendency for people to despair of the political process , he warned . |
| 22 | It had the effect of stabilising the brain but there had been a risk that it would suppress functions such as respiration . |
| 23 | He had been as surprised and chagrined at her choice as he had at the prospect of taking up a new job with an unknown PA , but there had been an additional and more disturbing reaction . |
| 24 | But there have been a series of large withdrawals since then . |
| 25 | No one has ever refused to go up , but there have been a few that needed coaxing down ! ’ |
| 26 | The main focus of the project is still leisure , but there have been a number of important changes . |
| 27 | But there have been a few problems in trying to explain to the Chinese the finer points of a fish supper . |
| 28 | Er but there have been a lot of issues and we 've done well in that field but of course it does n't produce the same kind of fee income as the M and A activity . |
| 29 | And say erm where he would be best used but there have been a couple of errors caused by his bad eyesight . |
| 30 | But there have been an enormous number of changes . |