Example sentences of "but it have be [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it had been Elisabeth and Daniel themselves who , in 1939 , elected to spend the whole summer alone on Møn , rather than accompany their parents to South America . |
| 2 | But it had been Mrs McBride who had started as she meant to go on . |
| 3 | McGee had summoned the Dean , but it had been Lord Cumbermound who had led the party down the back stairs . |
| 4 | But it had been coincidence . |
| 5 | It was strange to see Yek surrendering , but it had been Sipotai 's mistake to involve troops in a private feud . |
| 6 | I had no means of knowing what sort of line I had kept on my cross-country stumble , but it had been NNE as near as I could make it . |
| 7 | But it had been Sandra he 'd called darling . |
| 8 | But it had been days since he had managed to obtain a good , large dish of fresh-cooked vegetables . |
| 9 | But it had been years , even then , since Elvis was top of the Hit Parade , and if all he had to offer the world was slicked-back hair and a sulky pout , the Dead Loss was set to slip a lot further down the charts , and Mary was n't going to be there to see it . |
| 10 | But it has been Muslims , set upon by Croat and Serb militiamen alike , who have suffered most . |
| 11 | In recent years there have been a number of studies reporting the isolation of mycobacteria from patients with Crohn 's disease , but it has been reports of the isolation of M paratuberculosis , which have generated the greatest interest . |
| 12 | Playing for your province does n't count , but it has been practice that if a player is banned at club level , he is n't considered for selection at that time . |
| 13 | But it 's been months , dear ! |
| 14 | But it 's been weeks now , and no progress . |