Sentence examples for have been but from inspiring English sources

He could have been, but never was.

It shouldn't have been, but it was.

"It should have been, but it wasn't".

Maybe we should have been, but we weren't.

"It shouldn't have been, but it was, actually," she confessed.

Inert they may have been, but colorless they are not.

I never have been, but if it works, it works.

Narrow defeat it may have been, but defeat it remained.

3. Queens of England who might have been but weren't.

His changes have been small, but noticeable.

The aces have been anything but.