Example sentences of "but [pers pn] be working " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 But I was working on it .
2 But I was working all night — ’ she began .
3 And he 's been there now about three years and they 're just surviving , and he 's says , I 'm earning roughly what I was here but I 'm working literally twice the hours .
4 Yes ar are not that good but I 'm working at it on a sort of regional basis erm but you may have to keep me here for a very long time in order to achieve it .
5 But I 'm working !
6 ‘ This might be just a game to you , but I 'm working , and I 'm going to be late if you hold me up ! ’
7 ‘ I wish I could take you out tomorrow , but I 'm working .
8 ‘ Too damn much for my own peace of mind , ’ he returned , ‘ but I 'm working on it .
9 but I 'm working all these
10 but I 'm working
11 But I 'm but I 'm working with
12 But you were working as an orderly ?
13 No you could n't I mean er at you know the the doors would n't be open be I mean you know , you could picture a wardrobe without a door , but you were working you were sandpapering that on the inside and er maybe brushing it up and down and then sandpapering that again and then they had to go over with what we call the rubber .
14 But she 's working very hard right now .
15 has got nothing to do with it but she 's working an extra two and a half hours a week and getting half an hour off , you know I mean you , in all
16 But we 're working on it ! ’
17 But we 're working on it , so it should be out in the not too distant future . ’
18 ( But we 're working on it . )
19 agencies have been inundated with job hunting dealers who often confide : " We 're earning thirty or forty thousand a year , but we 're working for a bucket shop .
20 ‘ We ca n't fix a definite time of death until after the post mortem , but we 're working on the assumption that it was shortly after the time agreed for the rendezvous — midnight .
21 Never good with their , good with their overtime hours but we 're working at that .
22 But we 're working on a tight schedule and if we 're gon na keep to it , there 's one thing we got ta do first . ’
23 But we 're working on that .
24 Well , sometimes , I mean , yes at the moment but we 're working very hard at s
25 At the moment , sad to say that physical vertical is the most effective means of slowing people down and and narrowings and visual erm signs and that kind of thing , road markings , do not have the same effect er but we are working on that and hopefully in our next batch of schemes we will start to experiment with things like speed cushions and what have you which , which have a lesser effect on , on erm on both minibuses and buses .
26 But we are working on the idea of a monthly publication , probably starting in May , to act as a kind of bulletin to keep supporters in touch with what is happening , ’ he said .
27 We were n't doing nine to five but we were working every afternoon for a week .
28 But we were working for him then for fourteen pound a week .
29 But they were working longer hours .
30 Sure , he has his troubles , but he 's working on them .
  Next page