Example sentences of "but [pron] be [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But I am sure Isabel did not like the idea ? ’ |
| 2 | But I am sure Carmichael knows who killed my brother . |
| 3 | ‘ But I am afraid Caroline has other obligations when the party ends . ’ |
| 4 | But I was upset Romeo banished |
| 5 | But I 'm that wee bit bigger — |
| 6 | Alex Ray into the middle but I 'm sure Kennedy got the final touch . |
| 7 | ‘ But I 'm sure Ma said My what ? ’ |
| 8 | ( If more volume really were needed then the direct outputs could be fed to a stereo power amp and then to additional speakers , but I 'm sure Marshall have aimed the S80 at a specific player who would find its volume adequate and who , if he or she needed more , would probably upgrade to a more powerful Marshall product . ) |
| 9 | ‘ Orf'ly bad show , old girl , but I 'm afraid Dougie bought it today . ’ |
| 10 | But I was once painting the windows of Heath House with the children and Simon came up to my ladder and said , ‘ You hate me , but you 're small fry compared to the people who really hate me ’ . ’ |
| 11 | She did not , however , think it any more ridiculous than any other memorial chapel , but she was glad Christopher had not seen it , and hoped Flora would not mention it when they came round . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm staying with a friend and it 's even more cramped than your sister 's flat , ’ he said politely , and Claudia repressed a smile ; Denzil 's flat had plenty of room , but she was glad Roman did n't want to share it with Dana . |
| 13 | But she was surprised Gowers had renewed her partnership with Gill Clark , another former Sankey partner . |
| 14 | And so it was for Lt Clyde Sparky Cosper , based at Thurleigh in Befordshire , but who 's selfless bravery saved a Chilterns Town from total disaster in 1943 . |
| 15 | Categorising types of writing is not easy , but there is good evidence to suggest that the type of writing attempted has a strong influence on the outcome . |
| 16 | Of course , this is possible but there is good reason to suppose that it is not the case . |
| 17 | Doubtless many social and economic forces have contributed to this trend ; but there is good reason to believe that our attitudes to child-rearing play a not insignificant part . |
| 18 | Thus the new system may be an improvement but there is little evidence to support the view that the new committees exercise any real systematic control over the activities of government . |
| 19 | But there is little evidence to suggest that where a TNC has actually survived indigenization , its effective control has been very much affected . |
| 20 | Soviet cases with political implications were given a great deal of publicity in the West , but there is little reason to believe that the great majority of cases in the Soviet Union were dealt with any less fairly than elsewhere . |
| 21 | We know this from Soviet accounts , but there is little reason to doubt them . |
| 22 | But there is little incentive to become an engineer in Britain . |
| 23 | Members at the top of the hierarchy do have informal relationships , but there is little friendship involved ; senior managers ' informal relationships are based on convenience rather than affection . |
| 24 | The actual vegetation may not be identical owing to varying local conditions but there is sufficient affinity to make correlations reasonably certain . |
| 25 | The links between the mind and health are not yet fully understood but there is sufficient evidence to suggest that physical illness is not a straightforward matter of bodily components breaking down or wearing out . |
| 26 | It says that of the identified possible savings of , I think it was three hundred and seventeen thousand , we 've already got commitment to about two thirds of those , but there is sufficient money left to fund a speed camera site th erm in the county and we have acted on that . |
| 27 | The eggs may land with a bit of a thump , but there is another adaptation to take care of that : cuckoo eggs have unusually thick shells . |
| 28 | Now that was her excuse but there is some evidence to say that she 'd got a big investment in weaving machine and I think she was a little bit worried er that these might take over from . |
| 29 | by no means has this matter been scientifically proved , but there is enough evidence to justify concern that fishing could cause pain to fish . |
| 30 | ‘ You 're not bound to hurt yourself doing some of the risky exercises we found , especially if you are already fit , but there are safer ways to get the same effect . ’ |