Example sentences of "but [pers pn] be [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't know it then but I was receiving subliminal training for later business life . |
| 2 | ‘ Not in the conventional sense , but I was given moral codes of conduct to follow . ’ |
| 3 | Apparently not only had I collapsed on stage last night , but I was having intravenous chemotherapy between shows , sobbing and grimacing in agony in my dressing room . |
| 4 | , but I was saying any way I like |
| 5 | I pointed out that most sentences in the Bible began with And , but I was told that English had changed since the time of King James , In that case , I argued , why make us read the Bible ? |
| 6 | ‘ But I was working all night — ’ she began . |
| 7 | But I was to discover another facet of Soviet hospital life when , after the last meal of the day at six o'clock , I became aware of a plaintive female voice outside my window . |
| 8 | But I 'm expecting great things of you , too . " |
| 9 | But I 'm watching Teenage Hero Turtles . |
| 10 | I know , but I 'm to buy two birthday presents I just do n't have thirty . |
| 11 | Now then , I like the new look — ’ Sarella had had her hair cropped ‘ — and was thinking of putting you in for the ingénue , but I 'm having second thoughts . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I 've always danced and sung but I 'm having intensive training for both now , ’ says Jonathon . |
| 13 | Okay , but you 're buying more benefits , therefore you got to pay for it more |
| 14 | But you 're playing Russian roulette if you choose to treat cows individually , rather than the whole herd , ’ he warns . |
| 15 | which is to achieve greater equality but you 're having different means to achieve that . |
| 16 | ‘ But you 're doing English Literature at University . ’ |
| 17 | But you 're forgetting one thing . |
| 18 | Well for most people erm I mean they say to me , I do n't want to be the richest man at Millford Hill , in other words I do n't want to save in retirement indefinitely , but you are intending some capital growth as well , cos if you do n't have capital growth , you do n't protect your investment . |
| 19 | Steven , you may not realize it , but you are gaining many advantages by marrying a mature woman . |
| 20 | But you were packed last Friday . |
| 21 | My father could n't come because he 's publicly declared his opposition to the wedding and my mother would n't dare come without him — but she 's sent good wishes through one of the cousins . |
| 22 | Well this one seems to go to bed a bit later now , so she goes longer , but she 's feeding all day today , , I 'm at every couple of hours , so with a bit of luck , I 'll finally put her to bed maybe half past nine ten o'clock , she might go through till three or four , which is n't bad . |
| 23 | She 's not been taking them , she 's been able to sleep at night but she 's sleeping all day and all . |
| 24 | He looked down at her steadily and Maggie tried to stay cool , but she was losing this battle and she knew it . |
| 25 | Gertrude Jekyll had not been available to design the garden at The Tamarisks when Lutyens had been drawing up plans for the house , but she was shown these plans and her advice was sought . |
| 26 | Nobody talked to her in particular , but she was sitting opposite Miles and , from time to time , a smile flew roughly in her direction , for which she was grateful . |
| 27 | It did have a central theme to it , but we 're taking more time over the next one . |
| 28 | But we 're concentrating this week and next week on the advocacy skill of standing up before a court . |
| 29 | Wayne 's World may have made Scooby Doo hip , but we 're talking serious addiction to cartoon characters that even your five-year-old sister would think are naff . |
| 30 | He then explained that ‘ … what we are pronouncing are not the three names of God ( or worse still the names of three gods , as some would suggest ) but we are pronouncing three aspects or qualities of the Deity which are well-known and used , in Christianity and other religions , namely His Eternal Existence , His Transcendence and His Omnipotence . ’ |