Example sentences of "but it be the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He knew it was wrong , but it is the first experience of real love and tenderness he has known in years . |
| 2 | It was also increasingly a city of white-collar and service workers , but it is the first category — manual workers in small manufacturing enterprises — that is best represented among the 161 fathers . |
| 3 | That is pretty obvious , but it is the first time the Najibullah government has said so . |
| 4 | But it is the first time that we have seen such a phenomenon on a large scale . |
| 5 | ‘ But it is the first time we have established formal procedures which ensure that we deliver and measure against set and agreed criteria . |
| 6 | Later , Fiat issued a statement saying it had learned of the arrests ‘ with great astonishment ’ but it is the second time the company has been involved in the ongoing scandal . |
| 7 | Important changes will also take place in economic affairs , but it is the next Parliament that will matter . |
| 8 | But it is the third News At Ten marriage to hit the rocks in recent months . |
| 9 | But it 's the first day of the rest of my life when I get out there . |
| 10 | He made a mess of things in the park , but it 's the first time he 's got it wrong . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , fishing is my hobby , but it 's the first time I 've caught a squirrel . |
| 12 | But it 's the first time he 's broadcast to people OUTSIDE campus . |
| 13 | But it 's the first time a cell has been set alight since the brand new modern jail was opened . |
| 14 | He said : ‘ I know that getting the sack is an occupational hazard in football , but it 's the first time it has happened to me and it hurts . |
| 15 | But it 's the first time I 've ever known Mark 's to do a catalogue with their gifts in . |
| 16 | Well normally they 'd given them dressing gowns before but it 's the first time they 've had gowns is n't it ? |
| 17 | Catherine says : ‘ I do n't want to call Spartacus a stepping-stone , but it 's the first record people will hear from me and I think it 's a classy piece of work . |
| 18 | And tomorrow it 's hard because it 's an economics one and I have never had economics before so but it 's the second part in Zurich because it 's flying economics telecommunications and political television |
| 19 | And yet , when you 've tried all the rest , it comes down to this , and it makes you feel better anyway , but it 's the last resort |
| 20 | ‘ But it 's the last time that counts . |
| 21 | ‘ He 'd very much like to take over , but it 's the last thing I want . ’ |
| 22 | yes that 's quite , that 's the on , that 's the one , it 's the fourth page in , I have n't got page numbers , but it 's the last paragraph on the page of the paragraph for the publication do you know the page ? |
| 23 | But it was the second man who riveted Joan 's attention . |
| 24 | But it was the second paragraph which did Mrs Greville 's work for her . |
| 25 | But it was the first drug generally recognized as life saving in tuberculosis . |
| 26 | I do n't know if it 's the sa I do n't think it 's the same one they have today but it was the first Land Rover that I can ever remember coming to the borders . |
| 27 | It was tense for a few minutes … but it was the first home game … and the first win at stake . |
| 28 | This was going to cause more problems than she 'd thought , but it was the first place to try . |
| 29 | But it was the first place they 'd owned together , after years of managing hotels for other people . ’ |
| 30 | Brian , a twenty-year-old draughtsman , had seen it all before , but it was the first time for Jane , his nineteen-year-old wife , whose daytime job is as a telephonist . |