Example sentences of "but [pron] be [adv] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a cheap alternative to buying from local merchants , but I was only allowed access to the provisions at points of safety such as towns and wells . |
| 2 | And I was , I was laughing and it , everyone was going because it was Patrick Swayze but I was still seeing Whoopie Goldberg ! |
| 3 | But I was still denying emptiness . |
| 4 | ‘ No , I damn well do n't know what the hell is going on in that pretty little head of yours , but I 'm fast losing patience . |
| 5 | not with squirrels , no er I do n't think so but I mean you , you might be able to do something with a vole , or something like that and trap them but I 'm just wondering Stefan could it also be a fox ? |
| 6 | My decision has been not to breed from her , but I 'm still sending letters to colleagues who specialise in genetics and orthopaedics , hoping that they might be able to shed some light on the significance of what I unexpectedly found . |
| 7 | Which I think would be a good idea if we got it because I do n't know about you but I 'm always having arguments with people who say oh we ca n't have the whole country covered in windmills and |
| 8 | I do n't know how you all managed to worm your way into our confidence , but someone 's already taken care of one of your friends , and the other will be lucky if he lives until his trial . ’ |
| 9 | They carried an authoritative piece on how Nobody but Nobody was even thinking Kiwi any more , let alone giving them fridge room . |
| 10 | Much of our daily work was ten years in advance of the official police community involvement programmes and yet our actions were only an extension of those social welfare activities the police have been heavily involved in for generations , but which are never given status as ‘ real police work ’ simply because of the institutional emphasis placed upon summons lists , numbers of arrests , crime detections , and other statistical returns . |
| 11 | Furthermore , it is sometimes useful to distinguish between consumption spending ( meaning the actual amount spent on new consumer goods in the current period ) and total consumption ( meaning the ‘ using up ’ of consumer goods — both those purchased in the current period and those purchased in past periods but which are still providing services to the household ) . |
| 12 | But you 're always having sweets . |
| 13 | What we decided to do , because I thought that 's what you 'd been pressing for , was to show that as the equivalent affect of , okay , you think you 're making these profits but you 're actually enjoying services that you 're not paying for . |
| 14 | ‘ Not only is she living thousands of miles away , in New York , but she 's also expecting twins any day now ! |
| 15 | And they go on holiday and they 're not supposed to , you know , they neither of them of told their boyfriend they go in this club and one of them , the married one , starts dancing with this man and like he , he thinks cos she 's dancing with him she likes him but she 's just having fun . |
| 16 | They played well together but she was still having difficulty balancing the needs of two children since the younger one could walk and demand a lot of attention . |
| 17 | But we 're here to help families , and we 'll help you all we can . ’ |
| 18 | According to the company 's product manager , Howard Green , ‘ it 's a fair assumption to make that the company will be doing implementations for the Alpha , but we 're still negotiating terms . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ South Bank CID are dealing with inquiries but we are certainly contacting forces throughout the country , ’ said Insp Dan Forster , in charge of Cleveland Police control room last night . |
| 20 | But we are still drinking coffee in a dog kennel . |
| 21 | Most of these have now taken retirement , there are a few more to go , er but we are still recruiting specialists in the areas where we have work and where there are plenty of jobs going , so it 's not all bad news . |
| 22 | ‘ But we are still conceding goals from them . |
| 23 | Many hearing-aids have devices to restrict the loudness received by the aid user and also to provide tone selection , but there are still aid users who find that sound volume must be reduced in noisy circumstances . |
| 24 | But there was no stopping William now , he was off on one of his tangents . |
| 25 | But there was no stopping Swindon once they 'd got the second . |
| 26 | But there was no stopping Charlotte and Ruth realised , as the words poured out of her , that she was releasing the pent-up feelings of many months . |
| 27 | ‘ Beggars ca n't be choosers , ’ Zvi said with a snort , but there was no silencing Katz . |
| 28 | But there was no denying Miss Higgins and a par five at the last gave her the trophy she had her heart set on . |
| 29 | He 's very fond of Hayley , but they 're both lost creatures and need a lot of guidance . ’ |
| 30 | So they 're los they 're , they 're falling behind the peasant movement but they 're also losing control over their own party members and that was as important as erm following the peasants . |