Example sentences of "but [conj] [pron] be [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To an outsider , though , the surprising thing is not that Spain 's conservatives are inching ahead but that they are making such heavy weather of it . |
| 2 | Despite economic recession , I am very pleased that , over the last year , we have not only delivered £56 million of projects and programmes but that we are achieving that balance . |
| 3 | But once he 's grown enough spines it 's hoped he can live in a walled garden — a real case of wash and go . |
| 4 | This is an acceptable solution if we expect to concentrate on one form of arithmetic for a number of instructions , but if we are using several forms ( for example , floating-point calculations with address computation in fixed-point format ) then we have to change the contents of the mode register continually . |
| 5 | but if they 're going that way they need it Can I |
| 6 | But if they were to examine that bullet hole and find it was caused by the same sort of gun that killed her … ’ |
| 7 | ‘ But if I am to achieve such merit as wins fame , then my life has not been so unworthy an exchange for hers as I always feared ! ’ |
| 8 | But if I were to find such a change taking place while an animal is learning , unless the conditions for that change met all the subsequent criteria , I would be no further forward than the experiments of the 1960s that I criticized in the last chapter . |
| 9 | But if he was playing some bizarre game he was hardly likely to admit it . |
| 10 | But if you 're taking several medicines , you might forget which medicine is for what . |
| 11 | But if you are taking any medicines , it 's wise to ask your doctor whether you can drink alcohol nor not . |
| 12 | But if you were to split that one and that one again ca n't you ? |
| 13 | Let me just it 's nothing special , it 's only a circle , but if you were to take that for a , as , as an example if you like as a picture of God 's purposes for us , you see the circle is , is , geometrical it 's , it 's , it 's perfect , there is nothing that is odd about it , there is nothing er , there 's no difference about it , it is perfect and that was God 's purpose and God 's plan for you and for me , that our , that our time , our being should be perfect in , in harmony with him , you think of all the things in your life personally , and then think of all the things in the , in the life of your com of our community , those things that mar it , those things that spoil it , those things that stop today be the perfect day for you that 's not God 's purpose for you they 've all come as a product , a direct result of sin , it was n't how God intended it , it was n't how God made it , his plan , his purpose for you and for me was to live and to dwell together with him in perfect harmony for ever , and there |
| 14 | That 's what I 'm saying , if , if , if , a a we hope you 're never in the situation but if you was describing that man , try and describe that man as honestly , honestly and as best as you can do n't say , if I say to you oh did he have jeans on ? |
| 15 | We appreciate the County put on an interesting programme of events , but since we are situated some distance from County Headquarters and public transport is virtually non-existent , we are unable to participate in very much . |
| 16 | Okay if you 're left handed then then I guess you 're probably gon na feel more comfortable that way round erm but while you 're using this and while you 're making a point about what you 've written just just stand to the side of it I usually put me hand up have done there just make the points to be made , yes . |
| 17 | But while you 're doing that , I 'm trying to get the wages made up for — ’ began Josh , then exploded irritably as someone knocked at the office door : ‘ What is it now ? ’ |
| 18 | But when they 're doing these welding jobs they have n't got them on those things so as they 're doing it like it 's all moving and |
| 19 | ‘ When it 's individual racism it 's bad , but when it 's organised that 's the real threat , ’ said Huma . |
| 20 | The indicated remedy appeared to be spigelia , but when she was given this she developed palpitations and became quite anxious . |
| 21 | There was no reply to the phone , but as we were going that way to spend the night at Sandspit , we called at the neighbours ’ and found that Pat was away for a few days . |
| 22 | He says , " I can not remember a dream report which took the form , " Well , I was dreaming of such and such , but as I was dreaming this I was imagining a different scene which was completely unrelated . " " |