Example sentences of "but [art] [pron] [vb mod] be [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 There are 2 petitions on the agenda but the one will be taken with item 2 .
2 Merceron promptly resigned as treasurer ; but no one could be found to take his place , and he was re-elected in 1805 .
3 ‘ Venables laughed and said that the deal was worth over £4m to Lineker but no one could be expected to believe Tottenham would get more than £1m .
4 The scale of the problem is thought to have allowed huge thefts but no one can be prosecuted because no records of the plants exist .
5 But no one should be permitted to leave school without at least some practical passes .
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