Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [pron] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | So am I. But we ca n't stay . |
| 2 | ‘ So am I. But you 're on my territory now . |
| 3 | So be it but , remaining as I am of the view that they were a correct expression of the law , I repeat them as part of the ratio of my decision in this case . |
| 4 | He was still dreaming about it , and so was every other surfer on the North Shore , and so was I. But would this dream become a reality ? |
| 5 | ‘ So was I. But it 's like one of those arcade video machines , sometimes you hit things you have to get through . |
| 6 | Well so was I but we finished about two . |
| 7 | ‘ I used to think that you should always be yourself but now I like to be made up , smile and look like a woman should , ’ preens Fay . |
| 8 | In a nylon jersey house-gown of peacock pattern and iridescent colouring , which clung like a silk glove , she could not possibly be anyone but Mrs Paviour , that same Lesley who walked when the fit took her , last thing at night , and had been home twenty minutes when Charlotte rang the door-bell . |
| 9 | I think so and that 's a fairly I mean it 's not gon na be heavy moral point here is it but while it shows up you can treat a woman as an object in this way do n't you think ? |
| 10 | We finished the day with an impromptu game of football in a nearby meadow , followed by a visit to a local hotel which catered for travellers , and who else were we but that ? |
| 11 | He had never been anything but completely honest with her , as indeed she was with him . |
| 12 | Do n't worry , I have no lady-friends ; there will never be anyone but you , Maudie . |