Example sentences of "but [pron] [be] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elmer , David McKee 's patchwork elephant , also likes jokes and tricks but his is a subtler and more attractive humour . |
| 2 | Everyone coughed most of the time , they could n't tell the difference between coughing and breathing after a while , but his was a real lung curdler when it got going . |
| 3 | The general may have made a false start , but his was a worthwhile beginning . |
| 4 | ‘ It is a relatively new technique and a lot of people have been sceptical about it but I am a firm believer in the method , ’ he said . |
| 5 | We are being faced with ten million pounds worth of cuts in research and development over the next three years , so anything what this Government comes up with does n't surprise me , but I am a little bit devastated . |
| 6 | But you say , but I am a Christian , I 've experienced God 's peace , I 've accepted Jesus Christ as my saviour . |
| 7 | But my personal philosophy is that I am not incredibly optimistic , but I am a realistic utopian or a utopian realist . ’ |
| 8 | But I am a fair man . |
| 9 | But I am a modest man and I would welcome a second opinion from the Minister : does he agree or does he disagree ? |
| 10 | I ca n't remember who he was supporting , but I was a regular visitor because being a big blues fan , it meant I could go and see Sonny Boy Williamson , and all the people who would be at the Richmond Jazz/American Blues Folk Festival that came every year . |
| 11 | Now , the day had grown dark but I was a burly rogue , carrying sword and dagger , yet my assailants just seemed to step out of the shadows . |
| 12 | But I was a poor , struggling singer — believe me , Jacques , you ca n't imagine what it 's like in this business for a woman on her own . |
| 13 | I went to a special sports school — not Leipzig , ’ she added hastily , to a nod from Erika who knew very well what Leipzig meant in the athletic world of the G.D.R. , the absolute , superlative top — ‘ but I was a second rater there . |
| 14 | Said Jolosa : ‘ It is bad being the first player sent off in the new league , but I was a marked man from the start . |
| 15 | The Chianti had gone to my head a little but I was a big lad and had done my share of experimenting with alcohol before , so the intoxication was n't too hard for me to handle . |
| 16 | It was probably the idea of having to hang on for no more than two months that convinced me of the value of these silly prophesies , but I was a true believer . |
| 17 | But I was a little person in er a commu community of little person and er my brothers worked down the pit and I believe it was an advantage not to be much greater than five foot in height down the pits . |
| 18 | I could have done but I was a little bit worried about your table manners . |
| 19 | But I was a bad pupil at all the other subjects at school . |
| 20 | ‘ Yes , but I 'm a better witness than Curren on the stand . |
| 21 | " Ah , but I 'm a reformed character now , are n't I ? " |
| 22 | ‘ Each operation is difficult to go through , but I 'm a strong person , ’ she says . |
| 23 | There does n't seem to be any great love lost between Reed and Harris , and even now Harris says , ‘ Oliver and I have never met but I 'm a great admirer of his . |
| 24 | so she him put him straight through and then goes , Mr Smith , erm , my name 's Mike , er , you do n't know me , but I 'm a graphic designer and er , my wife and I are trying to emigrate to Canada , and erm , I 'd like you to send me some business and give me two free tickets for it . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm working on instinct , ’ he said thickly , ‘ but I 'm a fast learner , and I 've a good enough idea how to keep you in line . |
| 26 | I 'm smallest , but I 'm a big boy . |
| 27 | But I 'm a big girl now . ’ |
| 28 | But I 'm a natural amateur : I do n't want to do a Beth Chatto . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ The dragons might be there ; they might be real and they might be every bit as vicious as I 'd imagined , but I 'm a human being ; so was Adolf Hitler and he killed millions of people ! |
| 30 | I probably hit more people than him but I 'm a fairer player than he is . |