Example sentences of "but be [pers pn] the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Yeah , but were you the sort of people that walk into hospitals and start praying for the sick to be healed . |
2 | But is it the case that western women , living today in the United States , let alone in secular modern Europe , live in societies so dominated by the Christian myth , so ready to point to the place of women within the biblical tradition , that the best that women can do is to try to give a better reading of that past ? |
3 | ‘ But is it the King ? ’ |
4 | But is it the Department of Energy , the Ministry of Agriculture , or the pollution inspectorate that need to take the lead ? |
5 | It is not a historical statement ; but is it the declaration of a creed ? |
6 | But is it the role of trade unions to monitor how equal personal relationships are ? |
7 | ‘ I honesty do n't think your mind works like that and I do n't suppose you thought it was a very good likeness anyway , but was it the Adultery ? ’ |
8 | ‘ But was it the truth ? |