Example sentences of "but [pron] must be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I must be guided by you , sir . ’ |
| 2 | If we are to know anything , we must proceed on the basis of certain things which can not be proved but which must be presupposed . |
| 3 | He said that , you 're just , he , he , he said that it 's available to housewives but only if they erm , will be going back to work prior to the claim , but you must be employed prior to the claim . |
| 4 | She may not be able to , but she must be asked . ’ |
| 5 | But she must be found ! |
| 6 | Sister Dew was a tedious little woman but she must be listened to because of all his parishioners she was the one most likely to take offence . |
| 7 | She would not ask for any further exchange of nuclear information , but she must be released from her obligation not to use the knowledge she already possessed in seeking collaboration with other partners . |
| 8 | But Something must be Done , and I collar our captain , who is not in his office but enjoying a cigar on the pool deck with the purser . |
| 9 | But something must be done . ’ |
| 10 | But we must be allowed to learn , those of us who are willing . ’ |
| 11 | If you want one , we can do it at the same time as the valuation , at a reduced fee , but we must be told at the outset . |
| 12 | These may be modest but they must be recognised . |
| 13 | The draft Approved Document suggests that the smoke detectors can be self-contained , but they must be operated from the mains electricity supply . |
| 14 | The subskills themselves are not the purpose of the activity , but they must be developed to serve the needs of the higher-level complex activity . |
| 15 | ‘ Both John Emburey and Phil Tufnell have not bowled as well as they can but they must be given the opportunity to bowl more on these kind of turning pitches at home . |
| 16 | But they must be heard . |
| 17 | He would allow the existence of different ideological currents , but they must be bound by the common rules of play imposed by him . |
| 18 | ‘ I do not want to alarm villagers unduly , but they must be made aware of what has happened and take every precaution . ’ |
| 19 | A slightly different argument is made by Paust ( 1983 ) who argues that general principles must be accepted as applying to new weapons , but they must be coupled with effective enforcement measures . |
| 20 | All violations are only reported ( not acted on by the system ) , but they must be resolved before the design can be " sealed " . |
| 21 | Not only should you understand these boundaries but they must be conveyed somehow to your subordinates and above all , your boss . |
| 22 | ‘ The rules are not going to change overnight , but they must be looked at — I think they 're silly . |
| 23 | These things can be had by any animal that really needs to run fast , but they must be bought . |
| 24 | At this time of year we receive many such representations , but they must be weighed against the annual death toll of 110,000 people which is associated with smoking . |
| 25 | Of course , if an individual chooses evil then it follows that he must be punished , but he must be punished because he , or she , has deliberately chosen to do evil . |
| 26 | It is a shame but he must be asked to stand down . ’ |
| 27 | But he must be got somewhere . |
| 28 | There 'd been neither sight nor sound of James since that fateful day and no doubt he had forgotten her as quickly as he had taken her , but he must be told there was going to be a child . |
| 29 | Terence would not mention his own name to anybody , he was confident of that , but he must be told to say nothing about the rest of it , to anyone . |
| 30 | Wickham recognized the type : willing enough to help but he must be allowed to go back to his friends with the news that his information was so valuable he had been allowed to talk to the man heading the inquiry , and if he could throw in a description of a place as exciting as a newspaper office so much to his credit . |