Example sentences of "but [det] [is] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Old people as a group are neither sweet nor cross-grained , but each is the sum of the years that lie behind them . |
| 2 | This sounds as if I were either sick of it myself or else trying to make you sick of it ; but neither is the case . |
| 3 | ‘ Yes , but neither is the actor when he 's being brilliant . ’ |
| 4 | I have n't the faintest idea of how to spell auf-wie-der-sein , but that 's the word . |
| 5 | He 's always been a bit on his dignity , I suppose , but that 's the way he is . |
| 6 | It 's awful , but that 's the way your mind works … |
| 7 | Lowering his head , he said , ‘ I 'm sorry , Mark , but that 's the way they want it , and that 's the way it 's got to be . |
| 8 | It 's a pity how it has turned out for him , but that 's the way it goes . ’ |
| 9 | It may seem stupid , but that 's the way it is . |
| 10 | It 's a bitch , but that 's the way it is . |
| 11 | I wrote all the songs and they were awful but that 's the way you mature . |
| 12 | It 's ironic that fuzzified guitars have — somehow — become a symbol of comfort in these ‘ alternative ’ times , but that 's the way the digestive dissolves , and that 's why ‘ Oomalama ’ is as instantly familiar as last night 's curry . |
| 13 | ‘ In some ways it does n't come out exactly right , but that 's the way it goes . ’ |
| 14 | It 's unfair , but that 's the way it goes . |
| 15 | Some of the things you think ai n't so nice , but that 's the way it is . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm sorry , Christina , but that 's the way it is . ’ |
| 17 | I do n't know what else I can tell you , Diane , but that 's the way it is . |
| 18 | But that 's the way of things . |
| 19 | And it 's not fair to say it 's because of the beard because the beard 's not my fault , they just did n't shave in the jungle in whatever century it 's going to be when we get there and I know I grew it early but that 's the way I am , I like to start thinking myself into the part as soon as possible . |
| 20 | Convoluted , but that 's the way it goes and we ca n't actually release the notes to anyone but the local people in Nottingham . |
| 21 | " I 'm sorry , Spunk , but that 's the way it is . " |
| 22 | It was n't what I meant to say , but that 's the way it came out . |
| 23 | But that 's the way to get your guide , that 's the way to practise . |
| 24 | It annoys him a lot , I think , but that 's the way things go . |
| 25 | Erm because of a social evening er we had a raffle and a whiskey bowl I think the purists might not like the E in whiskey but that 's the way it 's been done that must be the southern way . |
| 26 | We get money for doing that , but we ca n't spend it in our homes we have to use it in the private sector , so , at the end of the day , er , whether we like it or not , we did n't like these decisions but that 's the way we 've got to go . |
| 27 | I know that 's not the received wisdom of the profession at the moment but that 's the way I see it at the moment . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm sorry , but that 's the way it has to be . ’ |
| 29 | The tragedy is that he did n't need any ; he had more than enough kudos of his own from his motor racing , ’ she said sadly , ‘ but that 's the way he thought . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ You need a career shot to reach the green if you go into the rough but that 's the way it should be . |