Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [be] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Owen said : ‘ Amen ! ’ gladly , but his was the only voice to answer . |
| 2 | But I am the hidden sharer of his body . |
| 3 | Possible legal action means I can not describe the details , but I was the front-seat passenger who had seconds to utter an expletive before the impact . |
| 4 | But I was the only one who had n't taken the blues . |
| 5 | But I was the only thin one in the group . |
| 6 | So thought I. The first part was okay when we got the squad marching the 50 yards , but I was the only one that did not see that someone had dug a trench in the line of march , and in one step leapt over the trench in perfect style . |
| 7 | ‘ I was going to jump , ’ said Edwards , ‘ but I was the only entrant and the triple jump was cancelled . |
| 8 | ‘ I may be a bastard , Zack , but I 'm the only bastard in this whole damn mess you can trust and you 're going to have to trust me . |
| 9 | The cottagers of Pook 's Common used to have grazing rights but I 'm the only one to keep an animal now and I keep mine in a paddock belonging to Tom . |
| 10 | They 're all saying and they 're all talking but I 'm the only one , I have been at the council , I have been at the councillor , I have been at Waterloo Place , but nobody will back me up at all ! |
| 11 | But I 'm the only one capable of setting it alight . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ But I 'm the only one who can light those fires , Aurora — and I 'm the only one who can quench them . ’ |
| 13 | I 've given you all a choice , but you 're the only one who is getting it straight , all cards on the table . |
| 14 | Oh , do n't look so sad , Charles , but you 're the only one I can talk to . ’ |
| 15 | but you 're the only one who can make it work by practising it and by trying it . |
| 16 | If you want to leave I 'll understand , but you 're the only one I can trust now . ’ |
| 17 | But you 're the only one , |
| 18 | You may still be a child but you are the only person in this dreadful place who understands the meaning of care . |
| 19 | ‘ No , but you are the proper person to invite me , ’ I smiled . |
| 20 | ( BUT SHE 'S THE ONLY ONE WHO DOES N'T ) |
| 21 | We have girls in the offices and women in the offices obviously , but she 's the only tradesperson if you like , on the floor . |
| 22 | ‘ But she is the only one , are n't you ? |
| 23 | Martha was not the only child who lived in the highest settlement , but she was the only one who was ordered to school each day . |
| 24 | But she was the wrong shape altogether . |
| 25 | A special working party , which drew up the proposals , wrote to Housing Minister Sir George Young : ‘ Around us , Wirral is being improved dramatically under the City Challenge and Merseyside Development Corporation 's programmes but we are the forgotten people . ’ |
| 26 | Er , Simon 's got copies of some , yeah , but they 're the bizarre things as well . |
| 27 | These other gods exist , but they 're the wrong gods . |
| 28 | Yeah we know they 're there but they 're the wrong kind for you darling . |
| 29 | I quite like plain but they 're the wrong colour |
| 30 | should of been but they 're the wrong colour |