Example sentences of "but we [be] [vb pp] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Crewe wo n't be rushing him but we 're told that Liverpool are so impressed they 've asked for first option on him . |
| 2 | It was taken in the early 1900s , but we are assured that it is not a tinted photograph , but a true colour print . |
| 3 | But we are determined that bait digging will not take place on Budle Bay and we will rigorously protect it , ’ he said . |
| 4 | What Bet and Alec thought of a packed house replete with Manc ravers is anyone 's guess but we are told that this event , which was a joint Most Excellent and A Bit Ginger promotion , had the Mancunian cognoscenti rocking over the most famous beermats in Britain . |
| 5 | No off-worlder has ever been inside any of them , but we are told that there are caverns , vaults within vaults , like those ancient puzzles where ever opened box reveals another , smaller box . |
| 6 | The real Disneyland is ten miles outside the city , but we were told that nobody goes there . |
| 7 | We were not told where the train was going , but we were told that we must all clamber aboard or we should be left behind . |
| 8 | ‘ But we were told that when the work resumed there would be no cause for concern as the mud and filth being dredged from the Lagan was to be carefully loaded into ‘ sealed lorries ’ which would be washed before being driven away . |