Example sentences of "but we [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 're still developing it for use with seedlings and delicate plants , ’ says Stuart , ‘ but we 're certain it has tremendous potential . ’ |
| 2 | Other kids call us goody goody , but we 're proud of that . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ My , but we 're touchy . |
| 4 | ‘ It would be so much easier to maintain this truce if we were indifferent to each other , but we 're far from that , are n't we , Fran ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ But we 're delighted at the thought of his being head boy here . ’ |
| 6 | The band does n't occupy all our time , but we 're alive and we 're well ; I spoke to David a few weeks ago , and we 're trying to juggle the schedules to go into the studio early next year . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ But we 're good to watch , and are capable of beating anybody . ’ |
| 8 | But we 're grateful to Eileen for what she is doing and will continue to do and we 're grateful to John for what he intends to do erm for three years at any stage wha at any stage in which they choose . |
| 9 | Apparently none of this means too much to the East Germans at the moment , but we 're sure it 's just another barrier that they 'll soon surmount . |
| 10 | ‘ We 've never known where Danny found out about it , but we 're sure he was just experimenting . |
| 11 | ‘ But we 're sure Edmund would n't like it , ’ said Bartlemas , appearing from nowhere in a shiny apron with an advertisement for ‘ Camp Coffee ’ on it . |
| 12 | ‘ Do n't worry , we 're poor folks but we 're honest . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Not yet , ’ said Martin , all eager , ‘ but we 're early . ’ |
| 14 | We do n't know how long it will last but we 're convinced it wo n't just be a flash in the pan |
| 15 | But we 're all fine . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ We may not all have been through the war together , ’ he told me , ‘ but we 're all Conservative MPs and want to stay that way . ’ |
| 17 | But we 're all in the dark about guitar strings . |
| 18 | But we 're all trying to make the best of it . |
| 19 | ‘ We 're all different in ourselves , but we 're all the same family . |
| 20 | We 're in competition with one another , but we 're all attempting to give our customers top quality service . ’ |
| 21 | Dependence/addiction are easily distinguished : we 're all dependent on friendship , but we 're all addicted to oxygen . |
| 22 | But we 're all still made of flesh and blood , are n't we ? " |
| 23 | Because in the end , it sounds silly in words , but we 're all one . |
| 24 | Yeah , it 's the , it 's the with the word natural is n't it that er you know people often use the word natural to mean good and right and therefore something you should do , but of course no not always I mean if I said to you death is natural , nobody here would think I was advocating suicide or that er we should n't have hospitals to try and save people 's lives I mean er when you say death is natural , what you mean is death is one of those things that we just have to put up with , we 'd rather we did n't but we 're all gon na have to face it in the end , some of us sooner than others er but erm but there we are . |
| 25 | We all hate him really … just that our jobs depend on him … but we 're all on your side . |
| 26 | ‘ Everyone keeps talking about Graham Taylor but we 're all in this together . |
| 27 | I do n't want to put any pressure on you here but we 're all using you as a role model for our |
| 28 | But we 're all friends . |
| 29 | I said , no , we 're not friends but we 're friendly if you know what I mean . |
| 30 | ‘ But we 're complete opposites . ’ |