Example sentences of "but [pers pn] be [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But them 's enemy ! ’ |
| 2 | But I am water , too , and flow , |
| 3 | But I am victim of my own background . |
| 4 | But I am Earth Commander , and you are nobody ! |
| 5 | ‘ But I AM Nutmeg , ’ said Nutmeg . |
| 6 | Vicky or I , as a singing nun perhaps , would skip forward to chant : ‘ Oh , but I am mother prioress/And they would wall me up ! /Sir , have mercy , sir , have mercy … ’ |
| 7 | But I was kind of forced into that because it was only bass and guitar and I was trying to do as much rhythm as I could , but stab a few notes in here and there to make it sound like there was more than there really was . |
| 8 | ‘ I was a mathematics don at Cambridge living a rather sheltered life , but I was part of a group that enjoyed playing cards . |
| 9 | But I was mummy 's best |
| 10 | Derek cracked up , but I was dumbstruck — super embarrassed — for about thirty seconds , and went as red as a radish . |
| 11 | I mean , I 've put files equals twenty yeah but I 'm DOS equals high with a H I G H , yes . |
| 12 | ‘ But I 'm spot on . |
| 13 | Yeah but yours is drug induced , this is just beauty and , and love your neighbour . |
| 14 | when we send it back in a few days fitting , this job I says we 'll want it early in the morning and you can have it in the afternoon , but we were going to spend the day in Liverpool , but you 're dad said , I 'm not being round all those shops all day , so I said ooh no ! |
| 15 | ‘ I do n't mind Mrs Meadows being pleased , and I can understand it because it makes things a lot easier with Mr Meadows , but she 's sort of sympathising with Mum because I 'm not engaged ! ’ |
| 16 | Yeah , but she 's sort of really naive and really |
| 17 | Not I 'm not blaming Marianne , but she 's sort of picked up things from the media and the media have said oh rejoice attitude , but that particular rejoice was because there were no casualties |
| 18 | But she 's family as well you see , so she becomes an independent , once she 's married , she becomes an independent then they 're e they expect you to when you 're on income support . |
| 19 | ‘ But she is enceinte ! ’ the monk exclaimed . |
| 20 | She was sure the neighbourhood would initially be outraged at her living alone , despite the presence of more servants than she knew what to do with , but she was proof against their opinion and she would only be a nine days ' wonder in any case . |
| 21 | I knew Flora cared no more about my opinions than about the opinions of the rather derelict Arabs , drinking Coca-Cola at the bar — probably a good deal less , in fact , since theirs would be useful copy for her — but she was kind enough to pretend that she did , drew me out and flattered me until I felt witty and successful and told outrageous stories about people we knew . |
| 22 | ‘ Sorry Tiffany , I 've seen this stuff in the shops , but we 're burger people , you know . ’ |
| 23 | This is to inform you all that me and my Companions have Unanamously agreed and likewise made Oath to Each other that if There is not a speedy Altaration made for the Good of the poore that you have corn thinking to make your fortunes of shall have it burnt to the Ground whether it Be in Stacks or Barns for the fire that took place Last Week was but the begining of your Troble , we know every Stack of Corn about this Country , and Every Barn that hath Corn concealed in it for the Purpos of starving the Poore But we are Determind if thare is to Be Starvation it shall be a General thing not a parcial one for both Gentle and Simple shall Starve if any Do . |
| 24 | Not quite as bad as I have seen on our modern commuter stations , but we were jam packed and could not be parted from our scant luggage . |
| 25 | But we were sort of , begin to look at |
| 26 | And as for ad spots during the games , they 're there all right , but they 're part of life , accepted , they do n't annoy anyone . ’ |
| 27 | But they 're part of being human . ’ |
| 28 | but they 're part of a much bigger organization who |
| 29 | cos they 're all honey , I know but they 're honey . |
| 30 | But they 're way ahead , and we were having a lovely lead |