Example sentences of "but be [vb pp] [det] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ Training funds are controlled by the Authority 's personnel service but are allocated each year to departments . |
| 2 | erm , but are shown that |
| 3 | Eastern province won four of their six matches to end on 28 points , but were chased all the way by the young orange Free State side , led for most of the summer by the 22-year-old Hansie Cronje . |
| 4 | Her family is convinced Mandy 's weight problems started when she started taking the contraceptive pill at 14 after the Rolling Stone seduced her in a Paris hotel.They stayed silent for eight years but were angered this week by 56-year-old Bill 's decision to go public . |
| 5 | Transferred to the realm of gender relations , this would describe the state of affairs in which a woman has influence over a man and manipulates his discourses , but is allowed this power only as long as she agrees not to flaunt it and remains in the position of silent partner with no autonomous voice . |
| 6 | He described pre-1914 espionage as ‘ capital sport ’ , but was given few resources with which to pursue it . |
| 7 | Moffett continued to haunt the RUC defence in the goal-searching exercise for the remainder of play , but was denied several chances by keeper Cairns . |
| 8 | Ironically I was also third in the trials before Paris , but was sent that time and , as I have said , did better than the other two . ’ |
| 9 | He asked the doctor if the two events might be connected but was told this was most unlikely . |
| 10 | Irwin had seen a girl in one firm doing corrections , but was told this was not customary . |
| 11 | Disguised in male clothing she made her way eastwards , but was arrested some said betrayed and sent to her husband . |