Example sentences of "[noun] but [pers pn] be [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , not one business person was imprisoned for violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act 1890 until the 1961 Heavy Electrical Conspiracy trial — other persons had been imprisoned under this act but they were trade union officials ! |
| 2 | They crowded round with curious eyes as she untied the string but it was Mrs Rae whose face broke into a beaming smile first . |
| 3 | That could lose Mr Lamont his job but it was John Major who took Britain into the ERM with an over-valued pound . |
| 4 | ‘ Dr Strangelove ’ was not to be imagined for a few more years but it was n t reassuring to learn that nuclear submarine crews were supplied with pistols with which to shoot any shipmate who showed signs of wanting to fire an unauthorized missile . |
| 5 | It is no it 's part of Group but it 's power tools down in . |
| 6 | So for life assurance it 'll be page twelve of the C C Q but it 's role play number one . |
| 7 | Folk in Up Hatherley , Gloucestershire , have the same problem uffolding the dignity of the district but it is uffill work . |
| 8 | He was really Joe 's uncle but it was Mrs Joe who called him uncle . |
| 9 | Denis Biggerstaff , the 1992 champion , needed to win the event with Woodside down the finishing order to retain the championship but it was Templepatrick driver Robert in his Pilbeam who set fastest time on his first run up the hill near Ballygalley . |
| 10 | Olazabal pumped his teeshot 10-feet from the hole but it was showman Ballesteros who rolled in a 20-footer for a 2 which had supporters leaping with delight . |
| 11 | Yes we 've had one or two arrests but they 're disorder offences and minor disorder offences . |
| 12 | Big Percy Cherrett fed off him for two seasons but it was Peter Simpson who benefited most from the work of the talented left-winger and it is no coincidence that Peter scored more goals in each of the three seasons in which Clarke was his team-mate than in any of the succeeding campaigns . |
| 13 | It was barely dawn when Maxim reached Albany but it was Annette Harbinger who opened the door to him . |
| 14 | I 'll go for C but it 's B I would of thought , I 'll go for C |