Example sentences of "[pron] but [pers pn] be [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , the Luciferi threatened you but they were apparently warned off by someone more powerful . ’ |
| 2 | They were usually billed as the star attraction so John obviously made a good profit out of them but they were still paid at the same rate as all his juveniles , five shillings a week . |
| 3 | ‘ I did write to them but I was just snubbed . ’ |
| 4 | Steve sat as mute as herself but she was so wrapped up in her own misery that she did n't question why he was so quiet . |
| 5 | But it but it 's often misinterpreted , as being of the right mind and having the right attitude , about understanding |
| 6 | He 's got some new ferreting land and erm and when he went to put him in his box there was a ferret already in it but it 's absolutely infested with these sheep tics . |
| 7 | Lewis er Jochim rather Laws wins it back now Webb Crosby making a good run and he releases it but it was well read by Greyson . |
| 8 | Wherever they were , they could n't help sensing the presence of the man with the tent at the far end of the bank ; it was there with them as they crossed the field and pushed through the hedge , in the musty smell of nettles and the white lumps raised on their skin , in the bramble scratches , and the brown fungus that hung from dead trees Libby felt it but she was also attracted by the thought of someone who was ill , someone she could help or look after , like the white mice or the jackdaw with the damaged wing . |