Example sentences of "but they [am/are] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they 're the same . |
| 2 | ‘ They think it 's a computer error — but they 're still checking on it . ’ |
| 3 | It gets a bit crowded when Camilla 's boyfriend is here , but they 're on holiday at the moment . ’ |
| 4 | Here , of course , weeds do have more space to grow , but they 're discouraged by constant cultivation . |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ THEY keep on writing you off — but they 're wrong , ’ beamed a delighted Roy Inman , the women 's team manager , as Ann Hughes , Britain 's top lightweight , stepped off the mat having won her semi-final at the World Championships here yesterday . |
| 7 | The police makes them streetwise within no time at all , but they 're missing out on something ’ ( FN 9/8/87 , p. 3 ) . |
| 8 | But they 're missing him badly , they say . |
| 9 | I du n no their names and stuff , but they 're real nice . |
| 10 | They ai n't got no lights on or nothing like that , but they 're real nice all the same . |
| 11 | ‘ But they 're wrong . |
| 12 | They might not positively help the IRA but they 're not , properly speaking , innocent . |
| 13 | But they 're all going to wonder why I dragged you along at this time of night . |
| 14 | But they 're not the trouble . |
| 15 | ‘ But they 're a good size , ’ said his Mum . |
| 16 | ‘ But they 're our tenants , ’ Mrs Hollins snapped . |
| 17 | ‘ But they 're queer ? |
| 18 | But they 're making dead sure people think seriously about the idea . |
| 19 | But they 're from the garden and they really are rather good . |
| 20 | ‘ But they 're yobs , ’ she told herself . |
| 21 | But they 're good mates . |
| 22 | They have to have fixed — er — bayonets if you like , but they 're not supposed to sharpen them . |
| 23 | I think young people might look like hippies but they 're not apathetic . ’ |
| 24 | They started the hip hop thing but they 're just not getting any recognition from it ’ |
| 25 | Some pressure groups the UK Genetics Forum , the Green Alliance , and Compassion in World Farming are already ferociously well-informed , but they 're small and their voices do n't carry . |
| 26 | When I go to the sauna I see these women and they 're Mum 's age , but they 're overweight , and Mum is fitter than them so she does n't have much to worry about . |
| 27 | Tom Stewart , director of usability consultants System Concepts , says : ‘ Graphical interfaces are a big help , but they 're not the whole answer . |
| 28 | But they 're chopping everything down , burning trees with engine oil and leaving charred stumps and brown earth in its place . |
| 29 | But they 're canned , they taste exactly the same , says Sly . |
| 30 | The other children do n't trust him — they do n't mind watching him being horrible to other people but they 're afraid of Gowie being horrible to them . |