Example sentences of "but [pron] be [art] [noun sg] [Wh pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | but you were the person who actually worked out the , what costs would go in this document were n't you ? |
| 2 | She is always a gaijin ( a foreigner ) in a world that jealously protects its insular identity , but she is a gaijin who has penetrated Japan more deeply than most . |
| 3 | Th one person did it very well apparently but she was a person who er an older person who was n't working . |
| 4 | SEVE Ballesteros may not be taking part in golf 's World Cup in Madrid this week , but there is a player who bears an amazing resemblance to him . |
| 5 | ‘ No , but there 's a wife who wo n't be too pleased with her husband . |
| 6 | But there was no doubt who Tina took after ; she was tall and slim and strongly built , just like her father . |
| 7 | First of all I thought the nursing staff was nice , but there was a couple who were right bitches . |
| 8 | We were actually quite worried , but there was an assessor who made sure we did n't get into any difficulties . |
| 9 | Oh , I know the prince is n't a fascist , he 's got nothing but contempt for Musso ; Constanza says her father was never the man who had much faith in any trains running on time ; but he is a man who can still get favours from the regime . |
| 10 | But he is the optimist who doubled his stake in March . |
| 11 | There were times when I tried to tell him before that I was just sleeping with him because he wanted to sleep with me , but he 's a person who can get easily upset , and I did n't want to hurt him . |
| 12 | But he 's the sort who wo n't worry too much about that as long as he follows the course he believes will revitalise Liverpool . |
| 13 | But he was a man who needed to articulate his theories and here he could put them forward , embroider , reject , explore without the uncomfortable suspicion that his detective sergeant , deferentially listening , his face carefully expressionless , would be thinking , For God 's sake , what 's the old man dreaming up now ? |
| 14 | But he was a man who liked challenges and this wilful — child — for despite her boasted nearly twenty-one years , to Neil Cochrane she seemed little more — appeared to offer one . |
| 15 | ‘ It probably had a lot to do with his job but he was a fella who always had a word for you , ’ said Mr Lavery . |
| 16 | Here the trustee was the owner , but he was an owner who had been requested to hand the property over to the beneficiary . |
| 17 | But it is the parent who is forever admonishing the infant to ‘ be careful ’ who is more likely to instil fear into the young mind . |
| 18 | The teacher 's task is to foster learning , but it is the pupil who must do the learning . |
| 19 | But it is the husband who is responsible for paying it and who must acquire the money from outside in the first place . |
| 20 | In other words the generalist administrator calls upon the economists , the statisticians , etc. for information but it is the generalist who is ‘ on top ’ . |
| 21 | The doctor advises the referee of the injury caused but it is the referee who decides whether the bout should continue . |
| 22 | But it is the horse who was third the day before who could give him his biggest win , matching Omerta 's success in the National Hunt Chase at Cheltenham in 1986 . |
| 23 | The valuable contribution of the teacher 's aid is , as the name implies , a help to the teacher , but it is the teacher who takes the main responsibility for preparing work in a clear way for all pupils , including those who are visually handicapped . |
| 24 | But it was a man who was standing inside , a policeman . |
| 25 | Coober Pedy ( form the aboriginal kupa piti meaning " white man 's burrow " ) has a large migrant population but it was an Australian who dug me out when I became bogged down in the dull-dust , and an old swagman on the road who warned me to keep an eye on the weather . |
| 26 | SCOTTISH champions Rangers are the undisputed rulers of British soccer but it was an Englishman who engineered the European Cup overthrow of Leeds United . |
| 27 | But it was the Earl who said gently , ‘ Theda , my child . |
| 28 | But it was the head who ran to his study to phone . |
| 29 | But it was the American who stood beside her who felt that heat now , she thought with a little shudder . |
| 30 | But it was the man who magnetically held her gaze … |