Example sentences of "but [pron] be [v-ing] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't know it then but I was receiving subliminal training for later business life . |
| 2 | Apparently not only had I collapsed on stage last night , but I was having intravenous chemotherapy between shows , sobbing and grimacing in agony in my dressing room . |
| 3 | , but I was saying any way I like |
| 4 | ‘ But I was working all night — ’ she began . |
| 5 | But I 'm watching Teenage Hero Turtles . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've always danced and sung but I 'm having intensive training for both now , ’ says Jonathon . |
| 7 | But you 're playing Russian roulette if you choose to treat cows individually , rather than the whole herd , ’ he warns . |
| 8 | ‘ But you 're doing English Literature at University . ’ |
| 9 | But you 're forgetting one thing . |
| 10 | Well for most people erm I mean they say to me , I do n't want to be the richest man at Millford Hill , in other words I do n't want to save in retirement indefinitely , but you are intending some capital growth as well , cos if you do n't have capital growth , you do n't protect your investment . |
| 11 | All the UC patients were taking regular 5-amino salicylic acid preparations , but none was taking any form of corticosteroid . |
| 12 | Well this one seems to go to bed a bit later now , so she goes longer , but she 's feeding all day today , , I 'm at every couple of hours , so with a bit of luck , I 'll finally put her to bed maybe half past nine ten o'clock , she might go through till three or four , which is n't bad . |
| 13 | She 's not been taking them , she 's been able to sleep at night but she 's sleeping all day and all . |
| 14 | He looked down at her steadily and Maggie tried to stay cool , but she was losing this battle and she knew it . |
| 15 | It did have a central theme to it , but we 're taking more time over the next one . |
| 16 | But we 're concentrating this week and next week on the advocacy skill of standing up before a court . |
| 17 | Wayne 's World may have made Scooby Doo hip , but we 're talking serious addiction to cartoon characters that even your five-year-old sister would think are naff . |
| 18 | Our annual photographic competition is launched in the next issue , but we are giving advance notice of one of the categories . |
| 19 | Sorry it was another long hard meeting but we are making good progress and I think by the end of our next one when we 've revised most of the procedures we 'll be well placed . |
| 20 | When they were looking at Woolf , erm wh the other group 's a bit further on with Wolves than than you are but we were doing this morning about how Lily has difficulty painting her picture and erm Virginia Woolf says in her diary , I assure you all my novels are first rate before they were written . |
| 21 | you see it 's got no , they 're telling you this and telling you that , it 's them that 's doing this but they 're creating more food , food by , to create more food they 're bombarding all your food with chemicals you know all sorts you know |
| 22 | Malvern Hills college has been given a years notice to leave the buildings — but they 're hoping public support will make the council have a change of heart . |
| 23 | ‘ But they are entertaining each other at the moment , so I can amuse myself . ’ |
| 24 | It is curious that these young Turks are turning away from the sportswear looks beloved of top American designers for a decade — but they are infusing fresh interest into the New York fashion scene . |
| 25 | Detectives say they 've no proof that a serial killer is responsible for the four women 's deaths , but they are pooling all information in the hope that a common link may be found |
| 26 | A quiet that was close to let-down replaced the wild bustle of the preparation but they were enjoying each other 's company , the animal comfort of other presences , banishment of loneliness . |
| 27 | But he is leaking another message that he is not confident he has succeeded . |
| 28 | But he is giving fearless leadership in his deeply-troubled area , to both black and white . |
| 29 | It sounds passé now , but it was breaking new ground for all of us ; putting into words the taboos in our lives — sex , sexuality , relating to men — and the bonus , our new found enjoyment of each other 's company without men . |