Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [verb] [pron] [be] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it was not Maria ; a whiteness , a flowing whiteness , a long coat or a dressing-gown — I had only a second 's sight , but I knew it was a woman and I knew it was not an old woman . |
| 2 | ‘ But I knew there was a book in me somewhere and so I decided to put my personal experiences of the war down on paper . ’ |
| 3 | One or two sequences worked quite well , but I hope I 'm a better director now than I was then . |
| 4 | The emphasis of the book from now on is of a pragmatic nature , but I hope it is a sanctified pragmatism applied to operating within and shaping the contemporary manifestations of the Church of Christ . |
| 5 | Yeah but I mean yours is a big school now is n't it ? |
| 6 | Now Darwin got from this this idea that somehow sudden things are miraculous , are natural , erm but admittedly they may happen but I mean there is a miraculous element about sudden things , whereas things that are natural should happen gradually , and he retained this view in spite of changing his ideas about all sorts of other things , and let us now see why the gradualism was so important a component of his theory of evolution . |
| 7 | But I mean there 's a Wed a Thursday night we could always of said you know |
| 8 | but I mean he 's a millionaire , and that 's how , I mean this is the difference between probably between him and Joe , I mean he do n't depend on money to come into this |
| 9 | it 's basic but I mean it is a nice |
| 10 | to sort of see some way around it , but I mean it 's a , it 's a problem of the scheduling both by the theatres |
| 11 | But I mean it 's a subset of the things that appear in Yellow Pages and also contains all the postcodes we 're ever going to need to use . |
| 12 | It 's so difficult to add up the the hours , but I mean it 's a number of days of course it 's not working solidly you know , maybe only for an up an hour or an hour . |
| 13 | and er they had to call us in , well Dick went out and er I think it was actually two separate visits so they must of , cos they 're refurbishing the place you see so they must of moved into one office and thought oh you know this do n't work , move into another office the day after , well this do n't work either and he , he actually did two separate visits , whether they 'll actually bill them for it I do n't know , but I mean it 's a minimum of an hour in both cases so |
| 14 | but I mean it 's a pain |
| 15 | And at the end of that fifty thousand years , if that 's what it is , the populations are sufficiently different that I 'd think you 'd want to put them into a different species if — I mean how are you to know , but I mean it 's a reasonable judgement . |
| 16 | But I mean it was a hell of a way to work at the same time . |
| 17 | Well that 's what I said to her you 'll probably find something around , but I mean it was a nice , it is a nice pattern |
| 18 | But I mean it was a er it I 'm sure it was an eighteen nineties zither . |
| 19 | But I said there was a lot lower than you got only passes in your grade . |
| 20 | So do I. But I know we 're a rather special case . |
| 21 | As far as I know , they have been er certainly have been erm involved in most of the ballots so far , but I know there is a discussion going on about whether they should be the . |
| 22 | But I know there 's a ‘ dead man ’ living there . |
| 23 | I do n't think it 's anything to do with that , but I know there 's a you ca n't have a capon any more . |
| 24 | but I know there 's a , a LP or something that 's been brought out |
| 25 | I ca n't remember what it was now but I know there 's a way to move it up again , I think oh unless you put it there and press backspace just above |
| 26 | ‘ Maybe not , but I know there was a lot of opposition from the guys when a woman was put in the hot seat . ’ |
| 27 | Could I come back to the point about the twenty seven million passengers or some of I 'm not exactly , but I know it 's a lot , erm figure , it 's large number figure , as a num an extra number of cars . |
| 28 | But I know it was a bit hot ! |
| 29 | ‘ Coming from anyone else , Fenella , that would be rude , but I know you 're a well-brought up young … ’ |
| 30 | But I know you are a girl with a great deal of intuition as well as consideration , and what you say makes my difficult task easier … ’ |