Example sentences of "but [pers pn] be [noun] [noun prp] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm not sure how long wills take to prove , but I was Aunt Emily 's only living relative , and it 's always been understood that the place would come to me . |
| 2 | ‘ But you were Mrs Darcy 's school friend . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ But you were Mr Russell 's only child , my dear , and you must not doubt that he loved you , even if he did n't always make it perfectly apparent . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Yes , but they 're Micky Banks 's chums … ’ |
| 5 | ‘ But he 's Captain Meredith 's slave . ’ |
| 6 | But it is Michael Jackson 's deal which may set precedents the music business will later regret . |
| 7 | Erwin Schulhoff 's neo-Ravel/Poulencian Third Sonata is also an absolute charmer in five movements , but it is Nicolai Kapustin 's jazz-inflected Second Sonata which left the most lasting impression , its perpetueum mobile Finale bordering on the insane in its executant demands , and I am sure that Petrov 's blinding performance is destined to become a classic of recorded piano music . |
| 8 | There were nineteenth century memoirs and occasionally they were quite revealing but it 's Lloyd George 's memoirs of the Great War , the First World War that set in many ways the modern pattern for old battles to be re-fought . |
| 9 | But it was Gerry Conlon 's account of being interrogated after the Guildford bombings that made the scalp crawl . |
| 10 | She was convinced the cat was basically evil , but it was Mrs Rundle 's beloved if delinquent child and she had to ask after it . |
| 11 | Eddie Murphy 's success as the leading world box-office star of the mid-80's proved once again that the general public was not quite as small-minded as the film studios seemed to believe but it was Spike Lee 's 1986 low budget success ‘ She 's Got ta Have It ’ that really began to turn the tide . |
| 12 | But it was William Wollaston 's process that rendered ‘ malleable ’ platinum available in quantities large enough for crucibles in which to concentrate lead chamber sulphuric acid , later to be superseded by contact acid made with the aid of a platinum catalyst . |
| 13 | She was ridden by Pat Eddery over seven furlongs , but it was Willie Ryan 's mount Musicale , who came out on top . |
| 14 | The blending of wines was not an uncommon practice prior to Pérignon 's time , either in Champagne or elsewhere , but it was Dom Pérignon 's innate ability to construct a final cuvée , far exceeding in quality any previous blends , which led to his esteemed reputation in his own lifetime , creating a unique demand for the vins de Pérignon . |