Example sentences of "but [pers pn] be [vb pp] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I am stifled in Riva 's fist ; I do n't think Rainbow hears me . |
| 2 | It is recommended for jacquard that you do n't use more than five colours in a row , but I am told by Silver Reed that you use this program for programming intarsia , which is going to be knitted with the new electronic intarsia carriage . |
| 3 | But I was born in New York . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ But I was born in England was n't I ? ’ |
| 5 | I tried to believe there were things beyond possession , greater belonging , greater satisfaction , but I was tied by resentment , self-pity and a mad belief that the past could be resuscitated . |
| 6 | I never went to the extremes with heroin , but I was addicted to valium for seven years erm and I 've been clean from valium for four months erm through a drug programme in Brenda House |
| 7 | He said : ‘ I went to Africa to teach but I was re-routed into education administration and I have stayed in that profession ever since . |
| 8 | But I was brought to trial again , and sent to Australia for life . ’ |
| 9 | Do you think — ’ But I was interrupted by Adèle , who came to join us , and the subject was changed . |
| 10 | If I had some time on my own with them I might squeeze something out , but I 'm inhibited in front of the neighbours . |
| 11 | During his last hours in this world , he found unspeakable comfort in thinking about some verses from Hebrews Ch.12 , ‘ But ye are come unto mount Sion , and unto the city of the living God , the heavenly Jerusalem , and to the innumerable company of angels , to the general assembly and church of the firstborn , which are written in heaven , and to God , the Judge of all , and to the spirits of just men made perfect , and to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant ’ . |
| 12 | ‘ Gerald does — decisively ; my wife too , but she is swayed by loyalty to her father . ’ |
| 13 | He has no problems finding work here in his native Britain , but she is ignored by TV and stage bosses on this side of the Atlantic . |
| 14 | Now I 'm not quite sure whether it 's because we 've known , like Naomi , we 've we know periods of barrenness and leanness that his blessing seems so much more , I do n't know if that 's what it is , or whether it is just because his blessings are so bountiful , but she is overwhelmed by God 's goodness and by God 's blessing to her they could now experience God 's blessing . |
| 15 | The journey from her home to the Assembly Rooms was a short one , but she was filled with excitement for she was at last being introduced into the social life of the town in a manner that befitted the daughter of one of Wales 's leading leather lords . |
| 16 | Meredith meant to protest , but she was robbed of breath by the extraordinary collapse of her lungs . |
| 17 | ‘ Actually , that was her intention , but she was waylaid by Matt . |
| 18 | Carrie was eager to tell her mother how business was picking up at the dining rooms but she was interrupted by footsteps on the stairs outside and a key being inserted in the lock . |
| 19 | But she was stalled by opposition from labour groups affiliated to her party . |
| 20 | This looked like a very male occasion but she was greeted with smiles and urged indoors where Felipe found a seat for her after she had chosen her snack from the plates on the counter . |
| 21 | But she was banned by staff who said it would create a fire risk . |
| 22 | Wexford watched him feel for the girl 's hand , but she was occupied with Mrs Hatton , dabbing at her face and smoothing her hair . |
| 23 | This is an attempt to bring a greater level of uniformity than we have achieved so far , but we are bound by agreements made at the time of amalgamation and we can not undermine or contradict those particular decisions , and that 's why in a few cases , particularly in relation to the size of conference , there is some slight imbalance . |
| 24 | Whatever has gone wrong , it was all our fault , but we are trapped in helplessness , and as we contemplate the dull ruins of the fabric of our lives in the light that shines from our visions of what might have been , our ‘ real ’ life seems messier and drabber , and we weep in self-pity for the golden afternoons that never were ours . |
| 25 | Bull and bear baiting have gone , but we are left with remnants of former use in such breeds as bulldogs , whose exaggerated lower jaws were developed through selective breeding , to hang onto the muzzles of bulls . |
| 26 | But we were bound for Tekua Pa , and rumours in our guidebook of an ancient city . |
| 27 | Erm but we were encouraged of course for it to go er as your savings and er something I heard that , that may be interesting to you er and er he just said to me in this other club , but again we were talking about , I think we 'd talking politics then and we 're not supposed to do it was a church club . |
| 28 | You know but they 're branded as hooligans because they go and watch the sport . |
| 29 | You have certain formatted sections that are the news , straight stuff , or running tabular matter or whatever , but then somebody weighs in on each section , at El Sol we have a graphics person on each desk , but they 're divided into work groups so different work groups do different pages . |
| 30 | The Viet Cong temporarily overrun the camp , but they are annihilated by fire from ‘ Puff the Magic Dragon ’ , an AC-47 gunship . |