Example sentences of "but we be [adv] [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Skin up — we 're all dead but we 're too drugged to feel it . ’ |
| 2 | Now while we 're on this point about what exactly am I entitled to , erm we ought to say a word about credit notes cos there are a lot of shops who say well erm you know it is it is n't company policy to , it is n't our policy to offer refunds , but we 're quite happy to offer you a credit note . |
| 3 | Marion , who has worked at the Tour for the past two years and recently took over as Membership Secretary , says : ‘ We are pleased that so many girls want to join our Tour , but we are also anxious to ensure that they have thought through all the consequences and they are sure that they want to be a professional . |
| 4 | Our Anniversary Sunday will be celebrated later this year , on 8th November , but we are particularly glad to have Rev. Brunton Scott , the previous pastor of this church , with us for the day . |
| 5 | ‘ But we are very sorry to lose some really fine actors . |
| 6 | ‘ There is no doubt of a recovery , but we are more likely to see a gentle climb rather than any sort of a boom , ’ he said . |
| 7 | Two and a half million pounds may sound a lot to run a profession of just over 7,000 practising barristers — but we are only able to hold that figure by reason of the hard work from our small but totally dedicated Secretariat , and by the voluntary work of many members of the profession . |
| 8 | But we are still unhappy to have lost our holiday for something that seemed out of our control . |
| 9 | But we are perfectly prepared to look at scientific evidence — we are not afraid of that . |
| 10 | We can be in danger of saying or feeling that bereavement is something that happens to everyone else , and that ‘ those people ’ need support , but we are perfectly able to manage on our own . |
| 11 | Er I think , I think that er our organic growth tends to be erm er er continuous and er as you know each year we 're spending erm substantial amounts er on that er we prefer organic growth to acquisitions because we avoid er premiums in the long run er frequently er organic growth is , is actually more profitable er but we are quite likely to make some acquisitions er if erm the right er strategic opportunities er are created . |
| 12 | But we were also able to offer help to them . |
| 13 | But we were probably wrong to harbour such selfish thoughts , especially when we knew it would never happen . |
| 14 | For a short time we got on without much difficulty , but we were soon obliged to have recourse to our hands and knees , and clamber thus from one crag to another . |
| 15 | Now , we should have left it at that , but we were too drunk to run , whilst the clerks were sober and quick-witted . |
| 16 | Mr Tiller used to come to tea every Sunday but we were too frightened to tell him about anything . |
| 17 | ‘ In the middle of the refurbishment we had no public areas , but we were still able to sell rooms and guests were returning . |
| 18 | This would be a counterblast to the growing propaganda of the Left , not only in Oxford but outside — in fact , I suggested that it should be called Counterblast , with Wyndham Lewis 's ‘ puce monster ’ , Blast , in mind — but we were as anxious to dissociate ourselves from the Right . |
| 19 | These animals were also communicating with each other , but we were only able to catch the deep rumbles which are the upper harmonies of their conversation . |
| 20 | So it took them days but we were very glad to have them because they were It was such a good crop and they were lying flat . |