Example sentences of "but [pron] [verb] you [vb mod] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It seemed such a shame to wake you , but I knew you 'd be really cross if you did n't get some studying done . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ You clearly are n't in a fit state to drive , but I assumed you 'd be stubborn about it . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ She 's rather old , so one has to be frightfully careful , but I know you will be . |
| 4 | It will be quite some time before all your suggestions are processed in details but I know you will be interested in some of the preliminary findings . |
| 5 | ‘ A most dull and unimaginative way to proceed , but I fear you may be right . |
| 6 | ‘ Oh I recognised you straight away but I thought you would be a lot taller , ’ said a cuddly-looking woman . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm not meaning to talk shop but I thought you might be interested . ’ |
| 8 | But I suppose you will be too busy . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ But I expect you must be missing them , now they 've moved . ’ |
| 10 | But I believe you would be fond of him if he looked like your camel . |
| 11 | You could get a job auditing the use of these funds in southern Italy , but I think you would be safer and richer as the man who gives them out . |
| 12 | Of course , it was James Thurber who epitomised wine snobbery in the famous line , ‘ It 's a naive domestic Burgundy but I think you 'll be amused by its presumption . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ It 's going to be a hard fight but I think you 'll be okay , ’ he said . |
| 14 | Yes , I do understand , but I think you may be over-reacting . |
| 15 | ‘ But I think you could be onto something . |
| 16 | But I think you must be right , Edgar . |
| 17 | ‘ But you said you 'd be here getting things ready for the children 's holidays … ’ |
| 18 | Yeah but you said you 'd be busy ! |
| 19 | But you see you will be so busy |
| 20 | ‘ But they think you should be getting far better . ’ |
| 21 | he was tired , he 's got this cold coming on but he said you can be in here so long but after a while you feel as though you 've got to come out , you need to get out ! |