Example sentences of "but [pron] be [verb] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But I am paying for her services . ’ |
| 2 | I had to repeat things again and again , hoping that something would sink in , but I was rewarded for my efforts with the satisfaction of knowing that they all passed their examinations at the end of the year . |
| 3 | But I was looking for someone else . |
| 4 | I have n't had any contact yet with the new American administration , but I 'm hoping for something positive from that quarter soon . |
| 5 | ‘ But I 'm paying for it , this time ! ’ |
| 6 | But nobody was prepared for it , to take it and that 's how it was . |
| 7 | He can indulge himself with whichever other women attract him , but you 're to remain for his exclusive use , keeping yourself unencumbered , ready and available for whenever he has a whim to renew the relationship ? ’ |
| 8 | But you 're paying for it in your tax , you you 'd paid a whopping subsidy on it , it 's a big con . |
| 9 | But we 're looking for something well in excess of a hundred hectares outside the city boundaries and essentially in the greenbelt . |
| 10 | But we were working for him then for fourteen pound a week . |
| 11 | But they 're waiting for him at the telecottage , a converted school which is due to run out of HIE and BT funding soon and is aiming to become a profitable business , specialising in desk-top publishing , graphic design and printing . |
| 12 | They want to have control over where they 're going , but they are looking for us to make suggestions and give guidance [ on the technology ] . |
| 13 | The poet , Laurie Lee , describes his schooldays with critical detachment : but they were boring for him too . |
| 14 | Reefer And The Model has its flaws , but it is trying for something extra . |
| 15 | Its wool was not as fine as that of Merinos from Spain , or the southern hemisphere , but it was noted for its hardiness and foraging ability . |
| 16 | Poland was condemned because it was not a proper nation-state , but it was condemned for its efforts to become one . |
| 17 | ah yes but it was waiting for him to see you |
| 18 | But whatever was lost for me by that death I still saw , and see , love as the only real world . |