Example sentences of "but [pron] be [adj] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I were still at Bewick , I should still have my vision of myself quite obliterated by your violent view of how I should be , but I am free now and you can not put the chains back on , it is too late , I am growing up . ’ |
| 2 | It had n't crossed my mind , but I was grateful now that I 'd been too busy throwing up to examine the body too closely . |
| 3 | But I 'm happy now that I did n't sign with them . ’ |
| 4 | But I 'm worried now because elitism is rearing its ugly head again . |
| 5 | But I 'm 20 now and I still have n't grasped it yet . ’ |
| 6 | The UCD [ Union of the Democratic Centre under the leadership of Adolfo Suárez ] government consented to things which were not totally justified but which were necessary so that the mass of the workers could see that the country had changed and that dialogue was beginning . |
| 7 | But there 's some more as well in there . |
| 8 | It 's like , what was he , he was going , oh that 's right , he keeps going , I ca n't , but they 're cold now but he was like , at the dinner table once , right , and Ryan and Gran argue continuously , and he was going erm , and he went , Gran , and Gran went , yeah , and he went , do you know what you are , and Gran went no , and he went , well , I ca n't remember what it 's called , he goes , they 're this , I think it 's a hybrid , he goes , you 're a hybrid . |
| 9 | The categories in each case are artificial and social rather than self-evident , but they are necessary so that we can conduct our affairs in an orderly manner . |
| 10 | Not every one of these may be stocked by every newspaper shop or bookstall in the country but they are available somewhere and are read . |
| 11 | To people who went on about their likeness the girl was assiduous in pointing out that every feature when compared was different , but they were recognisable instantly as mother and daughter , as the woman in the shop said , they were from the same mould . |
| 12 | There were crags up there he 'd heard , real crags , but they were empty now and host only to thriving colonies of brilliant green algae . |
| 13 | They were both very angry , but they were silent now because the shouting had stopped , leaving a sharpness , an uncertainty in the atmosphere that Frankie could almost taste on the tip of his tongue . |
| 14 | But he 's okay now and revving up for next week 's World Cup group three game against Latvia at Windsor Park . |
| 15 | From the look of the pile of branches , Travis had been back a few times , but he was absent still as she added her load to the mound . |
| 16 | But he was older now and in another city , and besides , the wench was dead . |
| 17 | This is a separate offence from manslaughter , but it is relevant here because of its close links with diminished responsibility . |
| 18 | But it is poisonous so if I start smelling it I 'm going have to switch the cupboard on to suck the fumes away . |
| 19 | But it is notable enough that the deal is worth 3.6 times the annual $125m sales value of these products . |
| 20 | The contemporary evidence is fragmentary , but it is clear enough that the strike was the occasion for certain master printers to revive the idea of employing women . |
| 21 | This would certainly simplify equation ( 6.3 ) to yield : but it is clear intuitively that we can not completely fill the file , as the last available storage position would on average be half the file area away from the last record 's computed address . |
| 22 | It is true that exercise should stretch every part of the body , but it is safe only if the body is in a stable , well-balanced position in the first place . |
| 23 | But it 's confusing now because they put the news on and you can watch the evening news on the first feed at five o'clock in the afternoon now in San Francisco . |
| 24 | But it 's sad really because I mean does all sorts of things with them which |
| 25 | But it 's lovely inside cos he had it all done out for her but she just wo n't move ! |
| 26 | He therefore took up a defensive position behind a series of hedges , but it was 5 pm and almost dark by the time the two sides came into contact . |
| 27 | It was not necessarily a kindly mood — the number of types of crimes that carried the death penalty went up steadily in the early eighteenth century — but it was practical rather than cruel . |
| 28 | He glanced nervously about him but it was 2. a.m. and Dobson and the other yobs had long gone . |
| 29 | But it was plain afterwards that the Israelis had not moved one tiny step closer to accepting the United Nations Commission of Enquiry into the Temple Mount killings last week . |