Example sentences of "but [pron] be [art] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ But I am a family friend , ’ he pointed out mildly . |
2 | Were the internal stat to ham on ( not that I have ever had this problem with the Uno internal , but I was a Girl Guide ! ) then 200 watts would not be enough to cause serious ( if any ) overheating in such a large tank . |
3 | But I was the Annie character — you know — if you were a good girl you 'd be rewarded , and it is n't nice to make a fuss . ’ |
4 | I do n't know about you , but I 'm a Disney fanatic through and through . |
5 | ‘ I know you 'll think this is funny but I 'm a police officer . |
6 | ‘ But I 'm a Mystery Player ! |
7 | But I 'm a city girl , I was born in London and I 've lived there all my life . |
8 | Now Sidney , 'er 'usband , 'e 's a decent bloke , but 'e 's no oil paintin' . ’ |
9 | But you 're a Brixton man what ? |
10 | Yeah but you 're a half negro . |
11 | But you 're a Birkenhead guy are you ? |
12 | ‘ Sure ’ the first interrogator went on ‘ but you are a career soldier trained to be at your best when things are popping — right ? |
13 | She added , on an inspiration , " But she is a Council employee . |
14 | He added : ‘ I think Esther Rantzen does a tremendous amount of good work , but she is a media star and I would hope that she will realise that people accept what she says as gospel truth . |
15 | ‘ But she is the lady Anne 's half-sister ! ’ pointed out sixteen-year-old Cecily . |
16 | Y'know , Barbra Streisand has a nose that is beyond a nose , but she was a style icon . |
17 | But she was a hardcore acid fan , from her backcombed sixties hair style to the sovereign earrings in her ears . |
18 | I do n't know whether she was ever a Brownie , but she was a Girl Guide , and I do know she 'd love to have you around if you 're mad on horses . ’ |
19 | But we are the United States of America , the leader of the West that has become the leader of the world . |
20 | You know , we sometimes think of the World Church as being something that 's out there beyond us , but we are the World Church are n't we ? |
21 | I dare not go to again but there is a Tie Rack where Werewolf and I are on a promise with the girls serving there . |
22 | You can qualify for a reduced retirement pension if you have not paid enough to receive the full pension , but there is a cut-off point . |
23 | But there is a bathroom right next door . ’ |
24 | But there is a salience problem here . |
25 | But there is a herd instinct . |
26 | But er there is a a and I wouldn inevitably er one does stray into I know want it in particular points at the moment , but there is a policy consideration to be borne in mind as well , which erm does suggest that past trends should not necessarily be projected into the future . |
27 | If you only discover the negligence years later , you can still claim , but there is a time limit . |
28 | But there is a cutoff point which we know internally , you wo n't get to know , where we know we 've got enough money to cover all of our costs in that first year . |
29 | In Symphony you have to fill in two settings forms — but there is a Group facility which allows you to specify all the series to be charted in a single operation and similarly lets you assign all the legends in a single step . |
30 | But there is a fall-back position and that is that the European Community have a directive called the Environmental Impact Assessment Directive that requires that before a major project of this type is put through there must be the fullest public consultation . |