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 .
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