Example sentences of "but [adv] [pron] be [adj] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ OK , ’ she agreed reluctantly , but inside she was conscious of a reprieve . |
| 2 | All the signs were there , clearly telling her to back off , but suddenly she was tired of treading warily round this enigmatic character . |
| 3 | We 've been talking to Michael Medleycote from the British Tourist Authority , and one of the points I was making to him was with the recession and also the Gulf war people are very concerned , a ) there 's the cost of flying , but also they 're concerned of course about security . |
| 4 | I told myself it was because you disgusted me , but really I was afraid of what I might do and say . |
| 5 | Not a subject I 'm personally qualified to comment on , but even I am aware of the practical difficulties involved in moving small children about this planet . |
| 6 | Graham started to smile , though he thought the joke itself might be in rather poor taste , but then he was aware of Sara turning quickly , putting her glass on the mantelpiece and looking straight at him , coming closer , her face set in strange hard lines , eyes bright , taking him by the elbow and turning her head as if to emphasise that she was talking to Graham , ignoring Slater , saying , " You do dance , do n't you ? " |
| 7 | But then it is characteristic of this latest phase that the professional society is primarily a business organization . |
| 8 | This state obtains its name from the fact that in it the general conditions of production and consumption , of distribution and exchange remain motionless ; but yet it is full of movement ; for it is a mode of life . |