Example sentences of "but [pers pn] be [vb pp] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When selecting the WordPerfect driver , the graphics print correctly but I am left with uninteresting fonts . |
| 2 | Oh it was heavy but I was used to heavy stuff on . |
| 3 | But I was occupied with other things and in any event not then wholly convinced of Meehan 's innocence . |
| 4 | I drift off to sleep smelling the sweet smell of the straw mattress , but I 'm woken by driving rain . |
| 5 | But I 'm reduced to verbal inanities , he thought . |
| 6 | We do n't do very good at reading and writing , but we 're made for physical things . ’ |
| 7 | Our truancy is defined by one fixed star , and our drift represents merely a slight change of angle to it : we may seize the moment , toss it around while the moments pass , a short dash here , an exploration there , but we are brought round full circle to face again the single immutable fact — that we , Rosencrantz and Guildenstern , bearing a letter from one king to another , are taking Hamlet to England . |
| 8 | This does not stop us using the olfactory or tactile channels but we are restricted by social norms in how we use them . |
| 9 | In other words you 've got the trading account which is how 's trading , the committee account , the petty cash and the wages box are part and parcel of the trading but they 're kept as separate entities within the organization . |
| 10 | Piano clusters , multi-divided strings , glissandi in harps , in brass , in timpani , semi-aleatoric sections , players breathing through wind instruments : one ca n't list them all , but they 're packed with bewildering rapidity and truly remarkable skill into a comparatively small structural space . |
| 11 | Investment bonds we have n't covered , and they are a variation of a unit trust really , but they 're issued by live companies , and you can do other things with them , and they have got tax advantages . |
| 12 | but they 're bonded to different groupings so , for example , if one had something like this er , let's call that see three , page seven if I had something like that that central carbon there and when they draw these things at an exam paper , do n't expect it to be the central one . |
| 13 | Here , of course , weeds do have more space to grow , but they 're discouraged by constant cultivation . |
| 14 | In other parts of the world , the same needs arise but they are met by different structures . |
| 15 | The lakes are certainly there but they are hidden in dense jungle , only accessible by a network of sandy tracks . |
| 16 | ( Lighter fabric weights are quoted in the USA , but they are based on uncoated fabric , e.g. 1/2 or 3/4 oz/yd . ) |
| 17 | Clearly both tools record controlled indexing languages , but they are utilized in different environments . |
| 18 | But they are recorded in full later , Chairman in the summary , I 've used the abbreviation |
| 19 | They are no longer sent up chimneys , but they are pressured into alien patterns of behaviour to line the pockets of unscrupulous publishers and to further the cause of revolution by stealth . |
| 20 | Heterosexual spread of HIV also occurs among injecting drug users and their sexual partners , but they are classified by drug-using behaviour alone . |
| 21 | It contains similar rhythmic elements , but they are used in different ways . |
| 22 | In an affected small bowel you will see the grey background with these tiny little curved rods present the whole area of the er , the villi is covered by the organisms which are er stuck down effectively by the processes which you ca , you ca n't really see them in the transmission micrograph , but they are attached to specific receptors on the surface of the entrocite membrane . |
| 23 | The branches that form the walls are light and springy but they are backed by stout tree trunks . |
| 24 | Field changes become increasingly difficult once Stage II is entered , but they are permitted in exceptional circumstances , for example , when the first school experience convinces an applied education student of the need to change to the education field . |
| 25 | The same person was involved in the development of each program but they were written in different computer languages , the first was written in EDL and the second , attempting to infiltrate the micro-computer market , was written in BASIC . |
| 26 | We was in a two-bedroomed erm council flat but they were intended for old age pensioners like you know . |
| 27 | Such allegations were repeated on Nov. 18 , but they were met by Russian accusations of Georgian involvement in the murder of three Russian troops in Abkhazia . |
| 28 | But they were forced by bad weather to abandon their efforts to entice the marooned males out into the safety of deep water . |
| 29 | But they were accompanied by other changes indicating greater interest in childhood as a unique stage in development . |
| 30 | Raiders tried to break in to this cottage in the early hours , but they were spotted by vigilant neighbours when security lights came on . |