Example sentences of "[noun pl] be but [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I know who the kids are but there 's nothing I can do about it . |
| 2 | I think steel balls are But you see you can do a display on your table ca n't you |
| 3 | Not that I welcome change ; I was very satisfied as things were but it was obvious they would n't go on indefinitely . ’ |
| 4 | I do n't know what the financial arrangements are but he has a double role , he attends the classes but he also does spinal manipulation and massage for those of Brand 's clients who need it or say they do . ’ |
| 5 | I ca n't remember what their names are but somebody tells me they 're are the most extraordinarily noisy family . |
| 6 | You see we can not always help who our brothers and sisters are but we can make alliances of people on issues of liberation and freedom that goes beyond that narrow family relationship and develops into a very solid alliance that helps to change situations . |
| 7 | As the speaker indicated er , the C E C will not declare exactly what the intentions of the motions were but it 's now , er now it 's clear from the remarks of the speaker . |
| 8 | Adam found himself not at all sure what rates were but he knew that people who owned houses did pay them . |
| 9 | Of course he knew what those reasons were but he had never faced them . |
| 10 | This means that bureaucratic actors are but one among a plurality of forces maintaining the growth of government rather than primary cause of its growth . |
| 11 | When the Syrians said , ‘ We do n't know where the hostages are but we 'll be glad to help locate them , ’ all they had to do was pick up the phone . |
| 12 | Surely the test of all this is not necessarily how big the Government grant for acquisitions is but what the galleries are able to acquire . |