Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [be] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Saint I may be but schmuck I ai n't . |
| 2 | So I might be showing myself doing worst than I should be but , look , my actual come out about the same and so when I compare my actual with my planned , I get er , an answer which should approach one . |
| 3 | Working girl she may be but , having turned 40 , Sigourney Weaver ( right ) took time out for motherhood |
| 4 | She might be but er she 'd got the same red skirt on as she had she were wearing when we were there ! |
| 5 | I can only speak for London Branch , socialites we may be but professional fund-raisers ? |
| 6 | Erm had a run on the flat so you know I mean I think we should be but |
| 7 | Stupid they may be but not lacking in guile . |
| 8 | Volunteers they may be but highly expert lifeboatmen they are determined to remain . ’ |
| 9 | We should consider also , that if they do exist then they may be but a part of a much larger pattern which stretches not only access the tiny and remote areas of south-western France but across western Europe and possibly other parts of the world . |
| 10 | Ghosts they may be but they bring back memories of broken hearts , foul deeds , sinister minds , and souls stained with the blackness of hell . |
| 11 | Lucrative for the clubs they may be but the omens for their success are not good . |
| 12 | Thank you , yes they should be but stand up and I 'm only trying to help in the situation . |
| 13 | Erm they 're in no hurry to join but with this second period er from September or was it October and erm once again there is this idea that , you know , the tide is turning and they , they will now join erm they wo n't find it so hard to join as the rich peasants but once again they 're not as enthusiastic and maybe they should be but they are , they are helping more but er er and this is the key er for which you know Mao talked about later is that we 've got to get the middle peasant actually actively involved |
| 14 | They could be but I would n't have thought so . |
| 15 | They can be but that was in the fridge Emma it was in the fridge ? |
| 16 | Fickle it may be but , while in its intense form , it can lead to the greatest heights of courage and self-sacrifice . |
| 17 | It may be but , yeah . |
| 18 | In reality , it may be but it is a weapon available to both parties to an action to force production of information which is not being produced voluntarily , or with sufficient speed . |
| 19 | ‘ It may be but I intend to eat first . |
| 20 | Modest he may be but soft he is not . |
| 21 | ‘ Prime minister ’ he may be but Mr Hikmatyar can not get into Kabul . |
| 22 | Sir Denis he may be but I fancy the measures being poured in the big rooms have been even more liberal ( small ‘ l ’ , of course ) than before . |
| 23 | Hard as nails he may be but do n't let anyone tell you Hank has n't got a sense of humour . |
| 24 | ‘ 'Nice ’ he may be but his taste for Brand 's A1 Sauce — or is it HP ? ’ — Mervyn examined the page more closely — ‘ does seem to be excessive . |
| 25 | A Scottish-born CA and fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants he may be but , apart from a brief initial period in a practising firm and then Lothian Regional Council , before coming to Provincial three years ago he had fairly rapidly made a successful impact in senior general management in retail banking , with TSB in Scotland . |
| 26 | Hard as nails he may be but do n't let anyone tell you Hank has n't got a sense of humour . |
| 27 | The actual quality in the , in the er print the sharpness , er that sort of thing , is perhaps not quite as good as it should be but I still , an eight for that one . |
| 28 | How it should be but never could be , she thought ruefully . |
| 29 | It might be but it might not be either , ’ he says . |
| 30 | ‘ He 's not as aggressive as he might be but that could come , and he has more skill and speed than someone like John Fashanu , who plays an intimidating game . |