Example sentences of "[be] [noun] but [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the patient takes more medicine than they need then there will be over-reaction but I have had very few cases of over-reaction and always the state produced has calmed within a day . |
| 2 | Assistant head of the hotel school , John Staples , adds : ‘ They wo n't be experts but they 'll have a good understanding of what it 's all about . |
| 3 | The multiplier for manual staff might be unity but it increases with staff level and becomes three or more for management . |
| 4 | Obviously there has to be guidelines but we find cycling very compatible with quiet enjoyment of the forest . |
| 5 | Northern regional organiser Kevin Scott , said : ‘ We have said there is going to be violence but it is going to come from the Communists , not us . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Eat up , ’ she said , ‘ There were going to be potatoes but I got lost chanting mantras . |
| 7 | Winds can blow up unexpectedly and there may be rain but it does n't usually last long . |
| 8 | ‘ Arsenal , Manchester United and Villa have got to be favourites but you can not disregard the likes of Norwich , Blackburn or even Ipswich . |
| 9 | of the largest of the continent must be Africa but it does n't fit . |
| 10 | Hari took a deep breath and tasted the tang of salt in the air , soon it would be summer but she would be facing it alone . |
| 11 | Well er sometimes it might be porridge but it was usually just er the and maybe er boiled eggs and er oatcakes and and your dinner 'd probably be tatties and pork or something of that kind . |
| 12 | West Country Living : It may be roses but it 's not all rats |
| 13 | When he was asked why he himself did not become one , he replied that all men wanted to be Senators but he did not ; he did not want to be the same as other men who were as the uncoloured cloth of the Toga but he wished to be the red , that small and brilliant portion which causes the rest to be comely and beautiful . |
| 14 | Now if your person were to say come round , said it 's the first time they 've had a fit you get , call an ambulance , it may be epilepsy but it could be anything else , it could erm be , be the start of er something else in the brain because that 's all an epileptic fit is , it 's an electrical impulse , nobody actually knows why or when or how it 's caused , but it happens erm , but above all be very , very nice to your casualties , they 'll want to get up and they 'll run away , they want to get out , especially if it 's outside , because they 're embarrassed by it . |