Example sentences of "but [adv] be [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was extragastric involvement of other mucosal sites in eight patients ( mainly the lung , but also the parotid gland and small bowel ) , but rarely was bone marrow and never the spleen or peripheral lymph nodes affected . |
| 2 | Not only were her savings gone , but so was Aunt Jane 's legacy and the money Mike had pressed on her as an early wedding present … |
| 3 | There was also an important element of war insurance in German thinking about agricultural duties : not only was food important , but so was peasant manpower for the army . |
| 4 | But home was Summer Lodge with its lawns and flower-beds , not the cramped lodgings in Chapel Street . |
| 5 | But today was auction day and the hall looked very well inside , stacked up with all that bygone bric-à-bracery . |
| 6 | But even were Mr Li to harbour such intentions , he would run the risk of seeing Mr Zhu come out shining . |
| 7 | So congratulations to Bicester , after the game I managed to catch up with Colin Vynal who scored one of the goals , rather poor quality I 'm afraid , he was on a mobile phone erm a bit of celebration going on , but here 's Colin Vynal of the Bicester Rugby Club . |
| 8 | But here 's Rozario Gemmell Black Pearce is up in support but he goes for the long ball in and Hill met it first . |
| 9 | Somehow I must have missed the original LPs ( or perhaps they were never released this side of the Atlantic ) , but here are Jean-Pierre Rampal , Isaac Stern , Yo-Yo Ma mixing it up with Japanese instrumentalists , playing traditional oriental music alongside pieces by Yamada , Miyagi , and Yoshizawa , amongst others . |
| 10 | But here is Mr Byrne denouncing conspiratorial ways , calling for open government , denouncing trade-union paymasters and in every way giving help and succour to the tabloid Conservative press . |
| 11 | He knew virtually nothing about European federalism , but here was Mrs Thatcher warning us that political union was on the cards . |
| 12 | But why are entry certificates so essential for Asian wives and children who have a right to enter Britain ? |
| 13 | ‘ The front 's here , but where 's Peter Carson ? |
| 14 | Cue — lights , action , sound , but where 's Jeremy Beadle ? |
| 15 | ‘ But where is Mr Broadhurst ? ’ |
| 16 | Sarah : But where is daddy bear ? |
| 17 | But where is Mr. Stavanger ? |
| 18 | But where was Mickey Mouse ? |
| 19 | The event , held on 25 June , began with ‘ This Is Your Life — Tom McCormack ’ — a brilliant production by Russell Hunter — but where was Michael Aspel ? ? |
| 20 | There are , to be sure , a growing list of exceptions , but seldom are oligopoly considerations far removed from the picture . |