Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [modal v] be [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Therese can not be Snow White or Cinderella , but she can be Queen of the Night . |
| 2 | ‘ Everybody still calls her Mary Penrose but she should be Mary Parkes . |
| 3 | ‘ But we must be miles from any buildings ! ’ said Gurder . |
| 4 | The receptor for TGLP-1 in the rat gastric mucosa seems to be different from that for glucagon-29 , but they may be part of a closely related family . |
| 5 | In other words , they 're not , they 're not extras er in , in the absolute sense , they are necessary for that particular scheme , but they may be things which less erm experienced consultants might omit . |
| 6 | These could all be due to a number of different factors but they may be signs that someone is drinking too much . |
| 7 | But they 'll be carvings of a most odd nature . ’ |
| 8 | beautifully made erm , I mean they 're brand new but they will be antiques I suppose in the future you know for your , for your grandchildren sort of thing , but er I mean you ca n't possibly think what 's |
| 9 | Sometimes the ‘ tokens ’ are simple ticks on a little notebook , but they can be milk bottle tops or counters or spent matches kept in a little bag . |
| 10 | But they could be vinegar the next day , ’ he said . |
| 11 | Gen Enrile went on : ‘ I told them they would be treated fairly , justly and humanely but they must be man enough to take the consequences of their actions . ’ |
| 12 | Gen Enrile went on : ‘ I told them they would be treated fairly , justly and humanely but they must be man enough to take the consequences of their actions . ’ |
| 13 | But he would be honey , set round me |
| 14 | But he could be Lord Lucan . |
| 15 | But he could be touchpaper , and a spark from a fancied slight , a disagreement over politics , a moment of heedlessness from someone , and he would catch and soon the conflagration was at full blast consuming everything in its path : new friendships , old friendships , new clients , his reputation , his wife 's love , even that . |
| 16 | Its BCR number can not be identified with certainty , but it may be No. 6 . |
| 17 | Mr Patten has promised enough resources for the inspectorate to solve this problem but it may be years before it is strong enough to effectively enforce its new duties . |
| 18 | ‘ But … but it might be ages before they are really well . ’ |
| 19 | But it might be coke . ’ |
| 20 | But it might be months , or even years away , for it seemed to belong to another person , a different life . |
| 21 | I know , but it 'll be midnight before it finishes wo n't it ? |
| 22 | well she said she , she wants to come and she 'd like to come , but it 'll be end of June , because she 's going to some er Methodist day out somewhere , I do n't |
| 23 | No , but it would be shock |
| 24 | But it would be folly to repeat the mistake , made with Iraq , of allowing foreign-policy merit to blot out oppression at home . |
| 25 | Lord Salisbury espoused and practised a limited politics , but it would be reductionist to equate this with the doctrinaire non-interventionism preached by the LPDL . |
| 26 | It might be a sullen grey sky but it would be daylight for hours yet … |
| 27 | I could n't square what I was doing with the view of the world I have tried to transmit to my pubescent son : sex is a wonderful thing but it should be part of a loving relationship . |
| 28 | But it should be news based on fact , not conjured up disinformation designed to damage estranged spouses or commercial competitors , ’ he added . |
| 29 | If you do it through A B S A , the government will give another ten thousand pounds so of course for the orchestra or the institution whether it 's opera , ballet , concert or whatever is , but it must be arts gets the extra money so of course that in a sense is very enabling . |
| 30 | No idea what time Vern set off for the bus , but it must be time for the next one by now . |