Example sentences of "but [pers pn] be [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kelly would understand , of course , but she was many miles away , working on location , and Shae did n't even have a contact number . |
| 2 | But we 're all friends . |
| 3 | But we 're both suspects . |
| 4 | But we are both primates , and though we have often functioned as one organism we have nevertheless brachiated through the forests of adventure at rather different levels , and have seen through different eyes . |
| 5 | Mr Chamberlain 's services to the State are infinitely greater than any I have been able to render , but we are both men who are giving all we can give to the service of the State ; we are both men who are , or try to be , actuated by principle in our conduct ; we are men who , I think , have exactly the same views on the political problems of the day ; we are men who I believe — certainly on my side-have esteem and perhaps I may say affection for each other ; but the result of this dynamic force is that we stand here today , he prepared to go into the wilderness if he should be compelled to forsake the Prime Minister , and I prepared to go into the wilderness if I should be compelled to stay with him . |
| 6 | But they 're all users , moulders , deceivers . |
| 7 | He 's bringing half-a-dozen bodyguards with him but they 're all amateurs , made up of officers from the Zimbalan army . |
| 8 | yellow pine , but they 're all sizes , I said oh I said you 've got some nice old pine , he said oh there 's two guys come use it for furniture |
| 9 | This is n't meant to be a test , a mental MOT for your man , but they are all topics you can talk about , which will help you get to know each other better . |
| 10 | ‘ But they are all cousins of Duke William as well . |
| 11 | Teacher : But they are all shells . |
| 12 | Some are blue and some pink , some have pockets and some not , but they are all examples of what it means to be a shirt : they all exemplify ‘ shirtness ’ — the universal . |
| 13 | Reports of sea serpents say they look like smooth snakes , but they are many times larger than the biggest snakes on earth : the longest seem to be about 200 metres . |
| 14 | erm Monsieur Mitterand 's relationship with erm Chancellor Schmidt for example is certainly not yet anything like as close erm as Chancellor Schmidt 's relationship with ex-President Giscard was , but they are both socialists , erm they do have a certain amount in common , and I see no reason why they should n't quite quickly build another erm relationship erm that would be quite similar to what happened before . |
| 15 | but they were all stars er , in their day , you know ? |
| 16 | C'zinsit was an uncle of sorts — the half-brother of his father — but he was several years younger , and Jehan had no hesitation in disputing his point of view . |
| 17 | If that were so , there would scarcely be a government in the last 100 years which could be regarded as legitimate , but it is those uses of power and law which seem to betray or which can only be reasonably explained by a contempt for or at least an impatience with the principles of limited government and a belief that the rightness of the policies to be executed excuse or justify the methods whereby they are executed . |
| 18 | As such , they constitute fewer than one-third of those in these classes , but it is these classes that will provide more children than any other for university entry . |
| 19 | But it 's all women ! |
| 20 | ‘ But it 's all balls , ’ Richards said , emerging from behind a newspaper . |
| 21 | erm I think in terms of techniques is is is a level of awareness really , to be able to respond to children erm with their curiosity and with their erm expressions of anxiety erm in a way that makes it all right for them to be feeling the way they are , and I do n't think it 's simple as just saying a technique , I think it 's what we can offer as adults comes from an inner awareness that we have as adults , that we can convey to our children , because it 's not just the techniques , or the behaviour , or the words that we use , but it 's those feelings behind the words . |
| 22 | Yeah , that 's a very old make you know , that one 's been going for donkey years , but it 's those colours , I mean there 's at least , well with the o |
| 23 | But it 's those wrinkles that make these Chinese Shar Pei 's one of the most distinctive and sought after breeds in the world . |
| 24 | Now , that budget is a direct result of the Government squeeze on erm all Local Authorities in this country , but it 's those sorts of factors which are certainly putting breaks on an authority like this which , very slowly maybe , and perhaps not nearly as up front as it should be , is trying to develop equal opportunities policies . |
| 25 | The first BREL/GEC Class 90 , an updated version of the Class 87 Bo-Bo , emerged from Crewe in mid-1988 , but it was many months before the state of the art electronics were mastered . |
| 26 | Labels were shifted about , the Higher School Certificate became the General Certificate of Education at Advanced Level , but it was many years before new pressures distorted the ancient simplicities . |
| 27 | His monistic philosophy promoted a sense of the unity of Nature among later generations of environmentalists , but it was several decades before serious work on what would now be called ecological topics began . |
| 28 | Negotiations opened but it was several months before the two men reached an agreement for ‘ substantial borrowings ’ . |
| 29 | The mystery of this curious behaviour intrigued me , but it was several days before I discovered its logic from a Prague friend . |
| 30 | Finally losing the contract to supply gunpowder in 1636 , Evelyn petitioned for compensation for losses , but it was several years before he was cleared of all responsibility for the failure to maintain supplies . |