Example sentences of "but [pers pn] be not [pron] " in BNC.

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1 He said : ‘ There is no doubt that they have to consider the possibility of closing the fund , but his is not what they want to do .
2 ‘ The US Tour want me to conform , to be lily-white like Jack Nicklaus but I am not him — I am John Daly . ’
3 But I am not one for settling for mid-season mediocrity — it 's all or nothing for me .
4 But I am not his equal .
5 But I am not you , and except for the shadow-elms I see little evidence of genesis from you — you are moving too fast , perhaps .
6 But I am not your daughter .
7 Her sins pursued her but I was not her judge . ’
8 By the end of July , it had dried off down south , but I was n't there any more .
9 I was quite pretty , a neat enough lass , but I was n't anything special . ’
10 It was a beautiful place with an orchard and then the tennis court , but I 'm not their sort really .
11 Yes , but I 'm not their father , am I. I 'm their mother .
12 There are some men that might let it but I 'm not one .
13 But I 'm not my sisters .
14 ‘ Kill me , but I 'm not who you 're looking for . ’
15 Yeah but I 'm not I 'm like that I 'll have
16 But I 'm not I 'm not in the frame of mind to be saying this kid was off for a week with flu then and was off
17 forty pound off something and er course then Doreen gets on to the subject of Des again and all these people that do n't pay cos apparently somewhere , and I she said Portsmouth but I 'm not I ca n't really remember what she said
18 Yeah but I 'm not I 'm going home and put on a different pair of shoes though .
19 But you 're not my father . ’
20 But you are not their enemy .
21 But you are not His Excellency 's sort at all , ’ she said seriously .
22 But you are not his mother , and you need to make this clear to him .
23 But you are not his mother , and you need to make this clear to him .
24 But you are n't her .
25 But she 's not them but she 's killing them .
26 But she 's not my Mum . ’
27 But she 's not your teacher is she ?
28 Mum kept calling her ‘ sister ’ , but she was n't my sister — Annie was and I did n't want to stay there , but they went off and left me .
29 She was here in Malta at his bidding , but she was n't his slave .
30 Cis , as he sadly said , ‘ was wonderful , but she was not my mother ’ .
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