Example sentences of "but they be [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's the trouble , you get cheap service from retained personnel , but they 're incredibly expensive to train . |
| 2 | Give me friends every time — and the friends we 've got may be few , but they 're jolly good ones , ’ said Breeze . |
| 3 | Curling tongs are an asset when it comes to home styling but they 're particularly vital for creating the glamorous styles of the 40's . |
| 4 | They might look round and smooth , but they 're mighty hard . |
| 5 | then the eyes would be something you 'd also confront at the beginning but they 're equally important for the fox actually walking are n't they ? |
| 6 | ‘ Well , excuse me , Mrs Sutherland , but a kid with no ma , no pa but they 're both alive , living near by and rich to boot , while some matron , fine though she may be , is paid to take care of him and he works vacations ? |
| 7 | ‘ I 've got two , as a matter of fact , Hugo and Will , but they 're both married and with responsibilities to their own families . |
| 8 | Comparing the performance of a 100-metre sprinter to that of a 1,5000-metre runner is a mistake ; they 're not running in the same category , but they 're both admirable . |
| 9 | But they 're both aware that time is running out . |
| 10 | Donald and Piers ( because I 've lameducked him in a sense , too ) but they 're both attractive young men . |
| 11 | I thought I was going to miss the sunsets , but they 're pretty good along the River Wear too , ’ she says . |
| 12 | But they 're pretty new |
| 13 | You have some choices but they 're pretty marginal , frankly , on the whole erm the choices are predetermined for people erm we are like minnows in a global situation . |
| 14 | But they 're also hairy . |
| 15 | Shown is the grey version , but they 're also available in black too . |
| 16 | But they 're also responsible for the gormless gibberish of ‘ Ebeneezer Goode ’ . |
| 17 | But they 're just cynical , they know all the dirty tricks . |
| 18 | But they 're always married or spoken for . |
| 19 | I mean to say law in other countries but they 're always pleased to come here and take all our what 's it are n't they ? |
| 20 | The windows are shut , but they 're always clean . |
| 21 | But they 're always handy to have them , are n't they ? |
| 22 | he 's just saying no but they 're really good and I 'm going but they 're not , they 're rubbish . |
| 23 | I mean , sometimes a band can be so bad , but they 're really interesting , cos they 're so bad . |
| 24 | THE INSPIRALS admit that they , in Clint 's words , ‘ Get niggled by little things ’ on the road , but they 're as likely to go into a discussion about the virtues of meat pies in Dallas as opposed to Houston , as they are to have an out-and-out fight . |
| 25 | They look alike but they 're as different as chalk and cheese . ’ |
| 26 | I 've got a whole list of funny errors , some a bit too near the bone to repeat on the air , but they 're extremely funny , and it 's certainly not a good way of getting your application noticed by misspelling . |
| 27 | The other exciting thing was the leeches er because the monsoon had n't finished there were lots of leeches around , and I 'd imagined these huge things that were going to suck me to death , but they 're actually little , like , just very very tiny little worms , about erm an inch long and very thin and what they do is they sit on leaves and things and as you walk by they get flicked on to your boots or your socks and then they wiggle their way in and they , you ca n't feel them there , but what they do is they suck your blood until they explode |
| 28 | But they 're virtually unknown here . |
| 29 | And not only are the replicas a lot cheaper , but they 're almost impossible to tell from the originals . |
| 30 | This is reflected in the endings of his films , his contrived resolutions , which always seem to let him down : his endings may be happy , but they 're seldom felicitous . |