Example sentences of "but [pers pn] be [pron] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But they 're yours to keep , like I told you , ’ Mrs Smith said gently . |
| 2 | And he said , but he 's nothing to do with Surrealism , which I expect is true that he did n't belong to the party but then perhaps Spaniards are , in any case , basically surrealist . |
| 3 | ‘ But it is nothing to do with me , ’ he squealed , turning to Mrs Patel for sympathy . |
| 4 | I can not remember why it is wrong , but it is something to do with the music , and it is something to do with Calatin … |
| 5 | It 's something to do with relating to it , but it 's something to do with the , the final , the bottom line is that people watch . |
| 6 | ‘ We do n't know what lies ahead but it 's something to build on , ’ he said . |
| 7 | ‘ But it 's nothing to do with what we 're talking about , is it ? |
| 8 | I 'm afraid he 's a well-known Nazi-sympathiser , but it 's nothing to do with the war . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ But it 's nothing to do with me . |
| 10 | no , so he said erm , when I opened it court order , I said well I do n't know what yours is I said but it 's nothing to do with this , I said this is about that so when I opened the other one I remember then that when they originally built that court order bit he give me one cheque for sixty two quid and one for sixty nine |
| 11 | and he says oh I know but it 's nothing to do with me now , it 's all housing |
| 12 | It was n't much , but It was something to go on . |
| 13 | She was not desperately concerned , since she did n't think it would , but it was something to say . |
| 14 | He knew they were at boarding-schools , but it was something to say to the kids . |
| 15 | But it was something to hope for … if I could escape . |
| 16 | It was not always easy to concentrate , as distant explosions and nearby arguments in Arabic disturbed our peace , but it was something to help pass many long hours . |
| 17 | She did eventually die of a heart attack but it was nothing to do with Luke . ’ |
| 18 | But it was nothing to do with you and you must n't reproach yourself . |
| 19 | There was a small explosion at the ramparts several yards away , but it was nothing to worry about … only Harry trying to free the long , iron six-pounder in which the head of a French cynic , Voltaire , had become jammed … rather surprisingly , the Collector thought , a narrow , lozenge-shaped head like that ; Harry had been unable to ram the head home to the cartridge and so , according to normal procedure , was obliged to destroy the charge by pouring water down the vent ; followed by a small quantity of powder , also through the vent , to blow out his makeshift shot . |