Example sentences of "be [adv] [v-ing] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er I think what he 's trying to say about the rich peasants is that er that they were always resisting the movement , it was only later on when they find that you know , that they , they need to get involved otherwise their own positions are er threatened then , then they 're joining and they 're only joining but were not actually participating in it , they 're not moving along , and so that 's what , that 's why he 's making a distinction between different types of peasants . |
| 2 | No my friend 's in the trade I said they 're basically working but they 've got a halt on somewhere because they 've come back you 'll have to sort out the you 've got but er they 're only one ten |
| 3 | that 's not something we 're actively considering but it could apply to something like Bosnia |
| 4 | We have people sales people that are always discounting but er well when I say we the world has . |
| 5 | William Davis , Chairman of the British Tourist Authority , says overseas visitors are still coming but they 're trading down and looking for bargains . |
| 6 | Likewise there may be much straining but only scanty stool . |
| 7 | This may be temporarily quashing but it does not satisfy … |
| 8 | Well , I 'll help you , I 'll be round , I 'll be here helping but I must I want to get on with some work . |
| 9 | Hitherto , European efforts have been well meaning but ineffective . |
| 10 | One crew would control a real system and the other would think they were so doing but would in fact be in a control room driven by software . |
| 11 | The big regatta dances in the huge grey tent down by the quay in Carrick were just beginning but there were so few days left of the holiday that Maggie preferred to spend them about the house chatting with Rose or her sisters around the fire or talking with Michael out in the front garden among his flowerbeds ; and sometimes during long breaks in the rain they would go out to where Moran was tidying up in the meadows . |
| 12 | At first you 'd think they were just looking but really they were turning things over and over in their hands to see how they were made and checking out the cut so they could rip them off . |
| 13 | Her legs were still trembling but she was pulling herself together as quickly as she could and she had to admit that his quiet actions helped . |
| 14 | Other old shipmates like Phil Andrews , Eddie Clarke and Ron Giles were still crewing but others like Des Ferret , Vic Roberts and Bob Wellock were disappearing up the promotion ladder . |
| 15 | I mean the one fear surely is that this is n't something which is happening on a , I was going to say a small local area , that 's perhaps exaggerating but it is in a at the moment in a confined locality , we know where it is , it 's not actually here and |
| 16 | Barbour has brought out the flyweight Durham jacket ( £90 ) which , despite the description , is harder wearing but heavier than most of the other jackets I have tested . |
| 17 | Most of Scotland is still rising but the south-east of England is sinking by 15cm a century . |
| 18 | It survived and is still trading but Gilbey now works from his Norfolk home as marketing manager for Team Lotus . |
| 19 | ‘ The economy in the U.S. is gradually recovering but economic prospects in the UK and much of the rest of Europe are less encouraging . ’ |
| 20 | It 's still working but only with loads of distortion and then the output is quiet and acoustic , instead of loud and gutsy . |
| 21 | Well he 's still working but cos that dog 's a lot older , and a lot more grumpier |
| 22 | That 's still going but er |
| 23 | the second team 's still playing but we 've finished so er |
| 24 | It 's er it 's still running but that 's it . |
| 25 | After yesterday 's case Shepherd said : ‘ Flash is now recovering but faces a further operation . ’ |
| 26 | To choose er erm the labour party er housing er strategy , their housing policy is well gobsmacking but given that this is going to be recorded perhaps not a very good idea . |
| 27 | before before the meeting proper may I refer you to first of all the voice amplification system is currently working but er there are some difficulties with it and it may during the day deteriorate to a state that it is more trouble than it 's worth . |
| 28 | and records himself going for a piss but he does a bit , it cuts out when he 's actually pissing but he 's going on about now the biros are getting in the way of my knob here |
| 29 | None of the Deminex assets are currently producing but , in total , the package contains some 36 million barrels of oil equivalent which were booked by LASMO as commercial reserves . |
| 30 | When he reached the barracks of Number Three Village the sky to the east was already lightening but the cai had still not finished handing out the morning quinine . |