Example sentences of "but [pron] be thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's still no miracle cure for facial lines , despite manufacturers ' claims , but there are things you can do to delay them . |
| 2 | Now when you go through most of the things that you will see you can touch , but there are things up on the shelves at the sides and we put them there for special reasons , usually cos they 're very heavy or cos they might break easily . |
| 3 | Vous [ +def. ] me demandez de vous raconter une partie de ma vie là , mais il y a des choses qu' on [ -def. ] peut pas expliquer pourtant — ‘ You ( the interviewer ) ask me to tell you part of my life , but there are things that one just ca n't explain ’ |
| 4 | But there are things he does not know , and the knowledge will somewhat better a case which even so is still black enough . |
| 5 | ‘ But there are things he lacks . |
| 6 | ‘ He looks strong , ’ DeVore said after a moment , ‘ but there are things you do n't know about him . |
| 7 | But there are things you would be ashamed to tell even your doctor , things so vile they can only be confessed to the lowest , most contemptible functionaries of all . |
| 8 | But there are things that we 're not avail er , we 're not aware of and I 'm looked on as something of an expert , so God help those people who come and ask me er , what there is , what forms they should use and what is available on the , in the organization , if I 'm looked upon as an expert . |
| 9 | it 's not a reflex action that the Labour Party somehow engages in , but there are things that we need to rave raise revenue for , such as investment in the economy , like our social policies , and that the way that we will raise revenue is that we we will have a fair taxation system , that is very straightforward , and agreed by the Party , unlike the Conservatives who firstly do n't recognize there is any purpose in investment in the economy , public investment , or investment in social policies they do n't agree with , and secondly , when they do have to raise money they do it in the unfairest possible way , penalizing most those who can least |
| 10 | ‘ I am sorry to disturb you , Abu , ’ said Owen , ‘ but there are things I would know . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't , but there are things I have to do at home . ’ |
| 12 | Please , I 'm asking you to give me your blind trust and it 's unfair of me , but there are things I ca n't bring myself to confess just yet . |
| 13 | ‘ But there are things you have no experience of , ’ he continued inexorably as if she had n't spoken . |
| 14 | No , but there 's things , I will not waste that paper , I 'll do |
| 15 | She wanted Roman 's arms around her , she wanted to feel him againt her without the barrier of clothes , but there were things she had to say before she could allow that to happen . |
| 16 | right , well that 's the sort of things that I think we want to find out and in slower time I was actually going to ring the yeah at Telford and say speak to me about this and maybe pop in one morning on my way into town and just say this is the idea how does it grab you and if they say you 're not on fine , but it 's things like that that I think we want to explore . |