Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [is] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elmer , David McKee 's patchwork elephant , also likes jokes and tricks but his is a subtler and more attractive humour . |
| 2 | That seems a strange statement for someone who does n't measure success in chart placings , but his is an MD . |
| 3 | You may not believe it , but yours is a privileged generation , For your grandparents , sex was a taboo subject , enclosed by walls of " Thou shall nots ' and compounded by ignorance . |
| 4 | Yep and and he does n't seem to be able to concentrate and I said , but Neil you can drive , when you go out with me you drive beautifully yes but yours is an automatic car , I said , it 's not that I said you 've got road sense you know what you 're doing , I said your good . |
| 5 | The vocalist of thrashers Old on ‘ Mazuraan ’ sounds like a garotted moggie , but theirs is a fine handle on melody nonetheless . |
| 6 | ‘ 'E loves Rachel an' 'e 'd give me the top brick off the chimney if I asked 'im , but 'e 's a worrier . |
| 7 | Now Sidney , 'er 'usband , 'e 's a decent bloke , but 'e 's no oil paintin' . ’ |
| 8 | But she 's no good at the classics . |
| 9 | But she 's no children , why she does n't want to actually ? |
| 10 | But she 's no maiden , ’ replied the other . |
| 11 | But she 's a nutcase ! |
| 12 | ‘ Inspector Montgomery , I do n't know whether you 've met Gladys yourself , but she 's a little — odd . |
| 13 | They do n't want to but she 's a strong-minded woman and very insistent , and if she telephones after dusk and I 'm not there it will increase the pressure on them . ’ |
| 14 | But she 's a student in Amsterdam , I 'm sure of it … she 's not in politics . |
| 15 | ‘ But she 's a real fighter . ’ |
| 16 | But she 's a strong woman who stands no nonsense . |
| 17 | She said to them , sometimes , but she 's a widow , she lives all alone , she has no one , she seems to expect it of me : and they sympathized all the more , and said that they could see how hard it must be for Clara to break away . |
| 18 | Yeah but she 's a . |
| 19 | I was talking to a friend of mine actually on Monday who is erm parti partially Indian and come from India and from Calcutta and she is high caste but she 's a Catholic as well so she 's her attitude 's different she 's lived in England most of her life but she ca n't get over the attitude of some of her relatives in India to the poor because they 're lower caste . |
| 20 | ‘ But she 's a clever little thing , you know . |
| 21 | ‘ That 's the trouble with women , ’ he said , ‘ but she 's a clever girl in her work . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Yeah , but she 's a bit disgusting , ’ said Camille . |
| 23 | James Woods will only say : ‘ She 's a little offbeat but she 's a wonderful actress and a beautiful girl . |
| 24 | " But she 's a bugger … kicks like a 'oss , She 's a right good milker but … " |
| 25 | We 're doing all we can , but she 's a very ill little girl I 'm afraid . ’ |
| 26 | But she 's a good-lookin' boat all the same , ’ he added as he went out . |
| 27 | ‘ But she 's a simple country girl with hardly a thought in her head . |
| 28 | But she 's a woman of decided opinions . ’ |
| 29 | She manages pretty well on the whole but she 's a bit vague . |
| 30 | She 's only a child still , but she 's a very knowing child , impressionable and sensitive . |