Example sentences of "but [pron] be [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I did get a little warm milk from Rosa ( but I am not at all keen on milk ) and the warmest place at Low Birk Hatt , in fact , was the cow byre . |
| 32 | But I have sometimes thought there might be a problem in the afterlife , if there is such a thing — one hopes but I am not convinced — when one is supposed to be reunited with one 's loved ones . |
| 33 | If I were a liar , I should prettify the past of your wife , but I am not . |
| 34 | But I am not a ‘ diet prisoner ’ any more . |
| 35 | To some extent I can evade the issue by letting spontaneous inclination take its course , without allowing thought to intervene , so that my action is not chosen but caused ; but I am not an instinctive being like an animal , I have to choose , and on the position we are considering all imperatives are ungrounded , except such as may be derivable from ‘ Face facts ’ . |
| 36 | ‘ I am an aggressive player but I am not violent by nature . |
| 37 | ‘ It is jolly sad that it has come to this but I am not surprised , ’ she said last night . |
| 38 | ‘ Obviously they have very long memories but I am not going to get involved in any more comments , ’ added the former Gloucester , Worcester and England batsman and BBC commentator . |
| 39 | ‘ But I am not really happy . |
| 40 | ‘ Some players might recognise the signs and start to wind down , ’ said Hill , ‘ but I am not one of them . |
| 41 | ‘ They do n't like my moustache and my long hair , they get at me whenever they can but I am not going to change . |
| 42 | ‘ The US Tour want me to conform , to be lily-white like Jack Nicklaus but I am not him — I am John Daly . ’ |
| 43 | But I am not convinced that he truly stays this extra five furlongs , and BURGOYNE will stretch his stamina to the limit . |
| 44 | I am aware that canteen services at 15p a day and luncheon vouchers would not attract income tax , but I am not sure about the £2 . |
| 45 | ‘ But I am not sick , madam my mother ! ’ he protested , being with his sisters and overhearing only her last seven words . |
| 46 | ‘ But I am not in the outside world , my lord , ’ smiled Joan . |
| 47 | It is obvious that we should have talks but I am not willing to be told that the talks can only take place at one location and I am not willing to accept an invitation to a slanging match . |
| 48 | ‘ No , but I am not surprised . |
| 49 | But I am not so sure that I should have recognised what I recognised unconsciously at the time of writing : that I was in a state of helplessness , the helplessness of being a non-person . |
| 50 | But I am not worried . |
| 51 | Hull coach Royce Simmons added : ‘ I think it was an accident but I am not prepared to say anything more than that until I receive any official notification . ’ |
| 52 | She insisted : ‘ I wish to God it was true , but I am not even worth £1 million . |
| 53 | ‘ But I am not coming back crash , bang wallop . |
| 54 | But I am not going to go overboard — I expect us to beat them . ’ |
| 55 | ‘ I know what I want to say but I am not a millionaire and can not afford to see my family dragged into that kind of thing , ’ he said . |
| 56 | ‘ I may be a villain , but I am not going to sit by and let an innocent man do a ten-year stretch for something I 've done . ’ |
| 57 | Her friends here in the House say she would make an excellent mouthpiece , but I am not so sure . |
| 58 | ‘ But I am not one for settling for mid-season mediocrity — it 's all or nothing for me . |
| 59 | ‘ But I am not bitter over how Sam Hammam handled things even though it had all become a bit of a nightmare for me . |
| 60 | Just a natural , competitive sense of frustration not to have won full honours , but I am not complaining . |