Example sentences of "but [adv] [be] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I have indicated in the past , not only is our police service admired , but so is our policing structure . |
| 2 | I thought , as I heaved at the engine , if this is the price , I 'll seem his fool ; but not be his fool . |
| 3 | But now is your big opportunity to begin training her as your chief assistant . ’ |
| 4 | Paul Henderson of the Daily Mail is in charge now and he is pushing against my door from the inside , but Today are their rivals , and outside the door is a man from Today in bell-bottoms and platform shoes . |
| 5 | But today is our own , so let's keep thought of them out ! |
| 6 | But today was my day , a day for prayer and worship . |
| 7 | I do n't know if I 'm unique , I suspect I 'm not but I go to my two design people and I say right blah blah blah this is what we want to do but you organise the printer I want you as the designer to find a printer that you can work with but here 's my timescale and it 's up to them |
| 8 | All these excursions are very popular in resort ; but here 's your chance to book well in advance of the rush . |
| 9 | But here 's your out . |
| 10 | There are more to come , but here are their simple and effective ideas for tank decor . |
| 11 | But here are my chosen few . |
| 12 | Hello all , I did n't go to the Ipswich game , but here are my telly-impressions . |
| 13 | You will remember ; but here is his story , as he told it to me on my last visit . |
| 14 | Everybody has their favourite and no two experts will agree — but here is my own Top Forty ! |
| 15 | It is far too wordy and vague , but here is my summary , for what it is worth . |
| 16 | Throughout the pamphlet Hic Mulier seems to be in sympathy with this remark of Montaigne 's , but nowhere is her appropriation of the idea more challenging than in the way she dissolves both law and ideological fixity into a celebration of change and transformation , and , by implication , a celebration of her potential rather than her fixed nature : ‘ Nor do I in my delight of change otherwise than as the whole world does ’ ( sig . |
| 17 | Surrealism 's often alarming tentacles reached far and deep in the history of modern painting , but nowhere was its influence more multiculturated than in the art of Wifredo Lam . |
| 18 | Excuse me , he thought , addressing himself to her , excuse me if I 'm being personal , but when was your last laugh ? |
| 19 | ‘ But why is my memory so selective ? ’ she demanded , and thrust the knitting in its bag , suddenly tired of it . |
| 20 | But why was her voice so unhappy ? |
| 21 | She was angry , yes , but why was her voice shaking like this ? |
| 22 | But why was its break-up so violent ? |
| 23 | But where are their female counterparts ? |
| 24 | Adverts are supposed to be showing you real life , but where 's my life and my experiences ? |
| 25 | But where 's Our culture ? |
| 26 | ‘ But where 's your nose , boy , where 's your nose ? ’ |
| 27 | Even less radical , if I 'm to stand by the comments I made last month ) ; or something that we think is missing from current trends ( something a bit retro maybe , but where 's your originality ? ) . |
| 28 | Léonie asked : but where 's your doll ? |
| 29 | ‘ But where 's your wife , dear Angel ? ’ cried his mother when he arrived . |
| 30 | There is n't any more , but where 's your ? |