Example sentences of "but he [vb mod] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he would be moved sideways , rather than demoted . |
| 2 | I wonder if Mozart would recognise himself as Mr Till 's Mozart , but he would be immensely flattered . |
| 3 | This will involve tone as much as doctrine , but he would be as ill-advised to go on about the Government 's intention of building a classless society , which it ca n't build anyway , as to adopt the easy belief that the climate of opinion can be left to look after itself while ministers get on with the practical business of government . |
| 4 | But he would be much obliged , he repeated , if I could ‘ give it a go with four ’ . |
| 5 | He was as psyched up as a footballer about to step out on to the field on Super Bowl Sunday — but he would be sustaining this level of feverish anticipation all winter . |
| 6 | This was not to deny the importance of technical education for the prospective tradesman , but he would be ‘ unsafe ’ unless this was supplemented by a training which allowed him ‘ to adapt himself to new conditions ’ . |
| 7 | Perhaps he meant to try to save the woman , but he would be too late . |
| 8 | But he would be the first to admit he owed most of his success to his wife Renee . |
| 9 | Not only did the Bishop think it a good idea but he would be very happy to preside . |
| 10 | Not only would this be an effective riposte — ‘ Touché , ’ he might validly say on his release — but he would be safe in the reassuring knowledge that he need no longer worry about testicular cancer . |
| 11 | But he would be shocked and saddened by how utterly selfish most of us so-called Christians are at Christmas when there is so much hunger and grief in the world . |
| 12 | But he would be befriending him , and all others here , better by going than by staying . |
| 13 | I wanted to ask , but he would be hurt by that , not understanding . |
| 14 | He might not admit it but he would be . ’ |
| 15 | But he would be happy to be ‘ Godfather ’ to the project . |
| 16 | But he would be the alley-fighter who could argue over modern philosophy and quote the poets of the Augustan age . |
| 17 | But he would be twenty next birthday , a young man certainly , but not mature — certainly not mature . |
| 18 | Elsewhere Pemberton 's status as " reflector " ( seep 174 ) is evident in the assertion of statements which no one but he would be in a position to verify : " it cost hint such an effort to broach the subject of terms " . |
| 19 | He nearly rang Fred up , but he would be seeing him tomorrow at the first night . |
| 20 | But he would be honey , set round me |
| 21 | But he would be back tomorrow . |
| 22 | But he would be quite safe because he would keep a sharp look-out for anything and everything , and he would not be captured because no Longhand ever had been captured . |
| 23 | But he would be ill if something was n't done about Edwin Lorrimer . |
| 24 | But he would be at Hoggatt 's to solve a murder , and all other considerations would go down before that overriding task . |
| 25 | A bystander at his creation , or rather arriving a few moments after it , would feel justified in assuming that Adam had had a mother , been born and brought up in the usual way , and was in every way like us ; but he would be wrong . |
| 26 | But he would be hindered unless he knew the methods and presuppositions of the Church and its clergy . |
| 27 | ‘ But he would be worried about his youngest daughter if he did know , nej ? ’ |
| 28 | Charles of France might shrink from fomenting a direct war , but he would be glad to use every oblique weapon against the upstart king who had deposed his son-in-law , and sent his little widowed daughter back in clumsy state , but without her dowry , which had been fed of necessity into King Henry 's treasury to keep it solvent during his first year of kingship . |
| 29 | He had enough for his day-to-day needs , of course , but he would be hard-pressed to see himself through another month if he was to live in the style befitting a gentleman . |
| 30 | ‘ But he would be a very strong runner indeed for Walker Cup honours , never mind international selection , if he could lift a trophy . ’ |