Example sentences of "but [pron] be [noun] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The officer looked at him scornfully , but there was pity in his voice as he said quickly , ‘ Shoot him , man ! |
| 32 | She felt her strength returning , but there was pain in her eyes , chest and throat . |
| 33 | " Not a hope , " said Ranteallo , but there was uncertainty in his voice . |
| 34 | But there was humour in her tone , and a sparkle in her lovely eyes , and the mouth that had been unhappy for so long now curved in a smile . |
| 35 | She looked as if she was still asleep … but there was blood on her breast . |
| 36 | But there was respect in his voice as he added , ‘ From where does your great strength come ? |
| 37 | But there was trouble in my family . |
| 38 | ‘ That 's a relief , ’ he replied drolly , but there was amusement in his eyes , she was glad to note , and as he took an easy-chair opposite he requested , ‘ Please do . ’ |
| 39 | He laughed , but there was urgency in his tone nevertheless . |
| 40 | Her face was pale and her voice was as cool as ever , but there was sincerity in her eyes , and Sophie drew a long breath and put out her hand . |
| 41 | There was the smell of flour and dripping on her apron front , lovely cosy smells which gave a safe feeling , but there were tears on her cheeks . |
| 42 | But there were tears in her eyes . |
| 43 | But there were tears in his eyes too . |
| 44 | He also saw the need to rewrite roles around the talents of the actors , as he did for Crawford , but there were limits to what he could do to make the most of the story for the cinema . |
| 45 | The jackal de Guichet , they said , was bad enough , but there were limits to his powers ; but the old lion acknowledged no restrictions within his own honour , his rule was as absolute as plague . |
| 46 | But there were hollows in her cheeks and she was too thin for beauty . |
| 47 | The 7th Army withdrew under an agreement negotiated between Russia and Armenia , and the 4th Army Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ) troops in Azerbaijan were also being withdrawn , but there were accusations of their equipment being stolen for use by Azerbaijan in the Nagorny Karabakh conflict . |
| 48 | She could never share his contentment , but there were ways in which to please and help her . |
| 49 | It was fashionable na to think so , but there were people of whom it had to be believed . |
| 50 | The footpath on the left bank of the burn was little better than a sheep track , but there were clues to its former importance as a droving road over the hills to Byrness in Redesdale . |
| 51 | He thought she was rather a strange girl ; more like a boy most of the time , but there were parts about her he really liked . |
| 52 | But there were men in it for quite a while , I was wondering when that kind of faded out . |
| 53 | But they are problems in themselves . |
| 54 | She was to refer to them wryly as her ‘ yearly knitting ’ , but they are classics of their kind , deftly constructed with strong characterization and a meticulous prose style . |
| 55 | But they are guidelines to what acting is basically about . |
| 56 | No there 's they were , they were called but they were agents for their own ships . |
| 57 | But they were symptoms of what was happening , not an analysis of the problem . |
| 58 | Oh she knew the bloke , she 'd be she 'd been out with him a few times before right , he 's , he 's not a bad bloke but like I said like I said erm but he 's respect for her I said to her |
| 59 | He 's a computer genius , but he 's crap at everything else , geography he 's useless at , economics he 's useless at I 'm aiming basically for , I 'd be happy with four As , five As maybe |
| 60 | It annoys old ladies in Brighton , but it is proof of their essential good sense … families are impoverished but the family system has not broken up . |