Example sentences of "but [pers pn] be [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | There are thus adequate interpretations of the famous harbour and the sea wall , but it is Margaret Wiles who seems to have travelled farthest afield and lets us share with her the joys of a holiday in Greece with both watercolours and canvases of Lixouri , Kasiopi and Kephalonia . |
| 32 | There were nineteenth century memoirs and occasionally they were quite revealing but it 's Lloyd George 's memoirs of the Great War , the First World War that set in many ways the modern pattern for old battles to be re-fought . |
| 33 | So the very thing that was supposed to wake them up , the noise of the alarm bell , was turned in the dream into a wishful of now I can go on sleeping , okay there 's a bell , but it 's Sunday morning , you know , the bells are ringing , the church bells are ringing , I can go on sleeping , so they went on sleeping and they were late for the exam . |
| 34 | Well they used to but it 's self service is n't it and that 's a another thing . |
| 35 | But it 's mood music , really — that 's how I see the band . |
| 36 | I 'll go for C but it 's B I would of thought , I 'll go for C |
| 37 | Erm the third one is we 've got a small amount of money out of , think again it 's out of TEED and , but it 's N Y T E C have got hold of it and it 's to do with further development of the Careers Service Tech Partnership , but it 's only a few thousand , it 's a very small n amount compared , I mean the bid that we 've put in for this Standards and Indicators is more like sort of thirty thousand . |
| 38 | ‘ Well yes , but it 's winter dress so it will be quite suitable . |
| 39 | Bob Tistall also has a good chance , but it 's Dixton House everyone is talking about . |
| 40 | The air ambulance is available to all ambulance services within flying time of the West Midlands , but it 's trial period of one year expires in May … and without a promise of half a million pounds a year it wo n't fly again . |
| 41 | I will ring him again this afternoon , but it 's May day and I I 've no doubt that Beeston wo n't be authorising their C P Os to work on a bank holiday |
| 42 | But it 's Bermuda bliss for Pebble Mill 's Judi |
| 43 | I mean that one out there is , like the same as the one I had but it 's E F five which is fuel efficient , you know , like it 's got the extra fuel efficient , and it really is it 's good on petrol . |
| 44 | So for life assurance it 'll be page twelve of the C C Q but it 's role play number one . |
| 45 | But it 's rock music that I despise most of all |
| 46 | Yeah but it 's coffee cream . |
| 47 | When she first confided the name of her secret love to a friend she said : ‘ You 'll never believe it , but it 's David Mellor . |
| 48 | But it 's fan fever with a smile . |
| 49 | And no gratitude — your Auntie can slave for you , work her fingers to the bone , but it 's Miss Green gets the thank yous ! |
| 50 | It is no it 's part of Group but it 's power tools down in . |
| 51 | Yeah , but it 's tea leaves . |
| 52 | But it 's Glenn Hoddle who 's likely to be the focus of attention . |
| 53 | The showbiz appeal of Guiseley may not be instantly apparent , but it 's television soap operas that pull in the coach parties : this is Emmerdale Farm and James Herriot country . |
| 54 | I tried to stop him , but it were Mr Benedict coming down through the kitchens in such a bang and shouting for his groom that started it . ’ |
| 55 | But it was Bob Calder who assumed that role . |
| 56 | ‘ Dr Strangelove ’ was not to be imagined for a few more years but it was n t reassuring to learn that nuclear submarine crews were supplied with pistols with which to shoot any shipmate who showed signs of wanting to fire an unauthorized missile . |
| 57 | The Benevolent Fund had existed for many years , but it was Harry Barber who first inaugurated in the Essex Section the Links scheme in which elderly and retired members keep in touch with each other for mutual support if required . |
| 58 | As a nation the Jews are responsible for his death , but it was Pontius Pilate who delivered him to be crucified , who announced the verdict , who pronounced the sentence . |
| 59 | We stopped briefly at Recife ( which is quite near the equator ) and Rio de Janeiro before coming to Sao Paulo airport , but it was night time at Recife , and it was early morning with an overcast sky at Rio , so I saw little . |
| 60 | But it was Gerry Conlon 's account of being interrogated after the Guildford bombings that made the scalp crawl . |