Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know , I do n't know she is she 's she 's a real nice that 's wh well all all them are but you know |
| 2 | You and I are but two of them , yet every one counts . |
| 3 | ‘ Dear lady , I am but an errand boy in the Foreign Service … ’ |
| 4 | On the accession of Henry Tudor , the Shepherd Lord , as the young Clifford was known , was given back his lands and his faithful retainer knighted at his request ; ‘ I am but a simple man , Your Majesty , and I know not how I should be styled , ’ the good servant protested . |
| 5 | Let the worst happen , I am but as I was before : I shall eat as long as I can , and sleep when I am easy . |
| 6 | Tho' I highly respect Mrs. Leapor 's character from the account you give of it , yet as she was absolutely unknown to myself , and I am but little acquainted even with her writings , I am upon this account as well as many others , entirely unfit for such an undertaking as you propose . |
| 7 | ‘ You have made me great with your love , though I am but one among the many , drifting in the common tide , rocking in the fluctuant favour of the world . |
| 8 | ‘ I am but mad north-north-west . |
| 9 | ‘ I am but companion to the lady Anne . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Nay , my lady , I am but the offspring of a carpenter and a washerwoman , ’ Joan said bitterly , close to tears . |
| 11 | He says " I am but a signpost pointing the way " . |
| 12 | I feel as if I 'll die if I stay where I am but I 'm scared to get up and go somewhere else . |
| 13 | I still ca n't read him ; I 'm not able to tell whether he thinks this is likely or not , whether he thinks this is evidence I 'm not his man or he still thinks I am but I had help . |
| 14 | ‘ I am but one . |
| 15 | Monsieur thinks I am but I know Madame Duvalle does n't agree . |
| 16 | HAMLET : I am but mad north north-west ; when the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw . |
| 17 | But remember , I am but the Prince 's hands . ’ |
| 18 | I am but a poor clerk ! |
| 19 | Yes I am but I do n't being as far away as I am |
| 20 | Erm so I 'm not quite sure how representative I am but er I think they do this every forty years or something and then they kind of analyse the sort of speech content , that sort of stuff . |
| 21 | My mum thinks I 'm having a great time , as I tell her that I am but it 's a lie , and it has n't got any better . |
| 22 | Elizabeth Hick , 63 : ‘ I can never remember how old I am but I 've just learnt to swim and that 's made me feel younger . ’ |
| 23 | Well I am but I have n't got anything in have I ? |
| 24 | I mean I am but I mean I like fish er |
| 25 | I said if you said to me , Geoff , I want all the overtime I can get I can get the overtime I 'll go round and I 'll try and or if you say to me well I do n't want the overtime , I 'm quite happy with a flat week then I 'll know what I am but I said you change from day to day , one day you wann it , another day you do n't ! |
| 26 | In respect of a fine workman I am but as you would say a cobb cobbler . |
| 27 | Trees sir , fine workman I am but as you would say a cobbler . |
| 28 | Truly sir , in respect of a fine workman I am but as you would say a cobbler . |
| 29 | Truly sir in respect of a fine workman I am but as you would say a cobbler . |
| 30 | Truly sir in respect of a fine workman I am but as you would say a cobbler . |