Example sentences of "but [pron] be [verb] for [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But I 'm paying for it , this time ! ’ |
| 2 | But nobody was prepared for it , to take it and that 's how it was . |
| 3 | But you 're paying for it in your tax , you you 'd paid a whopping subsidy on it , it 's a big con . |
| 4 | But we were working for him then for fourteen pound a week . |
| 5 | But they 're waiting for him at the telecottage , a converted school which is due to run out of HIE and BT funding soon and is aiming to become a profitable business , specialising in desk-top publishing , graphic design and printing . |
| 6 | They want to have control over where they 're going , but they are looking for us to make suggestions and give guidance [ on the technology ] . |
| 7 | The poet , Laurie Lee , describes his schooldays with critical detachment : but they were boring for him too . |
| 8 | ah yes but it was waiting for him to see you |
| 9 | But whatever was lost for me by that death I still saw , and see , love as the only real world . |