Example sentences of "but [pron] be [adv] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But nothing is simply given and immediate . |
| 2 | I 'm talking about saving human life governments over the last twenty years , troops over the last twenty years , policemen over the last twenty years , laws over the last twenty years , and politicians , including myself , have all failed in all the efforts that we 've made including condemnation of violence , everything , but I am now saying that this dialogue is the best hope I 've seen or , surely I 'm entitled to say to the Prime Minister , alright given that I have said that why do n't you put me to the test ? |
| 3 | It was blustery and there was the constant peppering by grit , but I was well protected and enjoyed watching the storm . |
| 4 | But I was already choking as the noose tightened around my throat . |
| 5 | ‘ You were right , ’ he admitted , ‘ but I was whoolly riled when I heard what you thought on her . ’ |
| 6 | I kept talking to his mother and the girl at the cash-register , but I was so distracted that I did n't know what I was saying . |
| 7 | But I was certainly hoping that they [ the widows ] might get a better response . |
| 8 | Yes , I was surprised because it 's an unusual course for a judge to take , but I was very encouraged that he chose to do so by the terms of his remarks . |
| 9 | ‘ But I was really transformed when I went to Australia . |
| 10 | ‘ But I 'm just content that things have been going pretty well on the field so far . |
| 11 | Conditions in some ‘ private ’ clinics , to which patients without funds are sometimes sent by the State , but which are rarely inspected or monitored for standards , can be even more stark than in the state institutions . |
| 12 | We have to recognise it for what it is ; to see it as a way of generating understanding and knowledge , yielding ideas and theories which are accepted for as long as they help our understanding of evidence , but which are constantly superseded and changed when new evidence is obtained which conflicts with them . |
| 13 | We have to recognise it for what it is ; to see it as a way of generating understanding and knowledge , yielding ideas and theories which are accepted for as long as they help our understanding of evidence , but which are constantly superseded and changed when new evidence is obtained which conflicts with them . |
| 14 | An office which is assiduous about publication and publicity , but which is often seen as outside the dialogues of current architectural concern in the USA , deserves a more judicious appraisal then it has received , here or elsewhere . |
| 15 | Delivery van , costing £6,000 , which Transom Trading ordered on 20 December 1991 but which was finally delivered and paid for on 2 January 1992 . |
| 16 | Glancing despairingly down at what — only a few hours ago — had been a crisp , smart cotton dress in her favourite shade of sapphire-blue , but which was now crumpled and covered with sticky finger-marks , she gave a heavy sigh . |
| 17 | this idea pettiness you know , but you 're just waiting while they get their load done , to come up with some suggestion . |
| 18 | But you are only protected as long as you keep your side of the arrangement . |
| 19 | I should have been here to meet you , but you were late arriving and I had an appointment in the village . ’ |
| 20 | Inside the church was a congregation of 800 , including many representatives from British and foreign football organizations , but none were more moved than the players and officials of the club Herbert Chapman had brought to greatness . |
| 21 | ‘ Emily has a quick temper , ’ Craig said , ‘ but she 's fair minded and she 'll reconsider the situation , I 'm sure . ’ |
| 22 | Her instinct , almost irresistible , was to throw it at him , but she was fast learning that there were impulses which a person in her position could not afford to follow . |
| 23 | Mr Guest told the court that the case had to be seen against a background of 400,000 people in the United Kingdom who did not own a set but who were routinely hounded and subjected to abuse by the licensing authority . |
| 24 | Well , I think we 're talking here about hospitals in particular and not GP practice but we 're also saying that this is something which the enthusiastic and bright and very capable people we have in our health service are very keen on because they believe it will do better for their patients . |
| 25 | Chairman , if , if I may and it is just basically to look at the recommendation and wonder you know perhaps if we 've got it the right way round er that 's all , where we 're saying er there are certain things still outstanding wh which we would need to re-relate before er issuing er general conformity notices I understand b but we 're almost taking that they 're going to do that without any doubt , now I do n't know maybe there are things not said in this report which are well understood , but and members of are quite happy to accept erm er s some more more changes to , to the local plan so that it does conform with with the structure plan , but I just wondered whether round the wrong way . |
| 26 | But we 're still perplexed as to how the accident could have happened and we 're still looking for any motive for murder or suicide . ’ |
| 27 | Er this year we actually made three four seven but we 're still thinking that we will make two thousand pounds . |
| 28 | One one six , that 's , that 's what it was , but we 're actually saying that 's increased to two million in ninety three ninety four . |
| 29 | But we are also emphasising that proper provision must be made to collect , store safely and dispose of even reduced amounts . |
| 30 | But we are soon warned that the young officer in the Venturer hides in his memory the image of a girl met years before , so that his response to a strange night-vision seems entirely logical . |