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Example sentences of "but [pron] be a [noun] [pron] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	But I 'm a wage-earner myself , you know , now , ’ she said , and her thoughts travelled back to the past month , when she had eked out their very slender resources by taking out a couple of children every afternoon .
2	But you are a teacher yourself !
3	She is always a gaijin ( a foreigner ) in a world that jealously protects its insular identity , but she is a gaijin who has penetrated Japan more deeply than most .
4	Well not all the time , nobody 's right all the time , but she is a right she is right a lot of the time Jonathan because some of them children misbehave
5	Th one person did it very well apparently but she was a person who er an older person who was n't working .
6	‘ A proper old duck ’ , she was known as locally , but she was a duck who had somehow acquired a set of sharp teeth with a bite .
7	With Brian Reid deciding to ride at Scarborough , Joey Dunlop has the 250cc championship wrapped up but there is a possibility his brother Robert will be in action on a Yamaha .
8	I 'll speak to the owners first but there is a possibility I might end up withdrawing Cab on Target . ’
9	There has n't been much opportunity to do anything new , but there is a painting which will be the final work in the catalogue and which I have yet to complete .
10	But there is a question there is a p another point here that having got to the position we 're in , erm does it How much are we going to be affected by the extent of the commitments ?
11	‘ But there is a by-law which prevents the keeping of asses or swine within the burgh limits of Inverness . ’
12	Tomorrow he will announce yet another expedition , but there is a suspicion it will not involve the poles .
13	SEVE Ballesteros may not be taking part in golf 's World Cup in Madrid this week , but there is a player who bears an amazing resemblance to him .
14	but there is a lot I mean , but how do you get in ?
15	But there is an orchid whose shape and colouring exactly mimics that of his female , flightless partner .
16	It may not impress you , but there 's a man I should be defending in court all day , and it 's nearly dawn .
17	‘ No , but there 's a wife who wo n't be too pleased with her husband .
18	But there 's a price you 're paying .
19	Er on the horses that 's understandable , they can start off and probably do n't knock theirself but there 's a time they 'd done twenty or thirty mile pulling a load .
20	But there 's a thing I have to do . ’
21	‘ Yer know the story about what 'appened ter my Will , but there 's a lot yer do n't know about the Galloways .
22	They 'll never behave perfectly , of course , but there 's a lot you can do to make your home safer .
23	But there 's an undercurrent you may not be aware of .
24	First of all I thought the nursing staff was nice , but there was a couple who were right bitches .
25	There was you know little firms like that and yet everybody was in , nobody nobody would ever try and er and er and er and escape paying their contribution , but there was a law you could n't join a union till you were sixteen , that was the law then in then , but er when this strike came back and we came on strike in December , er we lads who was under age joined the union , they give us all six bob a week , the union did .
26	We were actually quite worried , but there was an assessor who made sure we did n't get into any difficulties .
27	He had intended to put in an hour 's fishing but there was an impatience which he could not appease by the sport and so he turned aside into the fields which took him across towards Portinscale .
28	But they are a reality which Naipaul treats in such a way that they , too , can at times seem phantasmagorical .
29	The lady Anne looks different tonight but 't is a difference I can not fathom .
30	BELVILLE : I know , my dear , I left you in great anxiety but 't is an anxiety you have brought upon yourself , and I have not been easy ever since I parted from you .