Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [vb base] it be [verb] " in BNC.

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1 And he said it was n't his fault , he , he told to do by the script writers , but I mean it 's to make out that he had no right to , it 's ridiculous .
2 Horrible is n't it , but I hear it 's gon na be a bit better this afternoon .
3 But I know it is going to be a wrench .
4 Now I say that as myself , but I know it is reflected throughout the whole of the county .
5 you 're probably bored out your brain but I suppose it 's filling up your tape .
6 ‘ I was saddened that it was felt I had to go but I suppose it was unsurprising , ’ he said .
7 But I believe it was sent to teach people how to love each other .
8 ‘ Not that I heard , but I believe it was looked into . ’
9 I du n no what the time is , but I reckon it 's getting pretty late .
10 ‘ I would be delighted if it was a fixture at parties but I think it is stretching it too far to say Spam will be on the end of cocktail sticks .
11 The view is still controversial , but I think it is winning .
12 But I think it 's take the bull by the horns
13 As far as Europeans are concerned , they 'll undoubtedly come here , as we are going to be travelling to France and Germany and Italy and wherever , but I think it 's getting the North American tourists convinced that it 's going to be okay here , they 're going to get a value for money holiday .
14 Apart from the first thing of people coming in and bastardising your work , I think to then actually sell that as our work — it 's not only immoral against us , but I think it 's conning members of the public too . ’
15 Er , it 's not my cup of tea but I think it 's looking alright .
16 But I think it 's broken . ’
17 Er the reason we wan na get it right is because er this Superintendent , erm he 's obviously got his interests very much on it , and he 's he 's keen to know what our response is going to be , and if it were just a member of the public I think we could we could being crude I think we could fob 'em off , but I think it 's gon na have to be a very structured answer as to why we 're not gon na do it .
18 That 's that 's either gon na get worser or it 's gon na die down but I think it 's gon na get worser .
19 well that maybe true , but I think it 's working off an analogy on that , turning it the other way round and saying well erm if , if I got to the stage of erm , well possibly even seeking some information from the commission , well certainly if I gave you a conclusion for example , that it should be referred , erm and I think again even if I came to the conclusion that I should neither want , er there 's no point in seeking information from the Commission , nor should I refer it , or at least refer to the stage erm what his clients would be saying should be done in the interim and what he says in effect , for the reason he 's outlined is , er that we should proceed on the basis of erm the validity of the act erm and of the byelaws
20 but I think it 's changing now , I do n't know .
21 People might call me an asshole for saying that , but I think it 's cheating the kids and the fans who go out and spend money on a record , who spend their time following a band and respecting and loving that band .
22 ‘ He 's got one , ’ said the Leader , ‘ but I think it 's lamed . ’
23 But I think it 's starting to turn now .
24 I 'm rather surprised that but there you are this this er this stuff this is coming they were both being one and another er put here and er um um I suppose the idea is that the er two people should be fairly good but I think it 's going somewhere and as I say it 's down again … let's see what else has gone er the the this is just I do n't know how she di ’ how they did this but it must have been fairly hard when they did it and er I think there is n't v-very much there I think . ’
25 We won the league last year but I think it 's going to be a tough one tonight .
26 So , I mean what I 'm saying is that I think we should have a league table if you like of , of attendances , I , I recognise that that may not be popular , but I think it 's going to be one way of sorting out those people who attend every opportunity , and sometimes just to pat an officer on the back .
27 But I think it 's going in the right direction , that in , in a sense what is not wanted is , is facts to , to cluster the , the , the memory but erm imaginative qualities to kindle the , the intellectual spirit 's curiosity that we really want to awaken .
28 But I think it was built maybe in er in the er nineteen eighty or early eight maybe nineteen ninety five or thereabout but it took a while while they got it erected .
29 Now the point about this measure is how will the Secretary of State for home affairs , respond to this proposal because this is a re-run , this ten minute ruled bill , of the bill that I introduced last year under the private members bill procedure in which the er junior minister that is currently at the despatch box , said that he accepted the principals of seeking to achieve full registration but felt that the measure itself was premature , premature in that the Home Office were investigating er numbers and matters concerned with the electoral registration and electoral provision , arising from experience at the last general election but I think it was beginning to be accepted that the poll tax had had a serious impact upon the electoral register although there were many other er elements that provided great difficulty .
30 But I think it was coming back in this match , and I would be disappointed not to be in the team to face France .
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