Example sentences of "but it be [verb] [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At paragraph 1497 , it is stated that in larceny the owner of the thing stolen has no intention to part with his property therein to the person taking it , although he may intend to part with the possession ; in false pretences the owner does intend to part with his property in the money or chattel , but it is obtained from him by fraud . |
| 2 | But it is missing in me , in her , it is missing , it will never be there . |
| 3 | ‘ It was already here when we moved in and to start with I thought it would make the room seem too gloomy , but it 's grown on me and I really like it now , ’ says Mary Jane , who works part-time as a physiotherapist . |
| 4 | I 'm afraid I think it 's only junk mail , but it 's addressed to you . ’ |
| 5 | Toby Reader , 18 , trainee engineer ( above ) with Anita Lawson , 18 , student : ‘ At first I did n't like this , ’ said Toby , ‘ but it 's growing on me . ’ |
| 6 | I wo n't read it all out , but it was given to me before I went into the Air Force . |
| 7 | The clock above the fireplace chimed out its message , but it was lost on them . |
| 8 | Simon Brown J. cited no authority for this dictum , so far as it related to the possibility of supervisory jurisdiction of the High Court over the visitors to the Inns of Court , but it was cited to us as an example of a suggested parallel with the supervisory jurisdiction which the High Court undoubtedly exercises in other contexts which in some respects may be thought to be comparable . |
| 9 | For a moment longer he sat there , trying to feel the sorrow he knew he owed his father , but it was kept from him . |
| 10 | The state was not the originator of all these transformations but it was implicated in them in quite new ways . |
| 11 | But it was explained to us . |
| 12 | But it was coming towards me . |
| 13 | George Albert Smith was later of course erm to come on and make a big name , a world name for himself as the inventor of the first colour process , a very simple , two-colour process , but it was invented by him in Brighton , and it was the first world colour process . |
| 14 | but it was told to me that he dreamt it |
| 15 | ‘ Every general manager in the company wanted the job but it was offered to me because I had the greatest European experience , so when the owners sold it , it seemed beyond belief . |
| 16 | They did not particularly want that , but it was foisted upon them . |
| 17 | ah yes but it was waiting for him to see you |