Example sentences of "be [verb] but it be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Condition ‘ The lad needs to be involved but it 's still too early for me to say whether he will play in that game . ’ |
| 2 | China would not wish Russian interest in Korea to be increased but it was more likely that a regime headed by Kim Il Sung would move along lines independent of Moscow . |
| 3 | The idea of devoting one 's career to helping the other fellow on his way , rejoicing , may be ennobling but it is sometimes more evident in theory than in practice . |
| 4 | as , I do n't know in what sense it was supposed to be taken but it 's just sort of outlining some objectives . |
| 5 | The distinction does arise and it can not entirely be neglected but it is much less important than appears at first sight . |