Example sentences of "but [pron] [be] [noun] of [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I am victim of my own background . |
| 2 | The control of Parliament is perhaps even better illustrated by the fact that few pieces of legislation have been lost in the Commons in the ten years since Mrs Thatcher became prime minister — the Shops Bill comes to mind , but there is talk of its reintroduction in a future session . |
| 3 | What I recommend you , you look at , I do n't think it 's on your reading list , no it 's not , it 's not on your reading list , but there are copies of it in the library . |
| 4 | At least , I assume this card ( which I am returning ) concerns the man who loves collecting pubic hair — it 's much too learned and technical for me to understand most of it , but there are bits of it which do seem to make it clear . |
| 5 | Now what 's funny about this place is they 're all Italians that are in there but there 's loads of them that live in this particular area , that lived in Bedford for a long time . |
| 6 | The 7th Army withdrew under an agreement negotiated between Russia and Armenia , and the 4th Army Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ) troops in Azerbaijan were also being withdrawn , but there were accusations of their equipment being stolen for use by Azerbaijan in the Nagorny Karabakh conflict . |
| 7 | It was fashionable na to think so , but there were people of whom it had to be believed . |
| 8 | She was to refer to them wryly as her ‘ yearly knitting ’ , but they are classics of their kind , deftly constructed with strong characterization and a meticulous prose style . |
| 9 | But they were symptoms of what was happening , not an analysis of the problem . |
| 10 | It annoys old ladies in Brighton , but it is proof of their essential good sense … families are impoverished but the family system has not broken up . |
| 11 | Yeah but it 's part of their |
| 12 | But it 's part of it . ’ |
| 13 | But it was hatred of myself that drove me , not love of dancing . |