Example sentences of "but [conj] [pron] be [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does he realise that France and Germany are already benefiting from the scheme , but that we are denied it because of the Government 's obstinacy ? |
| 2 | The structure of Angevin rule in Aquitaine had been severely shaken by the Young King 's intervention , but once he was gone it was not difficult to pick up the pieces . |
| 3 | But if we are to understand it , and , particularly , if we are to distinguish within it between cynical accommodation and genuine playfulness , we are going to have to go beyond the embarrassingly inappropriate assumption that it has something to do with ‘ Brechtian ’ distanciation or ‘ modernist ’ self-reflexiveness . |
| 4 | But if we 're to handle it this way it 's got to be fast and we need every lead you can give us . ’ |
| 5 | But if I was to say it , it 's different . |
| 6 | It 's just possible Mr Deputy Speaker , it 's just possible I may not be selected for all kinds of reasons but if I was selected it might at least give the people of that lovely part of the world the chance of having the referendum they never had over Maastricht because of the shameful way in which the Labour party was not willing to allow the people to have their say on that vital issue . |
| 7 | It is easy to have an opinion about a moral issue like capital punishment , but if you were to discuss it in an essay you would usually have to give your reasons . |
| 8 | But if it 's end it 's nearly always nearly always a C and a K. |
| 9 | If that is the role of the Royal Family in a contemporary society , it is failing , but if it is failing it is not necessarily because the breeding and the education are wrong . |
| 10 | But if it were granted it would significantly strengthen the conservationists ' hand politically . |
| 11 | It probably was n't economic in the very small town you know probably you know I do n't , I do n't remember people keeping pigs but if it was collected it probably was collected by the bin at the back door . |
| 12 | I do n't mind going on me own but if anyone is going it 'd be good to meet up . |
| 13 | They 're now even on to the vile Trade Union Reform Bill , they 're accepting it admittedly but but they 're accepting it , but it 's in the wrong Bill it 's in the wrong place it should be up in the front . |
| 14 | Stressful tension is not always apparent to the person suffering from it , but unless it is released it can build up until physical symptoms are felt : some of these may take the form of headaches , of ‘ butterflies in the tummy ’ , of rapid heart beats , of a feeling of pain at the back of the neck , poor sleeping , poor digestion , a pain like a sharp knife on the left side of the breastbone , shallow breathing , a tightness in the throat which can become quite painful . |
| 15 | ‘ Yes — but unless I 'm mistaken it 'll mean a lot more to the man who attacked Anna . |
| 16 | ‘ May I remind you that one of the largest groups receiving social security are receiving it not because they are neglecting their duty , but because they are doing it ? |
| 17 | I i in a way , way th that they 're going beyond it not because the Party 's encouraging them to do it , but because they 're doing it themselves . |
| 18 | Using one strand of 2/30 for the main yarn , at tension four , this gives a lightweight soft open fabric , but because it is woven it is stable ( swatch 5 ) . |
| 19 | That 's the you know by the time sort of office workers are going in , they 've done all the streets and all the pavements but while they 're doing it it 's a hell of a mess . |
| 20 | Sometimes truth may be suppressed for a long time but while it is imprisoned it gathers to itself more and more power so that on the day that it is finally released it explodes , blowing everything asunder . |
| 21 | In its composition the bakers are not sparing of fresh butter , milk and eggs ; but though it be raised it has a burned taste , and is too much like cake . |
| 22 | Control at this level is likely to be difficult to establish but when it is achieved it will be deep and self-sustaining . |
| 23 | The mustard seed is the smallest seed of all , but when it is planted it grows into a tree . |
| 24 | And when you 're learning them , you know it 's alright now but when you 're learning it 's very difficult . |
| 25 | I keep saying to him , look Colin , I said , I know a couple of times a week 's enough for me , but that 's worth waiting for , but when you 're doing it three times and then get sick of it . |
| 26 | But when you are watching it and these bones are parting , you 'll hear all the trees and all the noises that you can imagine , even as if buildings were falling down or a traction engine is running over you . |
| 27 | But when he is found it will be interesting to see what he has to say . ’ |
| 28 | But as we 're seeing it 's happening to all sorts of people . |
| 29 | But as he was passing it across he paused halfway , holding the precious piece of paper up by three fingers . |