Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [be] [adv] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I looked for you after the raft procession , but you were nowhere to be seen . ’ |
| 2 | He had been searching for Morthen , to protect her from his violent half-brother , but she was nowhere to be found . |
| 3 | Thing is a lexical item , it is a grammatical ‘ function ’ word , but they are hardly to be distinguished in terms of degree of generality . |
| 4 | These coins can be dated no more closely than the late 750s or early 760s , but they are possibly to be associated with the disintegration of Aethelbald 's imperium in southern England following his death . |
| 5 | Willie had looked around for the twins and George , but they were nowhere to be seen . |
| 6 | She peered round for the nuns , but they were nowhere to be seen . |
| 7 | But they were only to be offered upon condition that this created no precedent . |
| 8 | For a second , I think it could be Lucker , but he is nowhere to be seen . |
| 9 | That was as much as he felt he could cope with for a while , but he was soon to be ‘ prevailed upon by government ’ to become chairman of British Steel in double harness with the Tate $ Lyle job . |
| 10 | Sid James had n't made a picture since the one that was without the Williams credit , Cabby , but he was soon to be almost a fixture on the set , playing parts as stereotyped as Ken 's . |
| 11 | She looked round for Leo , but he was nowhere to be seen . |
| 12 | But he was nowhere to be seen . |
| 13 | In Latin America other schools of thought have arisen , such as those of Masi and Orthega , but it is yet to be demonstrated that they are any more effective than the guidelines laid down by Hahnemann in the sixth edition of his Organon of Rational Healing . |
| 14 | We propose that that process should be concluded not later than April , but it is immensely to be hoped that it can be done far more speedily . |
| 15 | Usually only one of the delegation addressed the assembly at large on the king 's needs , but it is hardly to be believed that the remainder were content merely to be seen . |
| 16 | But it is now to be cut . |
| 17 | We do n't know for certain but it was probably to be given to you on your arrival . ’ |
| 18 | They still might have won by at least two goals , but it was never to be . |
| 19 | The court allowed a deposition to be taken in New Zealand , which might convince the other parties of the genuineness of the claim , but it was only to be admitted in evidence with their consent . |
| 20 | The Headmaster 's House had stood in the middle of fields , but it was now to be surrounded by educational plant . |