Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [vb mod] [adv] be [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has devoted time and energy to people because it is the people who will one day be his subjects , and he feels a sense of responsibility towards them ; but he will also be King of the British Isles , and has a responsibility to safeguard those Isles for future generations . |
| 2 | He may sometimes be consultant and analyst ; sometimes investigator and policeman ; but he must also be negotiator and judge ; inspector , educator , and public relations representative . |
| 3 | Climate change through the man-made modification of greenhouse gases might be disastrous , but it might equally be deliverance . |
| 4 | I have n't a clue what I 'd do , but it would certainly be music . ’ |
| 5 | And then you 'd come back later and have a a sort of tea , but it would still be bread and jam , you know what I mean . |
| 6 | Uu ; but it could also be AABBCC … |
| 7 | For long processing times this will be too low a figure , but it will then be part of run times markedly higher as a result of overall long processing times and it is probable that overflow records will not cause much extra delay . |