Example sentences of "but [pers pn] be [adv] [adj] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of that I have no doubt , but I am equally certain that it was his own hands which fastened his belt around his neck and fumbled for the window bar . |
| 2 | ‘ I know there will be those who are unhappy … but I am also convinced that millions of Argentines are applauding this measure , ’ he said at the weekend . |
| 3 | But I am also convinced that markets should not enjoy the kind of sovereign power which they are given in the Hayekian and Friedman analysis . |
| 4 | This figure was repeated by des Forges and Harber , and quoted by Parslow ( 1973 ) , but I am reasonably certain that it was a considerable over-estimate . |
| 5 | But I am jolly sure that they would not let the government of the day , or their contemporary House of Commons , forget how important it is to supply water and to look after the sewers and drains . |
| 6 | ‘ Of course I 'm not a medical man , ’ he went on , ‘ but I am absolutely convinced that a lot of mental ill-health springs from not having enough to do . ’ |
| 7 | It was definitely a case of two points lost , but I am more disappointed that we played so well and did not win . ’ |
| 8 | But I am quite clear that the new system should have a trial under the most favourable possible circumstances ; and the mere fact that the new Chairman of the War Council did prefer , and , as far as I know still prefers , a different arrangement is , to my mind , quite conclusive , and leaves me in no doubt as to the manner in which I can best assist the Government which I desire to support . |
| 9 | But I was dead sure that the last item would take some getting round to . |
| 10 | I was still overwhelmed by the painting , but I was now aware that I was overwhelmed , and this , somehow , seemed to establish a distance between this emotion and me . ’ |
| 11 | But I was definitely worried that the shadow was ‘ slightly more defined ’ . |
| 12 | I had to share Miss Miller 's , but I was so tired that I fell asleep immediately . |
| 13 | The annual camp for secondary schools Cadet Corps gave me my first holiday away from home , but I was so homesick that a fortnight seemed an impossibly long time before I could get back to my parents and family . |
| 14 | But I was so lucky that with one exception , everything seemed to fall into place at exactly the right time . ’ |
| 15 | That evening I had my first meal since leaving England eighteen hours before ; by the time the pizza , chicken stew and garlicked beans arrived from the kitchen they were cold , but I was so hungry that I had seconds , which amazed Alex . |
| 16 | We wanted to make an early start for home after a caravan holiday in Cornwall but I was so worried that we 'd oversleep , so my husband said he had an idea . |
| 17 | ‘ Creeping up to 40 was n't the main reason I wanted a third child , ’ says Saskia , ‘ but I was certainly aware that it would keep me back in the young-mum sphere along with the 25-year-olds . ’ |
| 18 | She added : ‘ I am no prude , but I was deeply shocked that such material is now widely available largely because of the lack of political will to tackle the weakness of the Obscene Publications Act . ’ |
| 19 | I ca n't say I felt any stronger when Beth left that day , but I was exceedingly glad that she had come and I was left with an inkling of hope . |
| 20 | But I was still convinced that we could get the extra 200,000 . |
| 21 | I see from my Logbook that Geilenkirchen , Abbeville , Hirson , Hannover and Hamm amongst others appear as targets but I was never convinced that we either found , damaged , or even delayed the German masses ' progress through the Low Countries . |
| 22 | ‘ Not in so many words , but I 'm pretty sure that was what he was getting at . ’ |
| 23 | I feel it did , I strongly feel it , feel that , but I 'm also sure that its an awful lot easier than , than most people think , but its not going to work for us is it ? |
| 24 | Thank you very much well it 's always a pleasure to hear of about the Seamanship Foundation and I 'm sure that , as you might be saying , and er the need for the foundation 's fundraising will be rather heightened this year as a result of last year 's drop but I 'm equally sure that you will get a tremendous amount of support from the members and on that note which I think is er also is an important method of concentrating our priorities and on the basis of we 're extremely lucky to be able to pursue a really very enjoyable pastime with relatively few problems and that if we can get those opportunities to many more , who would otherwise not be able to enjoy and in fact frequently do n't get to enjoy any other pastime , we should endeavour to do so and consider ourselves lucky that we can . |
| 25 | At seven , this is n't crucial , but I 'm well aware that this is the beginning of a tendency girls have to underachieve academically and in other walks of life . |
| 26 | I , I totally agree with what they 're saying , but I 'm just worrying that we 're trying to do the job that the district councils are supposed to do . |
| 27 | ‘ Obviously , as a Liverpool fan , you have to be worried but I 'm perfectly hopeful that we 'll get through this and come back as the force that we always have been . ’ |
| 28 | However , and it is a view of the C E C that although the current level of contributions , contributions is high , it is not the only barrier to mass membership , I do n't intend to go into a list of other reasons why some people choose not to join the Labour Party but I 'm quite sure that many delegates here can give some examples at a local level . |
| 29 | and from what I understood he was already married anyway , never , never was mentioned here , but I did hear it , whether it was true or not I 'm not say it , but I was told that he was already married and divorced to marry her , that was what I was told , no I mean I do n't know , but but I 'm damn sure that I know |
| 30 | I I think we 're all very interested in what 's been said but I 'm very concerned that we 're not actually talking about those silent majority of children |