Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [adv] [verb] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | It used to get to the point where I was completely shattered but I would n't ask her to take over and yet she would n't offer . |
| 2 | I was just looking but there 's no wrestling on telly at the mom , it 's foot er |
| 3 | I 'm sorry I was late getting but I got held up by another lesson . |
| 4 | We are used to it ’ , I was often told but their susceptibility to colds and other illnesses indicated otherwise . |
| 5 | And er but it was only about half past five I did n't I never stopped till the I just kept going now tha well about half past four , I started to pack up and I realized my sandwiches were still in my snack box so I I 'd I 'd had one one earlier on whilst I was still working but yes the lady there she made us a couple of cups in the morning , er cu cup of coffee , I think about what yeah about half ten time but the time I painted a little bit and I thought oh I 'll stop and have a fag , with my coffee and I had a cup of tea later on in the afternoon but er I did n't stop , I kept going , you know and then course by time I got to my drink , it was cold it was cool , so you drink it straight down |
| 6 | It 's one thing if you 're fully staffed but if you think that whichever of my boys is on guard duty for the day is responsible for the shopping as well as the cooking , and I have to put another boy on guard as substitute to him and another at the disposition of the local magistrate , and I 've two out on motor-bike patrol — where am I when a case like this comes up and I 've got to be out ? ’ |
| 7 | She is modestly draped but wears jewellery , and in one vignette she applies perfume to her hair with a pin dipped in a flask . |
| 8 | She was still trembling but wore her defiant look again . |
| 9 | She was severely injured but made a full recovery . |
| 10 | She was almost shouting but it was the week before Christmas and we were in the Three Tuns and there were at least six different parties going on , so nobody noticed . |
| 11 | He had the impression that she was fully dressed but told himself that it must be a trick of the light . |
| 12 | its really cold , yeah oh that was good , I enjoyed that she 's still there , she 's a Lance Corporal now as well and I must admit well I , I did n't think she 'd ev , she was always crying but I never thought she 'd actually do very well in the T A , did n't seem to have the get up and go about it but she obviously sorted herself out and got , Spambo Man they called me . |
| 13 | ‘ We are competitively priced but we market the service on quality . ’ |
| 14 | that 's not something we 're actively considering but it could apply to something like Bosnia |
| 15 | Serbs say they are well treated but the ITN crew saw sick and emaciated men , many too scared to talk |
| 16 | They are normally sheathed but when hunting they can be extended to a length of 2½ in ( 6 cm ) . |
| 17 | Because they are semi-skilled they are low rated but they have got to learn to fit in with our ways you know . |
| 18 | And that 's where you start to get your problems irrespective of whether your appliances are correctly fused you must make sure they are correctly fused but you must not exceed the thirteen amp otherwise you 've had it . |
| 19 | No my friend 's in the trade I said they 're basically working but they 've got a halt on somewhere because they 've come back you 'll have to sort out the you 've got but er they 're only one ten |
| 20 | Er I think what he 's trying to say about the rich peasants is that er that they were always resisting the movement , it was only later on when they find that you know , that they , they need to get involved otherwise their own positions are er threatened then , then they 're joining and they 're only joining but were not actually participating in it , they 're not moving along , and so that 's what , that 's why he 's making a distinction between different types of peasants . |
| 21 | They were conditionally discharged but each was ordered to pay costs of 750 pounds . |
| 22 | At first you 'd think they were just looking but really they were turning things over and over in their hands to see how they were made and checking out the cut so they could rip them off . |
| 23 | One crew would control a real system and the other would think they were so doing but would in fact be in a control room driven by software . |
| 24 | All those positions were going for want of an application , so I applied and because brought in people who he knew , certain of them were automatically filled but they want the Chief Administration Officer , so I applied and really I do n't kid myself that I got it because of my qualification because I had n't got any letters after my name . |
| 25 | It 's often Overlooked but it is probably the single most beneficial part — having a good time . |
| 26 | It 's er it 's still running but that 's it . |
| 27 | It 's still working but only with loads of distortion and then the output is quiet and acoustic , instead of loud and gutsy . |
| 28 | It is rarely seen but many know of it and no man hunts it ; but that is the white stag , not a unicorn . ’ |
| 29 | In New Zealand it is still milked but is mainly used as a suckler for early-maturing calves , or as a terminal sire for easy calving in dairy herds , whereas in Australia it competes successfully in steer competitions , especially for home-frozen beef . |
| 30 | and records himself going for a piss but he does a bit , it cuts out when he 's actually pissing but he 's going on about now the biros are getting in the way of my knob here |