Example sentences of "but [conj] he be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But if he 's in Streatley — ’ |
| 2 | He soons starts squawking and wiping his eye and stamping about the place but if he 's like that all the while to them so what is . |
| 3 | She had not decided whether or not to tell Dick , but if he were to be told it would be by her , not by the Longhills . |
| 4 | Alexandra took her father over every inch of her domain and he nodded at her enthusiasm , but if he was at all impressed by what she did , what she planned , he gave no sign . |
| 5 | Swaefheard first emerges in the circle of Oswine , witnessing Oswine 's grant to St Augustine 's in 689 and that to Abbess Aebbe in January 690 , but if he was in the second year of his reign by March 690 ( CS 42 : S 10 ) he must have succeeded before March 689 . |
| 6 | But because he was in the middle of his mental stress he suffered a disaster . |
| 7 | Relaxation was impossible to him : not just because he was a superb ‘ detail ’ man looking into absolutely everything that could affect the outcome of a race , but because he was by nature a thoroughly driven and often neurotic man . |
| 8 | He intended to join the Indian Civil Service , but while he was at Oxford his father and his only brother died , and he inherited the family estate , which provided him with an income for the rest of his life . |
| 9 | His dedication and expertise with Delta were finally rewarded after eleven years when he was promoted to leader of Squadron B , with sixteen men under his command , but while he was on assignment in Libya his wife and five-year-old son were abducted by Arab terrorists in New York . |
| 10 | But while he was in hospital he lost her . |
| 11 | But while he was in the Shaffer play , there was no time to see other actors at work . |
| 12 | but when he 's with his mates , that 's it , he thinks he 's |
| 13 | Well I should say that but when he 's at work he works shifts but I I am on |
| 14 | what 's happened , but it does say in it that at the beginning that you assume that he is a youth because he 's got , come from university , but when he 's in the graveyard the fellow , it , it comes out that he 's thirty is n't he ? |
| 15 | But when he was with her alone Wilson watched him kicking a ball down her stairs and fight with Ferdinando in her kitchen and knew the time would come when his mother must face facts . |
| 16 | He did n't do too well at Birmingham , but when he was with Exeter , he was a real hot shot . |
| 17 | But when he was in this mood , fear came . |
| 18 | There were so many children that each one of the mothers and nursemaids thought that he must belong to somebody else , but as he was about the same size as the children and not much different to look at , he was able to make friends with some of them . |
| 19 | But as he was at first without a seat in Parliament and in any event left almost immediately for extended duty in the United States , he was unable either to galvanize or to discharge any of the traditional functions of his office . |
| 20 | ‘ That 's illegal , ’ said Malpass , but as he was in the back of Armstrong I could n't see if he was serious or not . |