Example sentences of "but [pers pn] be [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I am you know — I am alien , other , under this façade . |
| 2 | Well I was very reluctant to put in for this job , I did n't want to really , but I was you know people said , Put in for it , you wo n't get it if you put in . |
| 3 | One of their products was erm you , when you see in the cars th th that they can er make them open top and they close the backs down , there 's a bracket on the side that er hinges up and well they used to special you know , it had come from the landaus of the horse drawn vehicle , the same sort of thing , well they used to specialize in that and they used to make some kind of locks but I 'm I have never talked to anybody that worked there so I , I do n't know , but that 's the only other one as I , as I 'm aware of er was the , was Wilks 's and er Bloxwich Lock . |
| 4 | Yes , but I 'm I think I 'm gon na go drama class . |
| 5 | But I 'm you know that that could go this afternoon when I go to a couple of other appointments . |
| 6 | Well and we 've used it for Well answer is yes but I 'm you know , it 's making sure you get the business . |
| 7 | No , but she 's she 'd , we told her er |
| 8 | But no , she 's gone for this promotion in work and er even though she does n't think she 's much chance of getting it because there 's two permanent lads there that really you know would be next in line rather than her sort of thing but she 's you know , she feels she 's done her bit and that , you know , it 's worth going for and like I said to her you might as well ! |
| 9 | something like that , but she 's you know , dead against she did n't like funerals anyway . |
| 10 | But she was I think she was secretary and Cissy Miller of Hunton was treasurer . |
| 11 | But we are we own our phones . |
| 12 | ‘ But they 're yours to keep , like I told you , ’ Mrs Smith said gently . |
| 13 | but they 're you know |
| 14 | He was but he 's I do n't know whether he 's back just for today or what ? |
| 15 | I mean which is the norm now more or less is n't it but he 's I think the third youngest in his class too most of his friends that he brings home are all nine already . |
| 16 | Still in , but he 's I think come off |
| 17 | But he 's he has n't put brass handles on it , he 's put silver handles on it . |
| 18 | But he was I tell you he was resurrected again . |
| 19 | And the gardener there was always a permanent gardener but he was he had enough to do but the estate men would be sent up to clear that . |
| 20 | It is of course easy to overestimate such cost but it is I fear equally easy to underestimate it . |
| 21 | which it ca n't be right cos , I suppose in a way it 's none of our business but it is I mean if it gets to it , it puts our company in financial difficulties it means it 's jobs on the line int it that sort of thing |
| 22 | and , and , and the Kuomintang is not yet set up any local government or national government , it 's before that but there are , but , but it is I mean I , I , I , I take your point about it being sort of a microcosm |
| 23 | But it is I feel just a little overstated and overrated to qualify within my ‘ top-ten ’ . |
| 24 | But it is I think it is far different now to what it was five five or six , seven years ago . |
| 25 | Oh but it 's they go straight into a the bin |
| 26 | Well no , it 's not but it 's they do n't get paid a great deal . |
| 27 | But it 's you get a terrific view once you 've |
| 28 | Plot it away and draw the graph , but it 's you know |
| 29 | It 's good , but it 's you know , it 'll fight er with anything , any sort of beer or whisky or any of these things , but it 'll also fight with cough bottles . |
| 30 | Yeah but it 's You know it 's it 's it it is it 's stupid . |