Example sentences of "but [pron] [be] [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It is not , sir , ’ she said calmly , ‘ but I am driven to it . |
| 2 | The full vessels are left on the empty shore , they are for use but I am carried to the river in your arms , and I dance to the rhythms of your heart-throbs and heaving of the waves . |
| 3 | ‘ But I was born to the sword . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I used to do women 's programmes but I was moved to the God slot . |
| 5 | I never went to the extremes with heroin , but I was addicted to valium for seven years erm and I 've been clean from valium for four months erm through a drug programme in Brenda House |
| 6 | Oh it was heavy but I was used to heavy stuff on . |
| 7 | ‘ They were very interested in me , but I was used to that from men . |
| 8 | But I was taken to the vault before a concert in the church . |
| 9 | ‘ People were literally running for their lives but I was rooted to the spot . ’ |
| 10 | But I was brought to trial again , and sent to Australia for life . ’ |
| 11 | So we were able to tell how many tickets of certain classes were sold each day but not route by route , we 'd lost that that facility because the waybills just were n't big enough and of course the , wa everything got mechanical but now I mean I do n't profess to know anything about what happens now but I was introduced to it when I went down there for a retirement and believe me it 's , it 's all electronics now they can tell how a ticket machine is issuing tickets at any particular one day by this , this electronic business , this computers . |
| 12 | ‘ But I 'm used to three big meals a day . |
| 13 | No but I 'm used to Xs and Ys . |
| 14 | But I 'm reduced to verbal inanities , he thought . |
| 15 | Stylistic categories are more complex phenomena which are often difficult to define , but which are assumed to be describable in terms of linguistic categories , although they are not a necessary part of the description of a language . |
| 16 | The word ‘ involuntary ’ is therefore used merely to distinguish these killings from ones which have the necessary intent for murder but which are reduced to manslaughter by one of the doctrines just considered , such as provocation or diminished responsibility . |
| 17 | The latter course kept the family together , a consideration which became increasingly important during the first half of the twentieth century , but which was believed to be open to abuse unless the state assumed the role of the male breadwinner and insisted on good household management and sexual fidelity . |
| 18 | The rate of interest payable on compensation after entry in respect of land compulsorily acquired ( which was 14 ½ per cent but which was decreased to 13 ½ per cent as from 4th March 1975 ) . |
| 19 | ‘ I was in the DEMS , which is actually the Royal Navy , but you 're loaned to the Merchant Navy to man the guns for them . |
| 20 | But you are expected to be competent with such material even if you feel this is not what you would eventually choose to work with . |
| 21 | But she 's said to be brave , tough , and very bright . ’ |
| 22 | You say you do n't want Mo to be hurt , but she 's bound to be if this goes on . ’ |
| 23 | But she 's bound to be rather boring , so they wo n't want to stay all that long . ’ |
| 24 | Glennis 's voice falters , but she is determined to be positive . |
| 25 | She believes that there is nothing worse than marry without any affection but on the other hand it would be very absurd Lady Bertram points out to Fanny that it is every woman 's duty to marry a rich man but she is blinded to the fact that this is not the only improvement that can take place in a marriage . |
| 26 | ‘ Little has been heard of her since Dead Rat , but she is believed to be in the South-Western United States . |
| 27 | Her identity was unknown , but she was believed to be the wife of an El Al employee working in Holland . |
| 28 | She tried to stand up , but she was tied to the chair at her wrists and ankles . |
| 29 | USAF officials originally placed her at Edwards AFB but she was moved to the nearby March facility for restoration and display . |
| 30 | We think it was going to be the seventh and the eighth and the ninth , and they 've told Newcastle City it 's the ninth , but she was meant to confirmed last Wednesday , and she 's still not . |