Example sentences of "but [pron] be come [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Thanks , but I was coming up to meet you , ’ she said , as Vitor came round to open the passenger door . |
| 2 | Mm , yeah but I was coming out at half past nine |
| 3 | But I was coming home . |
| 4 | I must say I 've only grown two maincrop this year , I 've been clearing some new ground and I 've just grown King Edward and Pink Fir Apple , I 've got the biggest biggest Pink Fir Apples you have ever seen bar none but I 'm coming back to you now Fred , I put to you a few minutes ago , your personal recommendations for the best three or four or five potatoes for the different cooking purposes . |
| 5 | Alright , but I 'm coming down there . |
| 6 | ‘ I cou 'd have serv 'd you , but you 're come too late |
| 7 | So it 's it 's getting but you 're coming along very well are n't you . |
| 8 | P You know it 's like living in a moving caravan , but you 're coming along anyway ! ( not acceptable for shared yacht bookings ) |
| 9 | " She was , " Sara said , " but she 's coming back to Moorlake to work for Matthew again — surely you know ? " |
| 10 | if it 's in er I did n't think she was coming back till July when the term finished , but she 's coming back in I 'm sure Gertrude said March . |
| 11 | Mm yes but we 're coming up to a time when er the quantity of old people is going to be rather high than before because we 're all healthier . |
| 12 | yes , now do n't say do n't , yeah that 's right just do n't forget that we are , actually still going up and it means that we 're , erm , but we 're out of it , but we 're coming out slowly , we 're technically out , if you put technically you 'll get a pass |
| 13 | ‘ But we 're coming back . |
| 14 | I 'm having difficulty in getting hold of letters he wrote to people but they are coming in slowly . |
| 15 | They were moving with difficulty , perhaps hampered by their long black cloaks , but they were coming downhill fast . |
| 16 | Er , yeah , but he 's coming round as well . |
| 17 | ‘ He 's not quite 100 per cent at the moment , but he 's coming along . ’ |
| 18 | which made it er very reasonable , very cheap really , we took us car there and that , but he 's coming back is this chap now |
| 19 | But he 's coming back later . |
| 20 | But he was coming back . |
| 21 | I do n't remember what the man looked like but he was coming out of the Arts Centre with his wife , took off his glasses and stepped in between the thugs and me . |
| 22 | but it 's coming on |
| 23 | Now those are arteries , that 's the pulmonary artery but it 's coming back to the heart okay , that 's the only time you 're going to find the rule reversed , arteries leave the heart , veins come back to the heart , and the only time that rule is reversed is when you 're linking the heart and the lungs through the pulmonary vein and the pulmonary artery , however , they are still carrying , the arteries are still carrying oxygen charged blood , yes , because it 's come fresh from the lungs so it 's still carrying nice red lovely oxygenated blood , yes , even though it 's coming back into the heart , that is because it 's come fresh from the lungs and the vein although it 's going in the opposite direction the way you normally expect it , is still carrying the old rotten , you know , used up blood , because it 's going back to the lungs to be recharged , do you understand it alright ? |
| 24 | It 's , I mean they 're , okay you 're applying from three different standpoints but it 's coming out of one well budgetholder 's erm kitty . |
| 25 | Yeah and er , yeah and she said I love the colours but it 's coming out , it comes out a forty eight inch |
| 26 | But it was coming nearer . |
| 27 | But it was coming up to thirty nineish and the war breaking out so the one and a half days a week started to change to five days , which gave you a w a regular wages of about thirty shillings . |
| 28 | Unfortunately , it did n't seem to do much good , but it was to come in very useful later . |
| 29 | But what was coming out was pure comic monologue . ’ |