Example sentences of "but [subord] it be [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've definitely got one cos I remember her sheet now as I was looking at it , but where it is I 'm buggered if I know . |
| 2 | Erm , but if it 's I do n't know anything about the weather , so I could n't look at that and analyse it in any way . |
| 3 | He 's not yet sure if it 's operable , but if it is he wants me to take the case . |
| 4 | Begin keeping a record of all events at this point ; hopefully it wo n't be needed , but if it is you 've made a good start . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm not sure if it is one , but if it is I do n't think you 'd laugh . ’ |
| 6 | By my judgement as the amendment reflects is that it is n't necessary but if it were I would have no hesitation s whatsoever in increasing the level of taxation to pay for what needs to be paid for . |
| 7 | ‘ I do n't know , but if it was I think they 're going to get round to some really nasty questions . ’ |
| 8 | but until it 's it 's the same with any subject you know until you know what you 're doing until you can tie it down to something physical and until you can understand I mean you always understand by similarities |
| 9 | ‘ Of course , this villa has no right to be here , ’ Nigel told them , ‘ but since it is we must save it for future generations to enjoy . ’ |
| 10 | There was a pause and I heard Ed say in his pleasant West Coast accent : ‘ I should n't , but since it 's you , Sally , and as long as my name is n't mentioned , I 'll find out what I can . |
| 11 | But since it 's you … |
| 12 | But whether it was him or someone else … or just bad luck . ’ |
| 13 | If I 'd had control over everything I would have had a full Wales tour in the summer and then we would n't have needed to have the practice games , but as it is we are giving them the advantage and I wanted to try to do something about that . ’ |
| 14 | But as it is I feel before the world as Sidney before Stella ( Sonnet L ) |
| 15 | It would be otherwise if I had my husband with me and my first-born but as it is I feel neither one thing or the other . |
| 16 | But as it is I do n't find him remotely attractive ! ’ |
| 17 | Were he among familiars it might help him but as it is he can not place himself here and it is pitiful to see how lost he is . |
| 18 | She would have had great difficulty establishing herself , but as it is she has sold her pottery successfully through shows and through galleries . |
| 19 | Then Baldwin saw him again and told hint that were it not for his age and his health ( neither of which had greatly changed in the preceding forty-eight hours ) , he would have offered him the vacancy , but as it was it had better go to Eden . |
| 20 | I had rather a dread of this post 's conveyance for it was only a spring cart , and I thought I felt myself being bumped , but as it was I enjoyed this nine miles in the post gig better than all the drives I had had . |
| 21 | Maybe if chlorophyll tablets bad been available in those days they might have helped but as it was I had tried everything . |
| 22 | But as it was I travelled only so far down the ramp and stuck there with my head and shoulders protruding into the street . |
| 23 | But as it was I felt it would have been presumptive . |
| 24 | She wished desperately that Ellen were in London that she might send Lizzie to judge how Oreste fared and what he understood , but as it was she had no means of knowing . |
| 25 | If she had been an ordinary teacher , trying to teach an ordinary sedentary subject like history or Latin , she would have been mercilessly flouted and mocked , but as it was she managed to get by . |