Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [vb mod] be [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But I shall be your brother-in-law very shortly , so what 's a brotherly kiss ? ’ he murmured . |
| 2 | I wo n't be a beggar for him — the swine — but I will be one for Samavia and the Lost Prince . |
| 3 | I have n't heard the names yet , of the people who have lost their lives but I 'd be I would be certain that I would know some of them personally . |
| 4 | EVERY ticket holder in the new national lottery could become an instant millionaire — but you 'd be one in 3.2 million . |
| 5 | Not that Therapy ? give two hoots about that , but you can be your prized original copy of ‘ Love Buzz ’ that A&M are simply drooling with anticipation that such a miracle might happen . |
| 6 | They will call us citizens but we will be something less , perhaps I should say they do call us citizens but we are something less . ’ |
| 7 | " I do n't know either , " she said unhappily , " but they must be something illegal because of the bills of lading . |
| 8 | Peacekeeping forces do not have to be strong enough to overwhelm an army ; but they must be something more than score-keepers or targets . |
| 9 | If I 'd done that if I 'd done that be worse you do n't use bad language but he 'd be he 's he 'd be |
| 10 | This is , I think , a difficult message for industrial enterprises to take , but it may be one which is even more necessary than in the past . |
| 11 | Telemetry data and photographs are still being analysed by US intelligence agencies , but it may be their much-vaunted fighter spacecraft . |
| 12 | Perhaps identify trainees but it might be something that thinks about when we 're actually designing training yeah ? |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't want to marry Damian Flint , but it might be my only choice . |
| 14 | But it might be nought . |
| 15 | We 're not bothered about the valencies and whether it 'll be two C As with one C O three or two C O threes with one C A or how the e But it 'll be something like that . |
| 16 | Well I do , I do them all , try and do them all a bit different but it 'll be something on that line . |
| 17 | Ah but it 'll be something few days , you see from cars find out what I 've still got on there yeah let me just see . |
| 18 | But it 'll be they 'll nick them , they 'll nick them , you know cos they can still nick them once they 're laid ! |
| 19 | " But it 'll be mine . " |
| 20 | It 's going to have King Rollo in it , but it 'll be our play . " |
| 21 | Turning now very briefly to the H One D the Greater York issue , clearly the comments I 've made about the calculations for York have a knock on effect for our position on Greater York , the Greater York figures as I understand it from the County Council are based on a one hundred percent migration assumption , if the technical difference between us er we are right then we believe clearly the Greater York figure should be increased by an appropriate amount , and the we 've suggested the increased cut should be seven hundred er relating to the city itself I ca n't calculate with any great accuracy what the figure for the surrounding parts of Greater York might be , but it would be we suspect only another one to two hundred more on top of that , therefore that underst explains the reason why the City Council suggests that the Greater York should be increased to the ten four figure from the nine seven . |
| 22 | But er , your worships to do it by your colleagues until today because er Mr indicate on the application form that er he will not be in fact , operating the bar himself but it would be somebody else . |
| 23 | Privately Captain Simcox hoped the IRA would be a match for the Tans — well , perhaps that was expecting too much — but it would be something if they could put some manners on them and give them a bloody nose now and again . |
| 24 | Europe needs a farm policy , admits Lady Wilcox , but it must be one in which social concerns are separate from price policy . |
| 25 | But it could be their last royal performance . |
| 26 | ‘ But it could be Them ’ Agnes conceded . |
| 27 | Three bold , badly made-up and tartily dressed girls make a move to the dance floor , swing their knees gamely , swish their hair like Legs And Co ( dodgy Top Of The Pops dancers ) to a Lene Lovich tape — but it could be anything . |
| 28 | Now if your person were to say come round , said it 's the first time they 've had a fit you get , call an ambulance , it may be epilepsy but it could be anything else , it could erm be , be the start of er something else in the brain because that 's all an epileptic fit is , it 's an electrical impulse , nobody actually knows why or when or how it 's caused , but it happens erm , but above all be very , very nice to your casualties , they 'll want to get up and they 'll run away , they want to get out , especially if it 's outside , because they 're embarrassed by it . |
| 29 | This leader , the champion of change , was frequently a consultant responsible for the area service , or a general manager within the NHS or social services , or the director of a voluntary organization , but it could be anyone with sufficient enthusiasm , knowledge , commitment and determination to persuade others to collaborate and to get people who control resources to part with their cash . |
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