Example sentences of "but [pers pn] be [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I am Earth Commander , and you are nobody ! |
| 2 | I 'm not sure how long wills take to prove , but I was Aunt Emily 's only living relative , and it 's always been understood that the place would come to me . |
| 3 | ‘ But you were Mrs Darcy 's school friend . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ But you were Mr Russell 's only child , my dear , and you must not doubt that he loved you , even if he did n't always make it perfectly apparent . ’ |
| 5 | Confusingly , a Gould is in charge of Smith 's campaign office at the House of Commons , but she 's Jeanette Gould , the daughter of Joyce Gould of Walworth Road fame ( and Keith Barron MP 's assistant ) . |
| 6 | But she was Mrs Love . |
| 7 | ‘ Sorry Tiffany , I 've seen this stuff in the shops , but we 're burger people , you know . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Yes , but they 're Micky Banks 's chums … ’ |
| 9 | Still leaves three two three or four beats in a bar , but they 're compound times . |
| 10 | Yes we 've had one or two arrests but they 're disorder offences and minor disorder offences . |
| 11 | These are important , but they are surface phenomena , overtly physical . |
| 12 | But they are wage labour , and those performing them are a part of the working class . |
| 13 | There are people who commute to Leeds from very distant positions , but they are penny numbers . |
| 14 | One called Ilex macrocarpa , and I am not surprised it is n't on offer in the trade , has the biggest berries of all , but they are jet black and it loses its leaves in winter . |
| 15 | There are obiter dicta in Butler which explore these possibilities , but they are possibilities alien to the common law , and unlikely to be applicable . |
| 16 | The Egyptian and the classical worlds knew demons , forces of darkness , but they were bit players compared to Antony 's Devil . |
| 17 | We used to have fogs in Darrowby , but they were country fogs , different from this . |
| 18 | In fact , not one business person was imprisoned for violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act 1890 until the 1961 Heavy Electrical Conspiracy trial — other persons had been imprisoned under this act but they were trade union officials ! |
| 19 | They had a male adjunct , the Minutemen , but they were wimpo faghaggs . |
| 20 | ‘ But he 's Captain Meredith 's slave . ’ |
| 21 | But it is Jan Timman who has gained the attention of the Dutch . |
| 22 | Relativity may have had a better press , but it is quantum theory that we have to thank , at a practical level , for our understanding of chemistry , molecular biology and solid-state physics , as well as nuclear physics and the deeper puzzles of particle theory . |
| 23 | ‘ But it is Doctor Sparrow . |
| 24 | Folk in Up Hatherley , Gloucestershire , have the same problem uffolding the dignity of the district but it is uffill work . |
| 25 | By the time Paul becomes active , James may be official head of the Nazarean Party in Jerusalem ; but it is Simon Peter , whether by virtue of the mission entrusted to him by Jesus or by virtue of his own charisma , who wields the greatest influence and commands the most fervent allegiance . |
| 26 | But it is Michael Lewis and LTP who have summarised the dilemma facing ELT . |
| 27 | But it is Michael Jackson 's deal which may set precedents the music business will later regret . |
| 28 | But it is Lily Greenwood , shopkeeper 's daughter , it is my wedding which will not take place . |
| 29 | Erwin Schulhoff 's neo-Ravel/Poulencian Third Sonata is also an absolute charmer in five movements , but it is Nicolai Kapustin 's jazz-inflected Second Sonata which left the most lasting impression , its perpetueum mobile Finale bordering on the insane in its executant demands , and I am sure that Petrov 's blinding performance is destined to become a classic of recorded piano music . |
| 30 | ‘ But it is mite dung that people become allergic to , and so the first thing to get rid of is the dung . |