Example sentences of "but [pers pn] be not [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is similar to ‘ Futility ’ in the sense that Owen uses personal experience to get his message across but his is not so much about the pointlessness of war in general but is more focused on the individual soldier and the difference between death on the battlefield and death in your own town . |
| 2 | But I am not here to bandy words with you , ’ Guy continued , ruthlessly forestalling another angry retort . |
| 3 | But I am not sure how much they will actually need it . ’ |
| 4 | That is worth considering , but I am not completely sold on that idea . |
| 5 | I have never understood why she was criticised by the Opposition for speaking up for Britain , but I am not exactly clear about their present position , except that they seem to be claiming that they can negotiate better conditions than the Government , despite their failure when in government in 1975 to negotiate proper terms for our entry . |
| 6 | She insisted : ‘ I wish to God it was true , but I am not even worth £1 million . |
| 7 | ‘ It was a little pyschology on my part , but I am not that clever . |
| 8 | But I am not so much angry , she decided , as upset at being misunderstood , at this complete and utter disregard of my situation . |
| 9 | Admittedly , in recent years , top coaches such as ‘ Chalkie ’ White at Leicester and Alan Davies at Nottingham has provided a focus and created a centre of excellence which has attracted players but I am not so sure that the same parameters still apply . |
| 10 | But I am not so sure that I should have recognised what I recognised unconsciously at the time of writing : that I was in a state of helplessness , the helplessness of being a non-person . |
| 11 | Her friends here in the House say she would make an excellent mouthpiece , but I am not so sure . |
| 12 | ‘ It is a matter for the members of the Orange Order if they wish to build a monument but I am not so sure if the ratepayers of Belfast should be asked to foot the bill , ’ she said . |
| 13 | Kirsch is a good addition , but I am not as crazy about this combination as Europe seems to be ; orange of any kind is much better . |
| 14 | ‘ But I am not really happy . |
| 15 | But I am not too keen on performances which concentrate entirely on rhetorical expression , and thereby lose both the singing quality , and the logic of the ‘ long line ’ . |
| 16 | All quite harmless fun , no doubt — even Karen was n't going to seduce her husband 's partners teenage son — but I was not best pleased , especially since Tibbs showed no reciprocal interest in me . |
| 17 | I was n't brave then ; I was never brave , but I was not yet broken . |
| 18 | But I was not completely English . |
| 19 | ‘ I played in the friendlies against Wolves and Peterborough but I was not really fit enough , and still felt tired , but that was hardly surprising as these were my first two games . |
| 20 | I would have been grateful to someone like you when I was little , but I was not so lucky . |
| 21 | I was always very interested in how things operated and used to take them apart to see how they worked , but I was not so good at putting them back together again . |
| 22 | I knew he would not but I was not too disappointed . |
| 23 | The area suggested that there could be earlier finds but I was not too disappointed with what I was finding . |
| 24 | We were being given a marvellous send off by the people there but I was not too sure about the starting pistol that George McGuire was wielding though , maybe I would be put out of my misery sooner than I thought ! |
| 25 | Erm no but I 'm not Well I think you should try to talk to them it 's not fair otherwise . |
| 26 | I can draw but I 'm not particularly good at painting . |
| 27 | No , we 're gon na have breakfast there and I was on about going get some whatever for lunch but I 'm not particularly bothered . |
| 28 | She then said — these are more or less her exact words — " I 'm sorry about this , but I 'm not altogether surprised . |
| 29 | There was David , erm from Stramness , Jimmy from Stramness , Duncan , a cement barge and there a fifth one but I 'm not right sure of that . |
| 30 | ‘ I have the premier belt and you want it — but I 'm not just going to give it to you . ’ |