Example sentences of "but he be [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he is flying in the face of opposition from the ruling Labour group who recently boycotted a visit by a South African diplomat saying it was too early to bring them in from the cold . |
| 2 | I turn to say cheerio to the old man , but he is digging under a pair of stringy barks , with his back turned towards me . |
| 3 | But he is leaving behind an enduring legacy of innovation . |
| 4 | But he is fuming over the interference in his work of the chief executive , Lionello Celon . |
| 5 | Not only that , but he is preparing to be interviewed by a Teesside literary magazine . |
| 6 | ‘ But he is gaining in confidence , making a new life for himself and doing well at school . |
| 7 | He said the case was a one-off , but he 's writing to a Government committee on the safety of medicines pointing out the potential dangers . |
| 8 | So the poor old boy had two major operations in three weeks , but he 's getting on fine now . ’ |
| 9 | But he 's getting to the point where I 'm ready for saying to him away you go down to your granny 's right , but my mam can nae live with him either . |
| 10 | But he 's singing like a romantic lead . |
| 11 | ‘ Andy Gregory has been a brilliant scrum-half , but he 's coming to the end of his career and can only be a short-term buy for Doug Laughton at Leeds . |
| 12 | So I rang Paul and er he 's coming up tomorrow , he would have come in today had to go to but he 's coming in the morning to look at it . |
| 13 | Sure , he has his troubles , but he 's working on them . |
| 14 | ‘ He 's not a cop any more , but he 's working in a similar line of business . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Oh I forget it , Peregrine , but he 's revelling in it . |
| 16 | Lewis great running by Oldfield just played it in too long for him but he 's gon na get it anyway . |
| 17 | Yeah but he 's gon na |
| 18 | But he 's gon na get some more he said . |
| 19 | No he 's got it , no but he 's gon na , start again if everything , they told him that it , he , he had no chance he said |
| 20 | yeah , but he 's gon na do it , he is gon na do it , he 's gon na do it |
| 21 | But he 's moaning to me the other week about you know , er and I bloody near said to him , well er , things have come back on you know , but I should of |
| 22 | ‘ But he 's sleeping like a dead man . ’ |
| 23 | Yes , but he 's going to . |
| 24 | Erm I du n no , the thing is our prom , yeah , is the day before so like I 'm gon na be pretty fucked erm two , a couple of my friends who are coming , they 've got they 're like in the middle of the ex their exams like erm I know my one friend 's driving there but he 's going from St John 's Wood , thanks , erm we might be able to pick you up , I 'm not sure , it depends what 's happening or you might go with Josh , like we 'll meet outside probably . |
| 25 | But he 's fighting against his fate with enormous courage . |
| 26 | Harald did not speak , but he was looking at the girl , very carefully . |
| 27 | But he was looking at her with a dark intensity that made her nerves quiver very oddly . |
| 28 | Aplin nodded , but he was looking at Seb . |
| 29 | Sara glanced at Dr Kent , but he was looking at Juliet and smiling . |
| 30 | Flushing , Rachel looked at Damian , expecting to see mockery , but he was looking at the bay , his tough profile expressionless . |