Example sentences of "but they be [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they 're best avoided , all the same . |
| 2 | I try to look in the windows of the house but they 're either covered with those plastic roll-down external shutters you usually see in France or closed off inside by Venetian blinds . |
| 3 | He 's very fond of Hayley , but they 're both lost creatures and need a lot of guidance . ’ |
| 4 | Barnsley are not known for their fancy football or flair , but they 're well drilled and organised and Oxford just could n't find a way through . |
| 5 | But they 're fairly dried out . |
| 6 | No , but they 're bloody grown up children in there . |
| 7 | But they 're beautifully made , really beautiful . |
| 8 | But they 're now employed by the I P A ? |
| 9 | Those thrills prompt you to come back for more but they 're often reinforced by a swirling hotch-potch of memories . |
| 10 | They will talk about salaries and things like that but they 're often paid , well , very remotely some of them , monthly now , and think that 's er heavenly or something . |
| 11 | Often , shops think they have good facilities for the disabled but they 're often used for other things . |
| 12 | Often , shops think they have good facilities for the disabled but they 're often used for other things . |
| 13 | Often , shops think they have good facilities for the disabled but they 're often used for other things . |
| 14 | When this happens they are not called male and female but they 're arbitrarily labelled plus and minus . |
| 15 | But they 're still mystified by the motive for such a terrible attack on a frail old woman … |
| 16 | But they 're still faced with looking for what they really want . |
| 17 | They may have sacked the Chancellor but they 're still committed to capitalism and economic policy which is diametrically opposed to any form of such a justice . |
| 18 | No recognizable remains of Minoan ships have yet been identified on the sea-bed , but they are frequently represented on seals . |
| 19 | The latter area is developing so rapidly , and sees so many new initiatives , that its shape is still relatively unclear and the techniques are still being refined ; but they are firmly based on the much longer experience gained through co-operation in the civil area . |
| 20 | Camp sites there are in plenty , but they are discreetly sited . |
| 21 | Such enzymes do exist — they are known as reverse transcriptases — but they are generally believed to be exclusive to RNA viruses , which need them to transcribe their RNA genes into DNA for replication inside cells . |
| 22 | They can be stated in a number of different ways , but they are generally accepted to be : |
| 23 | Unrelated participles do not usually seriously impede a reader 's understanding , but they are generally considered incorrect forms . |
| 24 | Each such index can be used to give limited partial inversion , i.e. of one descriptor at a time , but they are generally provided and employed to allow the file to be accessed in ways other than by the major key , rather than to carry out an elimination of master file records not meeting some search criterion . |
| 25 | The exact origins of what we recognize as apples are rather obscure but they are generally thought to come from the Caucasus Mountains in Asia Minor , near where seventeenth-century historians located the Garden of Eden . |
| 26 | Labour MPs will be challenged by the Tories not to vote against the zero increase in their pay when it comes before the Commons before April , but they are already cushioned by a 39 per cent increase in allowances they voted themselves earlier this year . |
| 27 | Like the normal printable characters ( Space to Delete — & 20 to & 7f ) they may be translated , but they are otherwise sent directly to the printer . |
| 28 | Illustrations are seen to be a motivating factor for poor readers , but they are otherwise considered to be a distraction and ‘ do not themselves make the reading level of the prose any lower ’ ( ibid . |
| 29 | A Raw linseed oil is lighter in colour than the boiled variety but they are both used in wood finishing . |
| 30 | But they are also authorized to open street doors for people who have neglected to carry their often very ornate and heavy antique front-door keys with them . |