Example sentences of "but i be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But as soon as we are tired of them and we have discharged our duties to society each day , we can say to ourselves : ‘ All those things are of the mundane , but I am of the transcendent , and therefore far above them . ’ |
| 2 | " Well , I 'm not a detective , but I am on the side of the law . |
| 3 | But I am at least honest in this . |
| 4 | I 've met her twice on formal occasions , but I am at work all day , so I do n't often see my neighbours . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , it 's true that one is n't always sure that life can continue under its present auspices , but I am at the moment , ’ he said , ‘ and especially today . |
| 6 | But I am at a loss to resolve whether to take away the things he has given me or no . |
| 7 | I mean , for example , I mean I 'm not saying this is an association but you might find in your dream , if you look to say I 'm back at school , then your association would be but I am at school now , the London School of Economics , do you see what I mean ? |
| 8 | ‘ But I am under no pressure to sell and I have n't had a phone call for any player — Mick Quinn included . ’ |
| 9 | This would probably be a less effective form of making collective distinctions than ‘ ethnicity ’ , but I am by no means clear why . |
| 10 | I merely say that I think the question might be expected to interest your readers , but I am by no means confident that they will care much about the matter . |
| 11 | But I am in no doubt that if players had not been forthcoming the next chapter in the SA book — not the SARB 's — would have been to offer money . |
| 12 | He maintained he had never received replies to letters or acknowledgement of seeds but the dispatch of the eighth edition of the Dictionary ( April 1768 ) awaited direction and then , with an unusually personal note , he excuses himself , ‘ … having had the misfortune to dislocate the ankelbone of my leg above a year and a half since gone … confinement and want of usual exercise has brought many maladies upon me , but I am in hope of proper remedies to prolong life a little longer . ’ |
| 13 | Every moment is an effort , an ache , but I am in control and I feel good . |
| 14 | Eric is obviously a good player , but I am in the job and I do n't intend to give it up without a fight . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ But I am in my twelfth summer , ’ she said aloud then , stifling a sob . |
| 16 | ‘ Nay , ’ said the victor courteously , ‘ but I am in yours . ’ |
| 17 | but I am in a pickle when I get one . |
| 18 | I can tell you now it 's going to have some of that salty humour to it , that salty talk , but I am in no way a misogynist . |
| 19 | ‘ Forgive me , ’ he was saying , the gentle pressure of his hand forcing her slowly back , ‘ but I am in the worst of humours , Marie . |
| 20 | A dreadful extravagance on one level , but I am in no doubt it will be worth its weight — pure silk £15 , so maybe it will be George 's Christmas present to me . |
| 21 | I may be in a murderous place , but I am in a sensible country . |
| 22 | But I was with Jack — but it 's an alias , you understand ! " |
| 23 | But I was to be disappointed . |
| 24 | I could n't think of a single thing to say , but dimly realized that I now had my role for the evening ; I had done nothing to bring this off ; but I was to be the identifiable face of the campaign . |
| 25 | You were being frightened off because you 'd started asking questions , but I was to be killed because I 'd found some answers . ’ |
| 26 | It had dawned on me that not only was I leaving the comfortingly familiar surroundings of primary school but that I no longer had any influence whatsoever on the other pupils at the school which I had had before but I was to be demoted to ‘ the annoying first year ’ . |
| 27 | But I was on my feet in a second . |
| 28 | The other girls went together in a group but I was on my own , and I suppose someone could have followed me from the dance … |
| 29 | ‘ I have n't been up in winter but I was on the south-west face in 1972 when we finally gave up our attempt in mid-November , and we were only getting a taste of the conditions they will face . |
| 30 | He then asked to speak to me , but I was on the phone so he rang back five minutes later . |