Example sentences of "but [pers pn] be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And also I knew he 'd booked a holiday to go to Antigua , but me being totally ignorant about cricket , did n't realise he was going to watch the Antigua versus England test match in April , so that 's where he 's off to in April . |
| 2 | Paul is a lawyer other lawyers love to hate , but his is only one of a number of Yorkshire law firms that are sending a chill down the back of the London legal establishment . |
| 3 | But his was largely a media conglomerate : the prime example of those distinctive features listed earlier : large in scope and scale , with modern management and a shifting and volatile balance of interests . |
| 4 | But his was still a subject class . |
| 5 | Of that I have no doubt , but I am equally certain that it was his own hands which fastened his belt around his neck and fumbled for the window bar . |
| 6 | After many years and three gardens , the optimism is going well ; I still battle with my impatience , but I am finally coming to grips with giving the essentials of sustenance to the garden . |
| 7 | When my hon. Friend began his question , I intended to say that it was a matter for the Catering Committee , but I am no longer sure that it is . |
| 8 | ‘ I am carrying a load of wiring and electronic equipment so I knew they would be interested in it , but I am completely in favour of this type of search . ’ |
| 9 | But I am completely lost at meetings and need an interpreter . |
| 10 | I am sure you already now that the WISE activities are important but I am just telling you all this in confirmation of your instincts … ’ |
| 11 | But I am also attracted by Graff 's suggestion that those who favoured a ‘ literary ’ , aesthetic , affective way of reading would then experience the satisfaction of working against the prevailing grain . |
| 12 | ‘ I know there will be those who are unhappy … but I am also convinced that millions of Argentines are applauding this measure , ’ he said at the weekend . |
| 13 | But I am also a resilient soul . |
| 14 | My world of science is so much richer than theirs , because I not only know the systematic names , but I am also fluent in the trivial ones , the scientific nicknames which allow us to chat about science over coffee . |
| 15 | I am a gardener of the physical who spend many hours tending my flowers but I am also a mental gardener and spend even more hours tending transcendent flowers . |
| 16 | As for certainties , ’ he frowned , ‘ I am a friar as you see , one who has taken vows of poverty but I am also a little of a philosopher and certainties I do not believe to exist . ’ |
| 17 | But I am also convinced that markets should not enjoy the kind of sovereign power which they are given in the Hayekian and Friedman analysis . |
| 18 | But I am also a nurse and I know how vital the hospital 's research is . |
| 19 | I may be a dish , but I am also a don , and not prone to see emergencies where none exist . |
| 20 | But I am also Nyoka , your snake . |
| 21 | I am all for planning from the bottom up but I am also convinced of the virtues of the presentation of draft proposals as a means for making discussion possible . |
| 22 | ‘ I am T'ang , yes , but I am also Seven . |
| 23 | ‘ But I am also keen to hear from anyone who has suggestions to make on how we can improve our environmental impact . |
| 24 | The monopoly of command — in his house , in his business , in his factory — was crucial to his self-definition , and its formal assertion , whether nominal or real , is an essential element in all industrial disputes of the period : ‘ But I am also the Director of the Mines , that is to say the head [ chef ] of a large population of workers … |
| 25 | But I am also sitting in Dr Serafin 's study , with an essay on sense-data in my hand . |
| 26 | But I am also realistic and realise that there are people who do n't make it in life . |
| 27 | ‘ It would mean a saving of around £3,000 but I am also due to meet the Rhyl Town Council on Tuesday to discuss an alternative site which has not yet been revealed , ’ he added . |
| 28 | ‘ But I am also concerned about the position of the Prime Minister . |
| 29 | I do n't want you to think , Caroline that we are acquitting you rapidly , I will try to acquit you rapidly , but I am also delivering what you 've come for . |
| 30 | But I am well preserved , Alida thought , turning a little to the glass , I have taken care . |