Example sentences of "but they [be] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 I 'm sure you do but they 're for later .
2 Because , although Jesus was speaking to the people there , his words were not just for them , but they 're for us as well and these are conversations that we can well eavesdrop on and learn something , I 'm sure , for our benefit .
3 You know the egg cups , I thought the egg cups were for the conservatory here but they 're for the conservatory in Fulham .
4 But if it 's a bolt that holds a lamppost down and they 've under under-ordered , there 's not , but they 're with them , then we can take those .
5 But they 're of interest .
6 They overlap but they 're to some extent slightly different criteria .
7 Mhm but they 're to be qualified people involved .
8 The return system , we , we say to the girls they must come back but they 're to be incorporated within the round .
9 The boys go to school every day — there 's a tiny place in Clyst St George — but they 're at large all the afternoon , and they 're getting a bit too obstreperous to have about the place .
10 But they 're at their best during songs like ‘ Stomach Worm ’ , where a cute , simplistic beat pop tune ascends slowly into noisy chaos , thrashing around in an acid bath and trying to keep from being submerged .
11 I ca n't remember now but they 're at least five .
12 It gets a bit crowded when Camilla 's boyfriend is here , but they 're on holiday at the moment . ’
13 There are others he did n't buy and wants to unload , like Tony Cottee who cost £2.2m , but they 're on such big contracts other clubs ca n't afford their wages .
14 Yeah , they are now , but they 're on ten percent
15 But they 're on too late at night , I ca n't stand
16 yeah , but they 're on a real roll at the moment are n't they ?
17 I du n no what it is but they 're about that long and about that round and then they got this trigger like you similar what you do on the Vax hold the trigger .
18 But they 're above us on cos our goal average must look absolutely diabolical now .
19 It is n't the end for Becker — he still has two more matches in the round robin format to make the semi-finals — but they 're against World No 2 Stefan Edberg and Petr Korda .
20 I would describe the Shoe-gazers as being a bungalow , but they 're in a … slightly empty tower block , where no-one 's particularly interested in living any more . ’
21 As for the white kids on the estate , they experience the immediate effects — unemployment , bad housing , but they 're in no position to understand or tackle the actual underlying causes .
22 But they 're in Northern Ireland , places like that .
23 But they 're in this with us . ’
24 But they 're in two groups of three .
25 Yeah but they 're in no as well .
26 " His parents are a Count and Countess , in business as I told you , of course all that does n't mean anything now , but they 're in very good standing .
27 The simple fact of the matter Mr Mayor is that vehicles coming in have got a very er simple alternative route and when they come down the hill they can turn left , go by the golf course knows very well , go round the roundabout and go round the roundabout and come in , alright they 've got to join a queue there but they 're in a queue anyway .
28 Erm but they 're in a position on a lot of the things , like they use our precision P n P two bearings in their dressers .
29 was in the back room cos of the size of the fireplace and one in that corner but they 're in the way , that was only temporary while the house is upside down and I 've put two
30 some spoons there , but they 're in a bag .
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