Example sentences of "[noun] but [pron] [verb] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The farmer did n't actually refuse to take Mister Johnny but he made it clear he did n't really want him . |
| 2 | You , you know how I feel , I mean er Rob does a lot of good work but he keeps it all to himself and we 've got ta be bigger than keeping it to ourselves , it 's everybody 's responsibility vocational education from right down from year seven right the way across the board , they 've got ta |
| 3 | It is natural for mathematicians to be the first to study problem solving but it surprises me that other disciplines have been so slow . |
| 4 | Cayard was recalled instantly by the committee but it took them 40 seconds to hoist the French recall signal , by which time they were well up the track . |
| 5 | Gwynn Jones received many other honours but none gave him greater pleasure than the publication of a selection of his poems , Detholiad o Ganiadau , by the Gregynog Press in 1926 , and the de luxe edition , issued in 1932–7 by Hughes & Son , Wrexham , of six volumes of selected poems and essays . |
| 6 | This was in connection with my RNR Sea Cadet duties but it gave me much more confidence on the navigational side of cutter service . |
| 7 | In Ballachulish an old man , who had no recollection of the jackdaws , told me , ‘ We all have our names for these mountains but they call them different now . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I first met Julie when I walked into her gallery but it took me three years to walk out with her as my wife , ’ he says . |
| 9 | We did wonder if we would manage to find the place but we located it one wet Sunday afternoon . |
| 10 | They could have done with an easier game than Bristol but they beat them 38-11 back in October , so it can be done . |
| 11 | Is there anybody you know that , that also have got the knowledge but they find it difficult ? |
| 12 | Maybe it was obvious to most people but he gave me recharged confidence in the project . |
| 13 | He could see that whatever was agitating his friend had pushed him to the limit but he judged it better to let him get it off his chest than keep it bottled up . |
| 14 | Uncle had several offers but he turned them all down . ’ |
| 15 | I remember me getting up about three o'clock in the morning I heard the wind and I got up to look at the stack yard and start to put er bits of pit props and that into the nets and and and the wind was getting that strong the pit props was going flying over me head and I gave it up and made for and it 's certainly not a very high door at Greenspot but or a very big door but it took me all my time to get the door closed . |
| 16 | Crewe 's 2-1 win over Mansfield was their first in 10 games but they cut it fine , Cutler scoring the winner two minutes from time . |
| 17 | We see nothing wrong in designing vehicles that are intended for motion but we feel it wrong to design ideas that are also intended for motion . |
| 18 | This is probably nowhere near as long as your list but it gives you some idea of how much detail is needed in recording items . |
| 19 | Tony Newton , the Leader of the Commons , said the Government would consider the report but he thought it unlikely it would change its attitude . |
| 20 | He says that most of those years are just a blur but he finds it hard to forget that he was locked in a secure ward for the seriously mentally ill for two weeks . |
| 21 | I do n't want to sound a snob but I thought it vulgar . |
| 22 | was going to say check it in the book but I gave you wrong one . |
| 23 | ‘ We rang your own number but they gave us this one … |
| 24 | I did n't know what had been the last meal eaten before leaving South America but it took me twenty minutes to coathanger my way through it , and consequently I had missed breakfast . |
| 25 | United , without the injured Franz Carr and suspended top scorer Brian Deane , had recalled Cork and Adrian Littlejohn but they found it hard going against a Rovers defence boosted by the return of Irish skipper Kevin Moran . |
| 26 | it used to be known as it was a war do , war factory but you cut them open it were nearly all casing . |
| 27 | I was gon na say have you had a nice Christmas but we saw you last week ! |
| 28 | ‘ Alan is a great player but I find it strange that a Scot is preferred to an Irishman and the more matches I win , the bigger the snub will be . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Alan is a great player but I find it strange that a Scot is preferred to an Irishman and the more matches I win , the bigger the snub will be . ’ |