Example sentences of "[noun] but [conj] [pron] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | CHARITIES are losing money not so much because of the practice of suggesting the amount of donations but because they impose such high postal charges on the goods they offer . |
| 2 | We have all had these emotions but when they reach such a pitch that our suppression of them can not cope , we explode , turning against whoever or whatever is in our way in an attempt to destroy it . |
| 3 | I do n't know if I know I understand obviously monies not around at the moment but if they made some way of creating some kind of jazz pub closing it down making it part of the theatre again it 's it 's just a like a pub and I I do n't ever feel comfortable going in there and buying drinks on rehearse . . |
| 4 | We have done our utmost to provide you with the best possible product but if you have any complaints or suggestions as to how it could be improved do n't hesitate to let us know . |
| 5 | We say more about the resolutions in the explanatory notes but if you have any queries about them please telephone our Shareholder Enquiry Office where the staff will be able to help you . |
| 6 | They 're based on maybe one word in a sentence but if you miss that , you 've missed it . |
| 7 | I linked both books to the theme of ‘ Outsiders ’ , not because of the title but because I felt both books told the story of two lives lived on the edge of society . |
| 8 | but when ya , when you stand at the front door and er there 's a blower breeze and it 's cold , if you put your hand round the door like that , you can feel a draught , you can feel it colder than the you know and the letter box , the draught but if you take that and put a curtain up , it 'll keep the cold out , you 've stopped the draught so you 're gon na win |
| 9 | You should have them in your diaries but as we have such a full complement this evening , can I just draw those attention er to your attention . |
| 10 | I shall be on holiday during the last two weeks of August but if you have any queries during my absence on vacation my assistant , Jack Robinson , will answer these . |
| 11 | I have heard of considerably larger numbers being taken by other people but when I hear such tales I am inclined to wonder how it is that so many can become so jammed together without suffocating in such a small hole . |
| 12 | It 's very difficult to break down the stereotypes but if you do that I believe you release a whole new artistic form . |
| 13 | Her gentle requests for him to sit down met with only short term success but when she used this scolding method his behaviour became far worse . |
| 14 | Resistance , other than to the organocholorines , is confined so far to only five important malaria vectors so the potential for chemical control still exists in many parts of the world It is very easy to advocate the use of alternatives to these chemicals but if you examine those for vector control in detail you will find that most are directed against the aquatic stages of the mosquito and few cases of adequate malaria control by such an attack on any significant scale can be cited . |
| 15 | Three pound fifteen shillings yeah and that 's how , that 's how the work went at that time but as I say these boatmen erm they used t they used to sit down on lock gates day in and day out and did n't have a ship to come in but I 've kno kno known them to row down the river at high tide or it 's before high tide and there 'd be another erm , there 'd be other boatmen there , one was called , he went down , he used to go down and get 'em going , there used to be a race between these two families or the and the first one got the boat , the first one roped it in you see , or wh what we call roping in , moor mooring the ship up , that was |
| 16 | If you have selected 52 rows you do not need to enter the Stop Value but if you experience any difficulty in selecting the exact range mark out an oversized range and type the final date required in this box . |