Example sentences of "[verb] but [prep] [adj] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm not sure how well that would wash with some people they 're i in an area that , like yeah which was very er oppressed and where the , the warlords and the landlords were screwing the peasants I can see that there 's enough pent up er fear er and angers so that this might work but in other areas I do n't know effective this would be , that you |
| 2 | ‘ They must have found it , because it was gone the day after — probably straight into the oven because it was obvious it had been killed , not just died But to this day they do n't know how . ’ |
| 3 | We all joke about shopping till we drop but for some people it 's a reality . |
| 4 | for the first thirteen weeks of unemployment people are allowed to look for jobs that they want to do or are skilled or experienced to do but after thirteen weeks they will be compelled to take any job that comes along . |
| 5 | Now that cape , it would be raining on it all night , and we had no means of drying it so that cape was left on a hanger in the house and the next coat was taken and that was worn but for some reason it seemed to be always raining on nights and you had coat wet and you came to go out it was still damp . |
| 6 | And so well I did n't like what he was doing but at any rate it happened on Sunday morning er , somebody read the lesson and it was Saint , Saint John and there were chapters and of course it was skipping about the verses all over the place , you just got fed up with verses . |
| 7 | In general the quality of discussion and level of participation were highly praised but in some cases it was thought that staff , who were unfamiliar with validation , were unsure of their role in the event . |
| 8 | The actual form of organisation adopted was by no means standardised but in each case it was subject to direct political control [ Chester , 1975 ] . |
| 9 | Erm , I , I apologize but for some reason I ca n't explain that the recommendations on , on this items twelve B one and twelve B two should read as follows . |
| 10 | He said how on three occasions he won but on three occasions he lost . |