Example sentences of "but [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But better make it a small one — If I 'm driving . ’ |
| 2 | But better get back to this . |
| 3 | Of course he had , but better play safe . |
| 4 | She admitted it but that was , she had drunk more than her share , that was , it was not to be taken seriously , there were , she could n't even remember saying it , it could have been him , he was drunk was n't he , misunderstanding or even making it up , after all he had done it , not her , he had taken the boy to London , she was asleep , did n't even hear them go , he had taken the boy and left him there , OK , lost him there , easy to do in London but better find him or all hell would break loose and she was not going to carry the can , not for anybody . |
| 5 | But why bother anyway ? |
| 6 | But why bother ? |
| 7 | ‘ But why bother working for a scurvy Earth company , then ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ But why bother to mislead us ? ’ |
| 9 | But why bother to enlighten him ? |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm sure you can , but why bother when I can save you the trouble ? |
| 11 | ‘ But why bother , I ask myself , when all you 're goin' to get for breakfast is a worm . ’ |
| 12 | But why start early and finish in the middle of the day ? |
| 13 | It 's a good idea , but why block it off for certain limited hours ? |
| 14 | ‘ But why change the kind of victim ? |
| 15 | Well , all right , your editorial ‘ Holy bat-poo ’ ( 18 February ) is n't meant to be taken too seriously , but why vilify the harmless bat ? |
| 16 | But why stir up a hornet 's nest by accusing Erdle when murder has n't been mentioned ? ’ |
| 17 | " But why move into a dump like that ? " |
| 18 | But why pat it ? |
| 19 | But why restrict access ? |
| 20 | But why dump the bodies on us ? ’ |
| 21 | But why continue it ? |
| 22 | But why tell me ? |
| 23 | ‘ No reason I can think of , but why tell me ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ But why blame Feargal ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ But why waste one of your precious tokens ? ’ persisted Morse . |
| 26 | If we listen carefully to the process of critical doubt and then examine just what it is that is pronounced indubitable , we must surely ask : but why stop here ? |
| 27 | But why stop at aircraft and shipping ? |
| 28 | But why stop at juxtaposition ? |
| 29 | But why stop to wonder at the very point where cause for wonder really begins ? |
| 30 | ‘ But why copy the method , if this time the killer is someone else ? ’ |