Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But them Cocodamol things what I take |
| 2 | Perhaps it er you do n't know where the stairs and what kind of stairs it is but them kind of units usually come to bits ours does . |
| 3 | But me ma 's no fool . |
| 4 | But me Mum were n't there , so them nurses had to invent it themselves . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm sorry , ma'am , but me stepmother 's got a sickly baby and she ai n't well enough to look after 'erself , never mind him . |
| 6 | I had some paper dolls one time , but me landlady got rid of them , said they were messing the place up . |
| 7 | ‘ But you know ’ , she turned to Ira Dilworth , ‘ I do n't smoke , but me 'usband does , so I 'll just keep it for him ! hope you do n't mind . |
| 8 | But me mam got suspicious . |
| 9 | During his teens , the newly emerging rock ‘ n ’ roll also influenced him , his favourite singers being Bill Haley , Elvis Presley , Gene Vincent , Pat Boone and Frank Sinatra , but his No 1 was Buddy Holly , who had hits with songs such as ‘ Peggy Sue ’ but died at the age of twenty in a plane crash . |
| 10 | But I kind of like it anyway . |
| 11 | And do n't you dare tell anybody this , not anybody , even Mary-Catherine , ’ commands Rainbow , ‘ but I kind of like having her around . |
| 12 | It 's funny , but I sort of recognise the baby . |
| 13 | I find I 've got to make excuses for myself if I do n't , but I sort of think I 've got this to do for the children , and that to do — and I 'll have a grand old clean up next week , sort of thing . |
| 14 | I 've got on the tape here a song which is by Manny Fryer he used to sing in Steel Ice Band er now I know that that 's sort of very old hat , I 'm sorry , but I sort of live in the past and er this er I I believe also that these days so that er you know I can sort of justify that but this is a song that er she has sung which er reminds us that each of us has the potential to commit the crime I 'll try not to play it fast forward , let's see how we go . |
| 15 | ‘ But you love market-days , Ma ! |
| 16 | over But you bastard you never came So |
| 17 | ‘ But you vo n't do it ? ’ |
| 18 | But you muste prove yourself to do som thynges that you were never taught , or else you shall not be able to doo any more than you were taught , and were rather to learne by rote than by reason . |
| 19 | ‘ And do n't go making a noise and waking mam , now , I know she 's deaf but you lot sound like a herd of cattle , mind . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I have seen some fuck-ups in my time , but you lot , and this … ’ |
| 21 | Yeah , but you lot like fighting games . |
| 22 | And s I mean that 's a a sort of non-linguistic of the people use but you sort of |
| 23 | But you receiv 'd the Sentence with a Smile |
| 24 | only a small role in that but she sort of had a late arrival |
| 25 | no , but she sort of said , about her mum and dad , I mean , it 's true , 'cos her dad was on overseas pay and he was in Cyprus , and it 's it 's different now that they 're back in England . |
| 26 | She goes " get me a piece of waata " like that — but she jus ' makes me laugh … an' she speaks so fas ' she comes from Barbados she 's Barbadian , my dad 's Trinidadian . |
| 27 | I might be ‘ little ’ , ’ she parodied , ‘ but we English are noted for our belief in fighting to the last blood-filled ditch . ’ |
| 28 | But we emphasis that nominations need not be famous names ; they just need to be people who have distinguished themselves by their courage or achievement . |
| 29 | She tried to talk to me a job , but we sort of joked away . |
| 30 | Er and er the line came from over here , and on that embankment there was a bridge here , er but they farmer has er removed that embankment , but has still left this part . |