Example sentences of "but do [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 But d' ya know something ?
2 You we , I 'm glad you said that cos , I 'm not sure if I told you this before but d' ya remember what these numbers here mean ?
3 Well nothing but d' ya know what I mean it 's sort of .
4 I keep having hot flushes , know what I mean ? but d' you think they care ? they just follow me round saying ‘ Miss we 've dropped a stitch ’ .
5 " I do n't want to let you go , but d' you know , I feel so ridiculously happy .
6 . But d' you know I , I did n't fancy it .
7 Yeah , but d' you think they 'll be able to see it ?
8 But done it up to two or three thousand pounds for an estate , knowing that it
9 But to do him justice , the Prime Minister never gave me any impression that he wanted me to succeed him … .
10 That was a plot against Rachel she had never thought of , to take up maths again but to do it in the USA .
11 The first time , he asked the man to make love to him right there in the car , not to take him home yet but to do it to him there in the car .
12 ‘ You dream about scoring at Anfield — but to do it both ends and to silence the Kop is a fantastic feeling . ’
13 To get out was a considerable achievement : to go on to etch his own personality on the world was so rare as to be wonderful : but to do it on his own terms , in his own way and to do exactly as he wanted was astounding .
14 Activists had the job of implicating West Indian proprietors in the public mind with the lack of progress since 1807 but to do it ‘ wisely and prudently ’ by seeking ‘ to second or to remove the impediments out of the way of the free operation of the Jaws which the Creator has fixed in the nature of things ’ .
15 To lighten what can be quite an anxiety provoking experience , it is sometimes helpful to ask the client to role play a particular situation , but to do it at first , extremely badly .
16 ‘ Kill him , yes , but to do it that particularly brutal way puzzles me .
17 So now the pressure on the broker is not only to do more business but to do it in exactly their way . ’
18 ‘ It is a fantastic achievement to win here just once but to do it six times is amazing and a very special feat . ’
19 It takes a special person to handle complaints in any case but to do it for 22 years deserves a special mention , always maintaining a diplomatic and friendly attitude to each individual case .
20 Would , would , would would , but , I mean I 'm quite in favour of people having their genitals mutilated as adults , once they 're over eighteen , they go to hospital and sign a consent form and have it done as long as they pay for it themselves , but to do it to newborn children strikes me as outrageous .
21 Light is cast on the customs of contemporary devotion by the instruction not " climb up to the cross " to kiss Christ 's feet in tears of penitence but to do it in his heart .
22 But to do it without damaging the flora and fauna , horse power still reigns supreme .
23 ‘ It is bad enough doing that to the uninitiated , but to do it to the Secretary of State is really beyond the pale — it 's quite pathetic . ’
24 But to do it in lane three , to get out and change a tyre is beyond belief .
25 I do n't believe it 's God 's purpose unless there 's no other alternative but to do it together with God 's people , with God 's family the fellowship of being together in our witness and in our service , this is the whole purpose of , of , of , of the church family , that we do things together , that we are together and then obedience to God 's will .
26 This is to certify that Color Serjeant Nicholl served in the Grenadier Company of the King 's Regiment for twenty one years , and being myself one of the Officers of the Company during the greatest part of that period , I have consequently had an opportunity for closely observing his character and conduct , therefore it is but doing him that justice which his uniformly good behaviour merits , to state that I have never ( in his station in life ) met with a more truly steady or strictly honest a man .
27 The tasks themselves — typing , photocopying , collating , stapling — are not intrinsically interesting but doing them with others , who are eager for the same goal , is .
28 Speed and distance from the road edge probably would n't make a lot of difference if a landmine was detonated as they went by , but doing it makes everyone feel better .
29 Yet Charsky was not merely attempting it , but doing it solo !
30 Escaping is bad enough but doing it in the middle of the night is inexcusable .
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