Example sentences of "[noun pl] but [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | down into his arteries and we ca n't get anything down there so they 're blocked , but he said how the hell he survived that op I do n't know he said they could 've done more with his legs but it meant another hour and a quarter minutes in surgery , and he said he 'd had enough we could n't have kept him on the table a minute longer so he said all we can do is wait , so now mum said well he 's alright in intensive care , he 's responding well , getting over the operation well , but what we was worried about was him breathing on his own , had he , had he been you see , anyway he said this on er Thursday |
| 2 | ‘ He 's had trouble with campers , who 've broken down his fences and left fires that have caused a lot of damage — not Guides or Scouts , of course , who you know are taught to leave behind nothing but their thanks but he puts all campers together and calls them all nuisances . ’ |
| 3 | In the last section we have come to the interesting conclusion that B may alone exist of all our variables but we reached that conclusion on a magnet shape not much used in practice . |
| 4 | We 'd rubbish each other in the columns but they ring each other up and scream with laughter . |
| 5 | Its characteristics include adjustable string tension , a system which has been underrated in previous years but which has incalculable benefits to the regular club enthusiast . |
| 6 | ‘ It has been a closed shop for years but we conducted extensive lobbying of other clubs this time . |
| 7 | They administered education in conformity with the law and the controls on grants for special places but they had considerable autonomy within those constraints . |
| 8 | In the case of the Earth outgassing occurs today via volcanoes , and also via fumeroles which are holes in the ground which emit volatiles but which emit little ash or lava , and therefore , unlike volcanoes , do not build mountains . |
| 9 | Mr Lamont declared the Tories stuck to their election pledges but he faces immense pressure to balance the books . |
| 10 | All the leading cars traded places briefly during a flurry of pit-stops but it had little effect on Prost who was able to pull clear and win comfortably . |
| 11 | All the leading cars traded places briefly during a flurry of pit-stops but it had little effect on Prost who was able to pull clear and win comfortably . |
| 12 | We do not know whether those who have received an agricultural education run more profitable agricultural businesses but I imagine most people assume they do . |
| 13 | There are no formal ties between the national clearinghouses but they maintain regular contact , and exchange information , newsletters and materials . |
| 14 | Well the Germans was shelling and these B things but we had sixty pounder guns then . |
| 15 | This approach to viscoelastic theory is reasonably successful in the low modulus regions but it requires considerable modification if the high modulus and rubbery plateau regions are to be described . |
| 16 | This kind of access to recording facilities is not of course practicable in many language teaching situations but it has considerable potential on intensive courses where students have many contact hours . |
| 17 | There are no tears but I make squeaky sounds with my mouth . |
| 18 | It enrolled less than 50 members but it attracted active support from up to 2,000 sympathizers . |
| 19 | Those are the Saw Doctors interesting this about the Saw Doctors is one of them won the lottery in Ireland I do n't they have a lottery we 're go when are we going to get a national lottery that 's what I want to know when are we going to get it a national next year we 're going to get a national lottery that 's right and one of the Saw Doctors won the national lottery and he won three quarters of a million pounds er and they have n't made much money the Saw Doctors but he won three quarters of a million pounds so that have n't worked for quite some time but they are back on the scene as I speak and er they really if if they er come to York they 're certainly worth seeing . |
| 20 | We do n't name him but whoever is in a particular spot should be responsible for a certain area , which in in fundamentally it is done that in quite a number of instances but I mean one thing that springs to mind is that a lady shall clear the ladies toilets . |
| 21 | There are final decisions still to be taken over the introduction of the speed controls but it seems likely humps would be in place by September this year . |
| 22 | ‘ I shop in High Street stores but I love second-hand markets and charity shops . |
| 23 | Size provides a cushion to the vicissitudes of markets but it creates other problems . |
| 24 | Most are couples but we have some singles as well , ’ says director Pauline Sturgeon . |
| 25 | Since then he has turned in some useful performances for the under-21 and England B sides but he has some way to go before becoming a player of real international class . |
| 26 | Not only does it close four more pits but it threatens five power stations in the area . |
| 27 | There were also problems with halftone screens but anyone expecting decent halftones at 300 or even 600dpi is on a loser anyway . |
| 28 | erm The more recent developments in erm women 's fiction , feminist fiction , erm the lead has come there certainly from America so that not only do you have leading erm women novelists but you have leading women black novelists and black women novelists and this erm of course may very well come , and I hope it does , in this country , but it has n't come at the moment . |