Example sentences of "but [adj] time [pers pn] [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had quite successfully avoided talking about those two lately but some time they would have to — that was if Fernando 's intentions were serious . |
| 2 | For younger children , play the same game but this time they can hit the ball with their hands to keep it in the air . |
| 3 | They would meet again , but this time she would challenge Sabine Jourdain 's killer . |
| 4 | She wanted him to plead with her to stay with him , forever , as he 'd done once before , but this time she would accept and tell him how wrong she had been the first time . |
| 5 | ‘ I should ; but this time I 'll give you a choice . ’ |
| 6 | But this time I 'll get as near to the front as possible ! ’ |
| 7 | But this time I will do it my own way ! ’ |
| 8 | That slow laugh came again , but this time I could identify for sure the menace and the mockery in it . |
| 9 | It will not be long before the Minister will be able to continue his ideological rantings , but this time he will do so from not the security of the Department of Employment but from the Front or Back Benches of a Conservative Opposition . |
| 10 | It was in 1985 that he won this championship at Dornoch when nobody expected him to , but this time he could start favourite over what he calls ‘ my own private Shangri La ’ . |
| 11 | There was a luxurious pleasure in being able to share a secret with one of the very few people he could call a friend , but this time he could resist . |
| 12 | This chapter will follow the same pattern as Chapter 4 , but this time it will look at the views and experiences of students in English and communications . |
| 13 | Coming from a semi-professional level to full Leeds player would not be easy for him but given time he could make it . |
| 14 | You may need to ask for advice , or even have one or two dummy runs , but given time you can get there in the end . |
| 15 | But next time I shall have to run , take the cash in there . |
| 16 | Be warned , if you have one or two large and complex images , you could have time enough to make drink , and regret a cup of coffee before the thumbnail picture has been completed , but next time it will display with alacrity . |