Example sentences of "but [pron] [verb] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We could insert ‘ Christian truths ’ ( or doctrines or promises ) for ‘ Christian presuppositions ’ , but I prefer to speak this way to focus attention on what a presupposition does rather than on what it is . |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't think that I 've made great strides in the game ’ , he comments , ‘ but I 've made steady progress since I turned pro . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ But I 've done enough crying . |
| 4 | I had to tell you about the risk , but I 've done this operation on bitches who were older than Sandy , and they were all successful . ’ |
| 5 | got it somewhere in this house but I 've told some chap , a bit of a Welsh there er I said , Now but it was Welsh there . . . |
| 6 | That 's what I 'd have been doing if I had been there so you 're not so different from me Peter , so you might have , you might be different in other ways John , but I 've got that weakness as well . |
| 7 | But I 've got good news , lass ! ’ |
| 8 | Most traditional horse care books tell you that the only way to achieve this is to give him as thorough grooming every day , but I 've got more faith in the old stud groom who said that grooming put muscles on people 's arms but did n't do an awful lot for horses ' coats ! |
| 9 | Sorry I 've got to throw you out on time , but I 've got another appointment at four . |
| 10 | I have n't got any , they wo , I could n't get any fresh parsley so I thought that might just give it a bit of colour , but I 've got dried parsley if you 'd rather use that . |
| 11 | I only wish I had time to stay and talk , but I 've got some paperwork to get through right now . ’ |
| 12 | but I 've got some left of that beef , so |
| 13 | ‘ But I 've got this attitude that if you 're going to show guitarists off in their best light , you do n't just put them on stage and let them weedle around all night . |
| 14 | I would , he said , but I 've got this thing called Slik just going . |
| 15 | And I ring up B H and I say , I 'm sorry about Tuesday night , but I 've got this guy that wants to see me , it 's really good , and she 'll say , alright , you 're starting off , O K , off you go , we 'll rearrange it for next week . |
| 16 | And things have changed since he got remaindered , but I 've got this feeling — call it a detective 's intuition — that he left something of himself behind . |
| 17 | But I 've read that book . |
| 18 | But I 've left that sort of civil liberty out of this motion today , because we ca n't deal with all the , because we ca n't deal with everything all at once , but perhaps it can be tou touched at council , because we had Colonel , who also does n't like to be confused with the facts , trying to tell us that next year the , or the year after next , budgets will be cash limited , but I 've got news , they already are cash limited . |
| 19 | But er But I 've known that story about the er about them coming up that way and they stayed at the the burnside at Dalvaine . |
| 20 | ‘ I 've had doubts that I could play at this level but I 've had great support from everyone . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Not that it 's any of your damn business , but I 've had glandular fever . ’ |
| 22 | My billetors were kind , but I had to spend considerable time in their sitting-room , and I felt this was an invasion of privacy for both of us . |
| 23 | I noticed that Aunt Louise could thread her needle without too much trouble and even write a few letters , but I had heard that sight is often impaired by poor health , and prided myself that this improvement might be due to good food and peace of mind . |
| 24 | I knew that he had given about 4,000 volumes , but I had kept this information to myself . |
| 25 | but I had to lie any way cos otherwise she would be more annoyed , I was going , I , say I go , I |
| 26 | ‘ But I had to have some excuse , you see . |
| 27 | But I tend to eat more chicken and fish and things like that now |
| 28 | It may be that I wo n't , but I like to keep that option . ’ |
| 29 | My predecessor had read law and obtained a first , but I chose to read social anthropology simply because of a pleasure in the subject . |
| 30 | Whether the ground actually became firmer or whether I was spurred on by fear I do not know , but I began to make better progress . |