Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb mod] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | French Renaissance and Italian Renaissance styles were taken up by other railway architects — notably at the Michigan , Southern , and Rock Island station at Chicago ( 1871 , and reconstructed after the Great Fire of Chicago in 1872 ) , New Haven ( 1870s ) , Chicago Union ( 1881 ) , and later at Salt Lake City , Utah ( 1909 ) — but nothing could halt the headlong growth of the complications of the picturesque . |
| 2 | Erm , maybe not , but everyone can hit a cross-court volley in Pro Tennis Tour . |
| 3 | Er , the the the er er the fax in the first instance has been sent by a back bench member of this house who is not a minister , but I may tell the honourable gentleman that I get all sorts of things from mail shots inviting me to all er manner of functions , all of which find their way into the waste paper basket . |
| 4 | Sometimes it just ca n't be helped cos there 's nothing in your price range you know that you like that is n't empty but I would prefer an empty property so that when we decide and then whatever just |
| 5 | ‘ But I would prefer the British scene to keep the accent on the wrestling — a combination of the American flair for the hype and the traditional good British wrestling moves . ’ |
| 6 | But I would want a constant dialogue , through various means of communication , to learn about what is going on throughout the whole constituency . |
| 7 | But I would regard a clear written recommendation to the surety to take independent advice before signing the security document as advisable in most cases . |
| 8 | People will feel very strongly about them , but I would say the following . |
| 9 | But I 'll go the last step of the way , and ask the last man . ’ |
| 10 | But I 'll do the same soon . |
| 11 | Of course I heard I 've heard all the arguments about co-opting , but I 'll tell the Noble Lord , Lord MacIntosh this that who 's going to do the co-opting , those who are already on the police authority |
| 12 | But I 'll think no more about it until we meet Dr Mortimer and Sir Henry Baskerville in the morning . |
| 13 | So I thought , well if they get three , that 's better than none , but I 'll keep the four cos there 's always somebody coming here you know . |
| 14 | But I 'll have no such tricks played on my island ! ’ |
| 15 | But I 'll have a good June . |
| 16 | ‘ One will do fine for his dallta , Lachlan , but I 'll have a new one made for your heir . |
| 17 | I 've never heard of it Dennis but I 'll have a wild stab in the dark it 's |
| 18 | Give your blokes this number so they can arrange a visit , but I 'll have a quick look while I 'm there . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ You may think you 've won , but I 'll have the last laugh . |
| 20 | But I 'll write a little note . |
| 21 | I am not sure whether a statement on yesterday 's meeting would be appropriate , but I shall draw the hon. Gentleman 's request to my right hon. Friend 's attention . |
| 22 | We have much important business to conduct , so I doubt whether a statement will be possible , but I shall draw the hon. Gentleman 's remarks to the attention of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland . |
| 23 | The answer is , if they had a particular general part of the study , but I shall stick them on the wall , er , with Blue Tac , but I shall stick the Blue Tac on the so I shall just make that point , so that if some particular person whose just taken it on , do n't ask about the use of Blue Tac in his room . |
| 24 | But I could tell no more than I have written here and I think they all knew from the start it was hopeless . |
| 25 | But I could appreciate a countervailing vision of tolerant scepticism in which the surface texture of life was a source of amiability and pleasure . |
| 26 | but I could see no special contact between them . |
| 27 | If he had been close to the cliff I would not have been able to see him , but I could see the whole section of shoreline , and there was no boat there . |
| 28 | It was too cold to push my face far out of my sleeping bag but I could see the yellow damp stain , like a map , on the wall opposite , and the little nest of cobwebs in a comer of the ceiling . |
| 29 | I loved trains , but I could remember the mounting excitement that I felt , as we approached the path leading to the station , change suddenly and inexplicably to fear . |
| 30 | But I could hear the breathy snarl that Mala makes when she is about to hurt someone quite badly , and with it a menacing series of grunts that could only be Gharrgoyles . |