Example sentences of "but [prep] [adv] [pers pn] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But for today we shall go straight through , just to warm up . |
| 2 | Coming up in a little while we 'll be talking greyhounds , but for now we 'll go back to football and deal with the local classified results with all the local leagues . |
| 3 | No doubt experiments that unambiguously answer Baker 's fundamental criticism will be performed , in which pigeons are taken to release sites which are clearly unfamiliar ; but for now we must suspend judgement . |
| 4 | But for now I 'll go along with you . |
| 5 | ‘ Later we can calm her , but for now she will continue like this until she grows tired . |
| 6 | You know what I think about nuns , but for once they might do something useful . " |
| 7 | ‘ We are summoned to audience with Artai later , ’ he said , ‘ but until then we can do as we please . ’ |
| 8 | Now Mr Jaggers turned to me and told me that on Monday I would go to Matthew Pocket 's house to start my studies , but until then I would stay with his son , Herbert , who lived nearby . |
| 9 | But until then it could happen to someone else . |
| 10 | But from there you will have to make you own arrangements via the local Cape Verde Airline offices . |
| 11 | But round here you could go to sleep , wake up in the morning and half the flat 's have been burnt down and shops have been looted and you do n't know where you are . |
| 12 | The compensating disadvantage is that when conflict exists there will be more than one efficient solution , but at least we would expect to have excluded those non-preferred solutions which could never be optimal . |
| 13 | And that 's the logic of the issue , but it wo n't work that one , but at least we 'll hang on to what we 've got , I hope . |
| 14 | Our supporters were vastly outnumbered but at least we could hear them . |
| 15 | We ca n't give her what she really wants , poor girl , but at least we can make her look pretty . |
| 16 | But at least we can express them all when we make love , release them in a fierce cross-current , emotional , mental and physical unity . ’ |
| 17 | But at least we can sort out the issues involved . |
| 18 | ‘ I do n't pretend that this will ever be a Labour seat , but at least we can force the opposition to work harder , give them a run for their money , ’ he said . |
| 19 | But at least we can seek for different models of powerful women : sensitivity and strength , power and flexibility , commitment without dogma , determination and courage without authoritarianism , these would be welcome everywhere . |
| 20 | This is a very minimal level of quantification , if quantification at all , but at least we can add the frequency with which these values occur within some collection of persons . |
| 21 | I ca n't give any guarantee whatsoever that we will , but at least we will try and if that were to meet with your Lordships approval , then er I would be content to go on that basis . |
| 22 | ‘ But at least we will get to Fontainebleau . |
| 23 | But at least they would clarify the current situation and offer the Prince a place in history alongside his great uncle . |
| 24 | Okay , they 're poor paid , but at least they would have the pride of saying that they 've got a job whereas the elderly are having to just sit at home and turning down their fires and turning down their central heating in case they ca n't afford their bills ! |
| 25 | They may not always exhibit the wisdom of Solomon but at least they might know where to draw the line . |
| 26 | But at least they could hold off within the value of what they now held , and were empowered to dispose of to advantage . |
| 27 | But at least they could frighten him , show him that the Scots would never forget nor forgive what he had done , that he would never be safe anywhere near Scotland . |
| 28 | You know , Lewes is about the right sort of size for that , people do n't get too much on top of each other , but at least they can find their way around . |
| 29 | You know , Lewes is about the right sort of size for that , people do n't get too much on top of each other , but at least they can find their way around . |
| 30 | But at least they will take nobody by surprise . |