Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [verb] [verb] this [noun] " 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 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 . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | I would , he said , but I 've got this thing called Slik just going . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | but I 've got this C I T B N V Q stuff really to sort of to see what went into an N V Q's package |
| 8 | I knew that he had given about 4,000 volumes , but I had kept this information to myself . |
| 9 | Water management is the major part of fishkeeping — but I do have this fantasy about keeping it to the minimum and this partly explains the filtration system I am suggesting , based on a fairly standard undergravel . |
| 10 | ‘ But I want to win this race . |
| 11 | The council agreed to buy the station for — it 's about three hundred and twenty five thousand , but I want to make this point , that it is n't their intention to close the boat station . |
| 12 | But I want to begin this morning by thanking you on behalf of the group , because all of us owe the G M B an enormous debt of gratitude none more than myself . |
| 13 | ‘ But I have conquered this disease before and been free of it for two years . |
| 14 | Once , as he sat cross-legged on his mattress reading , deep in thought , I grabbed both his ankles , and yanked his legs , saying , ‘ Excuse me , but I have to take this wheelbarrow out to the garden . ’ |
| 15 | It was n't at all what Luce had expected , and , seeing her puzzled frown , he said hastily , apologetically , ‘ I hope you do not mind using the rear entrance , but I needed to go this way to get to my next appointment . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I thought I might have hurt you — God knows I tried to be careful , but you seem to have this knack of wiping out twenty-five years of control and finesse with a single touch . ’ |
| 17 | But she had known this encounter was coming ever since she and Florian had attracted the attention of the photographers covering the concert at one of Taipei 's main sports stadiums the previous night . |
| 18 | ‘ But we seem to have this thing in Wales about always knocking our best players and looking around to try to put forward rivals who are n't as good . ’ |
| 19 | We would tread very carefully but we have done this sort of thing before and we would try and make him realise just what he 's doing to himself . ’ |
| 20 | And and I 'm all in favour as I say getting more through the letter box , it 's easier for us and it But I I think I mean I 'm quite happy to leave this now and just carry on with the bridal But we have to make this pay itself |
| 21 | Intellect is a barrier in our way , no doubt , but we have to pierce this barrier with the help of intellect . |
| 22 | But we did have this idea that the whole tribe went around together . |
| 23 | But they had had this conversation so often and to such little purpose that he had long ago abandoned his part of the dialogue . |
| 24 | It should be recognised that the choice of open or closed-loop control makes no difference to the inherent torque producing capability of the motor , but they do allow this capability to be realised in different ways . |
| 25 | The band do n't deserve such praise , but they have earned this record deal . |
| 26 | There Tyndale wrote to urge him to avoid any discussion of the Sacraments , but he failed to take this advice and was convicted as a heretic precisely on this question and was burned . |
| 27 | It was true that he had been educated at a public school , but he managed to disguise this handicap very well . |
| 28 | But he seems to have this antagonism towards the local people . |
| 29 | Graham did n't mind Slater knowing about Sara — he had introduced them to each other , after all — but he wanted to keep this day private . |
| 30 | he wanted her to come back to him , but he wanted to keep this girl on the go ! |