Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [verb] [to-vb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's always easier to talk about warts and carbuncles than it is to focus on beauty spots , but I hope to get the balance right this morning . |
| 2 | In the old days people used to put ashes on top , but I prefer to use a utensil and I take it out on to the pasture . |
| 3 | You can knit row one at the usual cast-on tension , but I prefer to increase the tension to three on one of the carriages . |
| 4 | My stomach went all queer inside but I managed to push the message between her icy fingers and kiss her forehead before I pulled my hand away . |
| 5 | It was down to the practice ground in the gloom for Jack and myself but I managed to get a message to Sally to meet me an hour later than planned . |
| 6 | ‘ But I managed to get a shilling for the horsehair chair , with the bed thrown in . ’ |
| 7 | It took me about a day each to write , seal , stamp and post this letter of mine , but I managed to get the thing off in the end . |
| 8 | I was n't in I was n't in in that song but I went to watch the play |
| 9 | But I intend to drive the strategy that is already in place and leave my successor to drive it even further . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ You have to be competitive to keep on competing but I try to instil the value of the social side of it in my dancers . |
| 11 | I managed to drive out of the hospital but I had to stop the car and was violently sick . |
| 12 | When I first started on the shoot , Sam Fawcett said that I need n't bother about the whisky and the cartridges but I had to watch the grouse , and not to let anyone come past them and pick one or two out . |
| 13 | They did n't arrest me , but I had to leave the college . |
| 14 | But I had to face the fact that most of the pupils were completely untouched by every part of the curriculum . |
| 15 | ‘ But I had to buy the hat and tie . |
| 16 | ‘ I managed to punch my boilie out to the edge of a gravel bar about 60 yeards out , but I had to play the fish towards the top as I brought it in because there are a lot of boulders on the bottom , ’ explained Lee . |
| 17 | But I had to have an excuse to see you , so I 'm not complaining . |
| 18 | ‘ But I had to make the effort , on behalf of the Division . |
| 19 | ‘ My surgeon says further surgery would be morally wrong as it could affect my future health but I had to make an effort to get back after the England tour went wrong . |
| 20 | The connection between enjoyment and a spontaneous welcoming of awareness is logically necessary , for it would be contradictory to say ‘ I intensely enjoyed the sensation , but I had to make an effort to be much aware of it . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ But I had to keep an eye on things . ’ |
| 22 | Got a got a pair of twos there ee by heck ! for four and a pair is six well I think I 'll have I 'm afraid two eights , two o , two eights , two tens and then nine did n't ask for that but I had to throw a pair of twos away for that and go in there you go . |
| 23 | But I had to get an appointment , I had to get something I I put hot water |
| 24 | ‘ I do n't know the bloody title but I wish to see the ones Hopkins studied ! ’ |
| 25 | Of course , there are exceptions and occasions when the process happens much more quickly — and others where it happens much more slowly — but I wish to outline the case of my constituent , Mrs. |
| 26 | But I wish to leave the control of the estate in your hands as sort of legal guardians . |
| 27 | We consult as a team before deciding to go somewhere , but I tend to take the lead . |
| 28 | But I failed to make the connection . |
| 29 | La Meije loomed above , but I failed to find a party who were doing the Grand Pic and returning . |
| 30 | I mean I like dancing and music but I like to have a chat with , I ca n't , I ca n't be bothered if I ca n't chat properly because you ca n't hear yourself |