Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [verb] [vb infin] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We do n't have a kidney-shaped swimming pool , but I do possess several palettes . |
| 2 | Other times I am mean and nasty , and there are other times when I have n't got complete control of myself but I do want some sort of discipline . |
| 3 | But I do like that hedging I think it 's beautiful when the red berries are on it |
| 4 | But I do know some ladies who have done well with parties . |
| 5 | I know I am just an ignorant servant girl , aged seventeen , but I do know some Latin . |
| 6 | yeah , you know quite hopeful so what I as I say what I 'm really looking for is I 've got a preference for older properties but you know try not to pin myself down to too much at the moment , I 've got about a hundred and thirty to spend so ideally I 'd like a cottage old style but I do need three bedrooms |
| 7 | But I do have other talents . |
| 8 | Well i I 'm happy , I mean I was just going to make that point , sir , but I do have other points , but I 'll wait . |
| 9 | Erm but I do have some sympathy with Harrogate 's position and indeed Selby 's position er to some extent . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ Please try and remember that I did n't create the situation you 're in but I do have more experience of it than you do . |
| 12 | I 'm still conscious of what I wear , I have n't completely lost track of fashion , but I do take more care now to see that my body is well covered , especially my head . |
| 13 | As far as exactly who was the most famous exponent of the six-string bass , I think Gibson was spot on , but I do acknowledge that Jet Harris played a considerable role in the history of the instrument . |
| 14 | I did n't do so , but I did make another suggestion . |
| 15 | But I did see black guillemots swimming down in the bay , and a gully full of boulders where they probably nest . ’ |
| 16 | But I did write one thing at school , the school pantomime , which nobody wanted to be in anyway . |
| 17 | Enid : No , but I did get some pleasure from the abuse . |
| 18 | But I did get another tingle of excitement when I swam a shade too near a jagged reef , and she grabbed me by the shoulder to pull me away . |
| 19 | ‘ But you do have some idea who it could be ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ But you do have clitoral orgasms , Jay ! ’ he said . |
| 21 | The same exercise can be done with both legs in the air — but you do need excellent stomach control in order to do this . |
| 22 | Ah no but she does wear fake tan cos she goes streaky round her cheeks . |
| 23 | Katharine wo n't actually be making any speeches on his behalf but she does have some tips for the Prime Minister . |
| 24 | The Commissioner is not there to canvass for work , but she does consider that publicity is a valid function of her office . |
| 25 | ’ That neither did she , but she did expect common civility . ’ |
| 26 | But she did make two purchases from the hat and the dress departments with the money which J. D. O'Conner had given her for the two articles which she had written for him . |
| 27 | But she did make one request . |
| 28 | She did not reflect that only a few weeks ago she would have thought it impossible that she could have lived the life of a servant , let alone bear eating and drinking in the den in which Rose and her ma lived , but she did know one thing — she would never take her comfortable life for granted again . |
| 29 | But she did know one thing . |
| 30 | Katherine liked to believe that she was n't vindictive , but she did have certain rules , certain standards , both for her house and her business , and one of the reasons she had been so successful both in Dublin and now in London , was because she applied those rules rigorously . |