Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [modal v] [verb] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know there have been a number of accidents in that area but I would hope with all these other traffic calming measures we could have kept that speed up to forty miles an hour . |
| 2 | But I would say to each of your listeners I sure you know people who find a tranquility , a centredness , a source of strength and confidence in their religious faith , they are the representatives of what religion can do , not the Ayatollahs , and not the fanatics , and not the people on television , but the people who spend their lives trying to be good and helpful , and one day they 'll look around and realise that happiness has snuck in the back door when they were n't even looking for it . |
| 3 | A full discussion of that issue is beyond the scope of this book , but I would agree with those commentators who argue that its persistence tells us a great deal more about the present than the past . |
| 4 | I found that raising the volume helped to improve the realism but I would have like more presence and crisper definition . |
| 5 | Erm I think the main story as we sort of lead off from the , from the news release is saying that essentially erm our interpretation of the results is that the r the recovery has spread erm to all regions of the economy , at least in terms of orders erm and in terms of the mainland erm economy including Northern Ireland but I 'll go into more details on that in a moment . |
| 6 | I was gon na ask you to pay a hundred but I 'll talk about that . |
| 7 | I ca n't imagine , ’ he said , ‘ but I 'll look into that later . |
| 8 | But I 'll write about that another time . |
| 9 | No , but I 'll come onto some effects that it did have in a moment . |
| 10 | I did encounter a problem with the low E string , but I 'll come to that in a while … |
| 11 | ( If you 've followed the logic of the earlier chapters you will at once see that this is n't a perfect control , as the water-trained birds may be learning something else about the bead — but I 'll come to that later . |
| 12 | You did actually sort of make when I said well I 've not seen anybody you did say say that but I 'll come to that later on , okay , so it was n't a but you acknowledged and you answered it . |
| 13 | Could you put more games like Detective on future Megatapes , as it 's excellent ( but I could do with some help ! ) . |
| 14 | I work in fashion certainly but I could work in many things . |
| 15 | Yes Chairman , I am following in Major 's shoes , I do n't reckon I know a great deal about it yet , and I 'm not sure that this erm , er , advisory er , committee is yet actually on the go , but I will go into this . |
| 16 | But I will go into more of that a little later . |
| 17 | I could go on forever , but I will finish with this . |
| 18 | I could go on forever , but I will finish with this . |
| 19 | Er , Colonel is erm , doing a very good job over there in trying to make our flesh creep over the whole police situation , but I can tell by some of the remarks that have been erm , given from the body of the chamber that not everybody agrees with him . |
| 20 | But I can think of several reasons to resent their existence . |
| 21 | Of course , there is a place for one or two chief executives , but I can think of several names , which I will not mention , of former Labour and Conservative council leaders who could make an enormous contribution . |
| 22 | As Deputy Leader of the Labour Group in Europe , I look after liaison between our group , the Parliamentary Labour Party , the T U C and individual trade unions , but I can say in all honesty that the individuals just listed play a very important role in giving you access to the possibilities which exist to further your aims in Europe . |
| 23 | He has always made it tough for me when he has been in contention but I can deal with that because I have confidence in my game . ’ |
| 24 | Morton 's an irritant , he has many of his master 's vices without the virtues , but I can deal with that . |
| 25 | But I 'd go for that if I was you . |
| 26 | ‘ In the first place , Inez was a distant relative — some sort of cousin — but I must confess to another more direct motive . |
| 27 | ‘ But I must stick at that . |
| 28 | You could keep them a as long as it was a reasonable way from the street as you might say and , and were fortunate because our pigstys had been built years before and they were ooh , suitably fifty to sixty yards from the main road you see , but I used to laugh at that when we , when we were having these pigs killed . |
| 29 | But you 'll get in that darn cab and stop giving me any more hassle , even if I have to throw you in bodily like the little baggage you are . |
| 30 | You will be liable for lesser amounts but you may insure against this ( see ‘ Loss of Damage Insurance ’ under ‘ Yacht Options ’ ) . |