Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [adv] [vb base] [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or peach melba , but I only like strawberry but I thought |
| 2 | The thought makes me scared , but I still feel relief when the scales show a couple of pounds less . |
| 3 | But you possibly have security and so on ? |
| 4 | They still want value for their money — but they also expect quality and style . |
| 5 | Shaun 's lyrics must seem doubly obscure to the French , but they surely recognise character when they see it . |
| 6 | But they always go market and they go against stipulation and buy when they want to . |
| 7 | The contradictions remain but they only become tension and conflict when we are under pressure to perform more than one role at a time . |
| 8 | Life is full of them , but they only make sense when you look back on them . |
| 9 | Mr Wilson said that last year the Executive had paid their own direct labour organisation to maintain open spaces ‘ but they never cut grass or pulled a single weed . ’ |
| 10 | Not only are these harmful to the people directly involved and to their congregation , but they often receive publicity and may also bring the Church into disrepute . |