Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [vb -s] [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and rung the A A , so as I got through to the A A man I says erm , you know , I says I , where I was parked and all like that and where I was stood and the chap says oh I 'll get a , a van up to ya as soon as I can , but I says wait a minute , I says my car 's just arrived and Joan was the mechanic , he lifted bonnet up and touched something and you brought it down did n't you ? |
| 2 | ‘ Jenna is not well , Alain , but she refuses to have a doctor . |
| 3 | yeah , she maybe does , but I think she 's trying to , to try and promote the fact that aids patients are harmless , because a lot of aids patients are very isolated , people do n't want to know them , they think you can catch it through shaking hands , drinking out the same cup and all that , and I think she 's trying to prove that look I 'm alright , so should you be , but she does go a bit over the top |
| 4 | Well I promised our our Sarah I 'd spend some time with her I ai n't gon na say too much but she does get a bit upset at times |
| 5 | " She 's worried , but she does see the point . " |
| 6 | She has no refrigerator or washing machine , but she does have a vacuum cleaner . |
| 7 | Cilla Black wo n't speak to me to this day because when I was a critic , I wrote a very warm piece about her , but during the course of it , I said , ‘ She 's quite good-looking , but she does have the nose of a rather careful boxer . ’ |
| 8 | But she does look a bit silly though in it ? |
| 9 | She ai n't looking at it — she 's carrying on talking to the man , but she keeps twisting the neck of this white duck . |
| 10 | But she comes to recognise the strength of her own individuality . |
| 11 | I feared in Rome I detected a great change for the worse , but she has stood the journey well , better than might have been expected , and now , if all remains serene , we may see her build up again . ’ |
| 12 | She stares straight ahead , but she has opened the window just enough to eavesdrop on the interview taking place on the pavement outside , between Rainbow and the little dove . |
| 13 | Harvey may refuse the usual ‘ women 's role ’ but she has taken the indie scene by storm by writing some starkly troubled sexual vignettes while sounding as if she 's profoundly at ease in her own skin . |
| 14 | She 's obviously talented — but she needs to curb the tendency to start swaying into hideous Rock Chick territory otherwise it surely will be a case of when-you've-had-a-Number-One-the-only-way-is-down . |
| 15 | She loves the country and Highgrove is home , especially with the children , but she needs to know the city is not too far away , with shops and cinemas and friends to meet up with . |
| 16 | I do n't know what she thinks about television , but she seems to enjoy the music on the car radio whenever we 're going to lectures . |
| 17 | No but she 's got a phone in the car . |
| 18 | She 's got long fair hair but she 's got a veil over it . |
| 19 | We do n't always agree , but she 's got a style of her own , and I 've got mine ; sometimes we just agree to differ . ’ |
| 20 | But er most of them , but she 's got a couple over here , I think . |
| 21 | Yeah , but she 's got a bit of a problem with that . |
| 22 | But she 's got a dog and like with that being with her constantly it 's , so it 's been what she 's always remembered , |
| 23 | But she 's got a husband . |
| 24 | But she 's got a card for Macrows . |
| 25 | Yes , but she 's got all the erm she 's got hundreds of well not hundreds , but she 's got a lot of customers , I mean , she works in huge offices does n't she ? |
| 26 | she can move them but she 's got no use in them , so they said it 'll take a long time |
| 27 | she knows how to do arrangements and all that but she 's got no business sense ! |
| 28 | One top Australian fashion commentator says : ‘ Diana looks great in the long slit skirts , but she 's got the figure and the legs for short skirts , so if she wants to wear short , good on her . ’ |
| 29 | Yeah but she 's got an honours that she has n't deserved . |
| 30 | I 've got a friend who is a punk ; her make-up takes her ages , but she wants to make a statement , to be noticed . |