Example sentences of "but they [verb] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neither had been able to get home for her funeral , but they had telegraphed a big wreath and paid their fair share of the undertaker 's bill , after which the letters and dollars stopped and Vi and Mary had grown even closer . |
| 2 | But they had received a further ‘ hammer blow ’ with a demand yesterday ‘ for thousands of pounds from the Inland Revenue for taxation which they had been told by Barlow Clowes had been deducted at source . |
| 3 | There was another story about a blind mother , whose son did not return after the battle ; she wept when he did not return , and asked the survivors if they had seen a young and lovely boy lying slain , dressed in delicately embroidered garments of fine silk , and the survivors said No , they had seen no boy , but they had seen a great bearded man dead , and he had worn tied about his waist strange garments , torn and faded and old , which had once been embroidered with flowers . |
| 4 | But they had made a pleasant enough scene , one with which she felt she ought to be able to identify . |
| 5 | He had toyed with the idea of taking her to Dublin anyway , but they had had a rocky road enough already and perhaps she would be better at home . |
| 6 | The feminists thought the whole structure was rotten , but they had taken a particular dislike to Pilger . |
| 7 | and they just say it totally randomly and the last one just the first pers person who says Mornington Crescent is the winner but they 've made a great big sort of fiction as to how why , when it is suitable to say Mornington Crescent |
| 8 | ‘ But they 've done a great job . |
| 9 | erm but they 've got a sticky bit on them |
| 10 | Brian Horton says they 're really looking forward to it … it 's going to be a tough season … but they 've got a good team and are going to play adventerous football |
| 11 | Actually , we 've seen it before but they 've got a huge big and it did n't look that big . |
| 12 | But they 've got a different perception of dirtiness |
| 13 | But they 've got a lovely lot of dance records . |
| 14 | Last minute organisational difficulties prevented the holders at Hunterston from defending their title but they 've promised a hard-fought battle to win it back next year when Peel Park will host the event . |
| 15 | Neil says he does n't like the swimming and the lakes have been cold while Derek says they 've been through the pain barrier and have had to spend up to ten hours a day in the saddle but they 've had a good back up team … he also jokes that there has n't been a day when he would n't have rather stopped in bed |
| 16 | No birds about at the moment but they 've had a good feed of chicken , but |
| 17 | Erm John 's Dream the National Playwright 's Network actually wrote back to me and said they 're quite happy to read your plays for a fee erm but I intend to re-write that before I put it in er for a reading erm Oh , I I sent a poem called Pleasure to Woman 's Weekly in June last year and I suspect they were actually planning to use it but they 've had a New Year 's clear-out and I got it back yesterday . |
| 18 | But they 'd had a thorough look through his life just to be sure and hit the jackpot entirely by chance . |
| 19 | But they 'd had a little drink in Germany , and did n't know where to head ! |
| 20 | He says they ca n't yet say all the jobs are safe but they want to build a growing company . |
| 21 | These traces are not necessarily cheap alternatives to making your own , but they do offer a convenient and reliable choice to the angler withvery little time for preparation . |
| 22 | All these controls can be turned off , but they do form a comforting security blanket . |
| 23 | ‘ CO&sub2 ; extract hops are expensive but they do give a good hop nose when they 're added in the conditioning tank . |
| 24 | But they do know a good ad when they see one . |
| 25 | These exaggerations are offered to define the limits rather than to present accurate profiles , but they do highlight an educational dilemma . |
| 26 | They could indeed but they do indicate a western relief road . |
| 27 | erm but they do provide a regular and safe income . |
| 28 | It might be crass to describe Screaming Trees as The Cult Without The Stupid Bits , but they do have a rare knack of crafting glorious , quite literally classic heavy rock without resorting to the pompous clichés . |
| 29 | Currency Options provide insurance against adverse exchange rate movements without penalty if exchange rates move favourably but they do have a fundamental drawback in that they are purchased with a cash premium , much like an insurance policy , which can be substantial . |
| 30 | ‘ But they do have a big country to govern . ’ |