Example sentences of "but they [vb base] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The walls are simply painted but they mix their own paint meticulously , experimenting until they get the colour just right . |
| 2 | But they know my ancestral chain so they are not trying it on too much . ’ |
| 3 | The scientists at Wallingford know they 'll never be able to tame the sea but they hope their new wave basin will help them find ways of making its effects less destructive . |
| 4 | But they disprove their own argument with every thought , every word , every point of logic that they use . |
| 5 | Tax returns of the 1520s do not provide an exact comparison , as they are concerned with the wealth rather than the number of the inhabitants , but they show its continued pre-eminence , almost ten times as wealthy as Norwich , and over fifteen times as wealthy as Bristol ( 82 , pp.13–14 ) . |
| 6 | But they say their real reward is knowing they 've helped to save lives . |
| 7 | Management consultants are not quite in the American lawyer category when it comes to vilification , but they attract their fair share ( well almost … ) : the Financial Times defines a management consultant as someone who sees something working in practice and wonders whether it will work in theory … |
| 8 | Researchers in this current are interested in Lakoff 's suggestion that there is a women 's language , but they criticise her negative evaluation of it . |
| 9 | ‘ In the case of Killer Queen , which I still like , it was just three separate voices and they go in and out of harmony , but they play their own tune ; I enjoy things like that , where they have a life of their own . ’ |
| 10 | Feminists often turn to psychological research on gender to answer their questions , but they find its male orientation disappointing . |
| 11 | Retroviruses can transfer genes efficiently to cells but they deliver their therapeutic genes to both target and nontarget cells , necessitating local delivery of the recombinant retroviruses to specific target tissues 7,8 , or retrovirus-mediated gene transfer to target cells ex vivo , followed by reimplantation of these cells 9 . |
| 12 | . But they choose their own stories so you And if you , it looks like it 's going to be an exceedingly long story you can |
| 13 | I have been a bit negative about memes , but they have their cheerful side as well . |
| 14 | The ability to re-cycle metals is fortunately not a property which applies to clay and stone , but they have their own limitations . |