Example sentences of "but we [verb] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some said they 'd , they 'd be interested in playing , they knew how to play certain things and others wanted to play others and that 's how we started , and in a matter of a year the new headquarters at er Lowestoft was being opened , by the Dutchess of Kent , and we decided that the band was going to play at that one and you can imagine , and it was all ready and they were playing music , but I 'm not sure what , what quality music it was , and blow me on the week before , the band leader , the conductor decided he could n't play because he had a sprained wrist so we were left without a conductor even , but we managed to get another conductor and we played and I do n't know what it sounded like , but the Dutchess of Kent was very kind , she said the music sounded lovely . |
| 2 | ‘ We were having fun with the children but we seemed to lose each other , ’ says Davina . |
| 3 | It sounded okay but we kept getting these fumes . |
| 4 | It was next door to the Infants School but we had heard terrifying stories about life there . |
| 5 | Me : But we had to buy two books of Metro tickets . |
| 6 | The CLA wo n't get exactly what it wants but we hope to get some sort of general agreement . |
| 7 | ‘ But we hope to reward those fans . |
| 8 | ‘ But we 've given Black Michael a problem , ’ he said . |
| 9 | But we 've recorded that Victoria Wood off er the our the television . |
| 10 | But we 've seen these things up close . |
| 11 | It costs £4.45 for 250ml — but we 've got 200 bottles to give away , free . |
| 12 | I but we 've got two products there . |
| 13 | yes , I was supposed to be going the morning well up until ten o'clock off , to go and see the assembly because er the lady I 've been replacing is back , so that means we have somebody spare around , but we 've got two people off this week |
| 14 | Gridelin Rainwater Shampoo normally costs £2.50 for 200ml but we 've got 50 tubs to give way . |
| 15 | Let's see , I very rarely have money , but we 've got some money . |
| 16 | Not here , but we 've got some spares |
| 17 | But we 've got some lemonade and things like that . |
| 18 | It is entirely up to them who they choose , but we try to pinpoint likely candidates such as professionals from the country or area of the sponsoring company . |
| 19 | ‘ But we seem to have this thing in Wales about always knocking our best players and looking around to try to put forward rivals who are n't as good . ’ |
| 20 | Erm but we need to get some plans up together . |
| 21 | The main thrust will be in the middle ground , but we want to publish good quality literary works as well . |
| 22 | Mak sees it as part of her job to raise the expectations of the community , while Lukey says : ‘ Not only do we hope to discover unmet needs , but we want to generate more demand . |
| 23 | Most of that will go on delivering the programmes er and most of that is existing funding and so we 're going to have to use a lot of it on that , but we want to do new things as well . |
| 24 | Alright , as we tend to , as each is observed empirically , as we , as we get wealthier , not only do we want to consume more of some good , but we want to consume different varieties of some , of some good . |
| 25 | We would tread very carefully but we have done this sort of thing before and we would try and make him realise just what he 's doing to himself . ’ |
| 26 | As for emulating CNN , he is more cautious : ‘ Our terrestrial activity has to remain our core activity , but we have to explore new business opportunities . ’ |
| 27 | But we have decided that part of the proceeds should be put aside , year by year , into a Millennium Fund specifically dedicated to projects which will commemorate the start of the twenty-first century and will be enjoyed by future generations . |
| 28 | ‘ But we have made some progress , Sir John . |
| 29 | Right , but we have covered most things that 's ev , I do n't know if I 've actually missed anything out , right but just to clarify my thinking what is it you do actually want to think about , is it the the colour , is it what glass you want in the bathroom ? |
| 30 | The use of sophisticated computer games and simulators certainly begins to mimic ‘ real ’ tasks — but we have reached another problem . |