Example sentences of "but [pron] [verb] [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh hang on I 'm leaving at ten cos I want to be there a little early and start them but I hope to get some perks . |
| 2 | We could insert ‘ Christian truths ’ ( or doctrines or promises ) for ‘ Christian presuppositions ’ , but I prefer to speak this way to focus attention on what a presupposition does rather than on what it is . |
| 3 | I enjoyed the congratulations and little bit of adulation , but I managed to keep some words of my father 's in my mind . |
| 4 | ‘ But I 've done enough crying . |
| 5 | I had to tell you about the risk , but I 've done this operation on bitches who were older than Sandy , and they were all successful . ’ |
| 6 | When we were seven or eight we could clear the place up as good as my Mum … but I 've seen some girls — like my aunt 's little girl and she 's fifteen , she 's just hopeless . |
| 7 | got it somewhere in this house but I 've told some chap , a bit of a Welsh there er I said , Now but it was Welsh there . . . |
| 8 | That 's what I 'd have been doing if I had been there so you 're not so different from me Peter , so you might have , you might be different in other ways John , but I 've got that weakness as well . |
| 9 | Most traditional horse care books tell you that the only way to achieve this is to give him as thorough grooming every day , but I 've got more faith in the old stud groom who said that grooming put muscles on people 's arms but did n't do an awful lot for horses ' coats ! |
| 10 | Sorry I 've got to throw you out on time , but I 've got another appointment at four . |
| 11 | I only wish I had time to stay and talk , but I 've got some paperwork to get through right now . ’ |
| 12 | but I 've got some left of that beef , so |
| 13 | ‘ But I 've got this attitude that if you 're going to show guitarists off in their best light , you do n't just put them on stage and let them weedle around all night . |
| 14 | I would , he said , but I 've got this thing called Slik just going . |
| 15 | And I ring up B H and I say , I 'm sorry about Tuesday night , but I 've got this guy that wants to see me , it 's really good , and she 'll say , alright , you 're starting off , O K , off you go , we 'll rearrange it for next week . |
| 16 | And things have changed since he got remaindered , but I 've got this feeling — call it a detective 's intuition — that he left something of himself behind . |
| 17 | but I 've got this C I T B N V Q stuff really to sort of to see what went into an N V Q's package |
| 18 | But I 've read that book . |
| 19 | But I 've left that sort of civil liberty out of this motion today , because we ca n't deal with all the , because we ca n't deal with everything all at once , but perhaps it can be tou touched at council , because we had Colonel , who also does n't like to be confused with the facts , trying to tell us that next year the , or the year after next , budgets will be cash limited , but I 've got news , they already are cash limited . |
| 20 | But er But I 've known that story about the er about them coming up that way and they stayed at the the burnside at Dalvaine . |
| 21 | I may not have seen the race , but I 've had enough people describe both the race and Jackie 's driving to know what a result it was . |
| 22 | ‘ All right , ’ she said , making a face at him , ‘ I know I ai n't much to look at , but I 've had some blokes fancy me . ’ |
| 23 | I noticed that Aunt Louise could thread her needle without too much trouble and even write a few letters , but I had heard that sight is often impaired by poor health , and prided myself that this improvement might be due to good food and peace of mind . |
| 24 | I knew that he had given about 4,000 volumes , but I had kept this information to myself . |
| 25 | but I had to lie any way cos otherwise she would be more annoyed , I was going , I , say I go , I |
| 26 | ‘ But I had to have some excuse , you see . |
| 27 | But I know see enough boys are gon na say let girls in , of course , but and he 's a fool ! |
| 28 | But I tend to eat more chicken and fish and things like that now |
| 29 | It may be that I wo n't , but I like to keep that option . ’ |
| 30 | But I wanted to close that window first , make sure he did n't come back . |