Example sentences of "but [pron] [verb] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the old days people used to put ashes on top , but I prefer to use a utensil and I take it out on to the pasture . |
| 2 | It was down to the practice ground in the gloom for Jack and myself but I managed to get a message to Sally to meet me an hour later than planned . |
| 3 | ‘ But I managed to get a shilling for the horsehair chair , with the bed thrown in . ’ |
| 4 | 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 ? |
| 5 | But I remember having a day off from teaching at the time , probably because of the various strikes , and watching the lunchtime television . |
| 6 | Now some of you , if you 've only been with the company a few months or whatever it was , may not have noticed too much of a change , er , but I 've noticed a bit of a ch , I 've noticed a tremendous change in two and half months , two and a half years , and there 's some people in the room who must have noticed tremendous changes . |
| 7 | ‘ But I 've become a cult figure over the past 18 months , I have respect now ; people do n't walk up in the street and say ‘ Hi Chris ’ and clap me on the shoulder . |
| 8 | I did n't suffer from morning sickness but I 've become an insomniac over the months and had the good fortune ( or so they tell me ) to have a healthy foetus that started kicking me at thirteen weeks . |
| 9 | It , it was gon na cost me a thousand but I 've done a deal with a guy who 'd got stuck with some in Manchester so it 's gon na cost me five hundred which I 'm getting done this Friday . |
| 10 | But I 've seen a way to get a message out . |
| 11 | And all and another thing I tell you th this this is worth knowing I 've seen you wo n't credit it but I 've seen a rowing boat in Street . |
| 12 | It 's only common sense , but I 've seen a lot of hard-earned cash parted with in the pursuit of instrument-enhanced choppery and there just ai n't no such thing . |
| 13 | ‘ But I 've scored a lot of great goals in my time . ’ |
| 14 | But I 've got a station and porters , and some milk churns . ’ |
| 15 | I can easily walk to do shopping and so on , but I 've got a couple of suitcases here now , and I certainly ca n't manage those . ’ |
| 16 | All the later ones we can but I 've got a couple more of these ones that work this one coming anyway so |
| 17 | But I 've got a message , will you tell my brother , no , do n't tell my brother th sa they said she said to one of the nurses and they said , your brother ? |
| 18 | But I 've got a letter here Mr Chairman . |
| 19 | That 's my work permit , but I 've got a letter which I 'll be getting tonight |
| 20 | But I 've got a job to do . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ As to who did the wrecking , we have to wait to hear from Fox , but I 've got a search organized for Alfred . |
| 22 | ‘ As I told you , I did n't go out much when I worked in London , but I 've got a silk dress which I wore on the few times I went to the opera . |
| 23 | ‘ This course is made for me from tee to green but I 've got a lot to learn on the greens , ’ he said . |
| 24 | ‘ But I 've got a lot to make up in the slalom events . ’ |
| 25 | It 's very nice of you to ask me — erm — but I 've got a lot to do when I get back to England — erm — I 'd like to have a lie down … and there 'll be piles of washing … and I have n't got a hairdresser … ’ |
| 26 | But he admitted afterwards : ‘ I 'm pleased to win , but I 've got a lot of work to do in the gym still ’ |
| 27 | But I 've got a lot of time for Tom Clarke , he 's a nice man and it would be absolutely disgusting if anyone tried to dump him at the moment . ’ |
| 28 | But I 've got a feeling that there 's a small group of players out there who will probably play a Chandler 555 for the rest of their lives , and you 'll have to play one yourself to find out why . |
| 29 | . But I 've got a feeling they did n't . |
| 30 | Then I say no , no , but I 've got a feeling I 've got the price of milk pint . |