Example sentences of "but [adv] [vb base] [pers pn] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The unkind things your husband says to you not only make you feel bad but also make him feel better . |
| 2 | But how do we know this to be so ? |
| 3 | But how do we get that across ? |
| 4 | But how do we get some feel for spans of time stretching into millions of years ? |
| 5 | ‘ People say she was a junkie but how do they know that ? |
| 6 | ( And then she thought , But how do I know that for sure ? |
| 7 | But how do you reckon all those went ? |
| 8 | But how do you make further progress without conflict ? |
| 9 | But how do you separate that then ? |
| 10 | I 'm not bothered whether it 's a number of a steam engine but how do you pronounce that number ? |
| 11 | ‘ But how do you know all this ? ’ she said . |
| 12 | ‘ But how do you know all this ? ’ she asked shakily . |
| 13 | But how do you know that ? |
| 14 | I could not stand the ridiculous questions people came and posed about my work : ‘ But how do you find such interesting subjects for your poems , Mr Kirkup ? ’ |
| 15 | But how do you get opposite policies from the same values ? |
| 16 | So you see the trouble starts when people get HIV — but how do you get this virus ? |
| 17 | But how d' ya like that ? |
| 18 | I am writing a lot in my diary in mid and late May , but nowhere do I make any direct mention of the 13th . |
| 19 | It is pretty certain that , in term of what adults mean by ‘ longer ’ the children do not really think that the pencil is longer ; but why do they say this ? |
| 20 | But why do we do that ? |
| 21 | But WHY do we believe that ? |
| 22 | But why do we have two eyes and not just one ? |
| 23 | But why do you want those things ? |
| 24 | ‘ But … but why do you use these strange names ? ’ |
| 25 | But where do they find safe shelter during the cold and wet British winter ? |
| 26 | review with them where they 're at , record how they 're doing , you know tra , I mean I ca n't tell them to do that , but actually ask them to spend five or ten minutes each session talking to different pupils and what they 've been doing and you know even if it 's a personal timetable some people wo n't get into it but it 's you know , trying to get them to be what are tutors are , you know , I 'd like them to do . |