Example sentences of "but [conj] [pron] [verb] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few well-to-do people , preferring a quiet existence , had built houses north of there , but once they had passed those and were driving along the Bloomingdale road , there were only isolated farmhouses and cottages . |
| 2 | In relation to the sentence stem ‘ A girl and her mother … ’ , girls often produce responses like ‘ often go through a bad patch for a year but once they learn to understand each other , become the best of friends ’ or ‘ can help each other with their problems ’ . |
| 3 | Well a a a at the time , they 'd just changed over from the erm Tenants ' Development Association , to the Tenants ' Action Group , so it was a bit disorganized to begin with , cos we were still sorting out the , everything from what they 'd left over and things , so , but once we 'd got that all so once they 'd got that all sorted out , yeah , it was . |
| 4 | Yeah , that 's right well we 've got ta put them round anyway but once I 've got that on I can take the st steps in then no , I shall leave those there I 'll just go and have a look at the other frame . |
| 5 | But once you 've made this sauce of yours I suggest you have a bath and a rest before we eat . |
| 6 | ‘ But once you 've seen all the Lears that exist , as I have , you can tell that it 's different . ’ |
| 7 | The bathroom 's a bit chilly but once you 've put that heater on and shut the door for a few minutes it 's |
| 8 | Not only must you keep an almost minute by minute diary of what you are doing and why , but once you have accumulated all the information you must then analyse it . |
| 9 | People complain about City prices and Leicester University class lists , but if we started printing all these digits even our most faithful readers would complain . |
| 10 | But if we have to do that . |
| 11 | But if they 've got this nice little folder with the warranty on it , they think it 's covered , do n't they , by the warranty . |
| 12 | Okay it 's not going through Hertfordshire but if they 've got half a billion to spend , I am sure it would be better spent , public transport is only one way . |
| 13 | They were afraid to ta but if they 'd had that if they 'd told me to provide an extra coach for the Manchester as I was suggesting , Dougie would have come out and taken strips off them for You see . |
| 14 | I have already questioned the absolute relevance of attitude measures , but if they do measure some at least of the effect of advertising , some of the time , the general slowness of movement of these measures implies , at least , that such change occurs gradually as a result of the cumulative build-up of the message of the campaign . |
| 15 | But if I had said this to you three months ago would you have thought it worth the extra outlay ? |
| 16 | Someone recently said to me ‘ I 'm gradually getting over the death of my husband , but if I had realized all the extra work I would have I 'm not sure I could have coped . |
| 17 | No , but if I 'd said that |
| 18 | But if she had missed this one , she would be the laughing stock of her class . |
| 19 | well , well thank Mr very much , if you , if you could , I can accommodate Mr at any reasonable time tomorrow , erm , but although he may say he 's only got , he only wants to rest for a quarter of an hour d'your , as you gather from the interchange from the bench , that 's er , that will be the very minimum and I may well have questions to ask him , although I hope I 'd asked most of them to Mr , so , erm , but I 'm , I 'm I think for everybody 's convenience it , erm , unless he 's got a specific time he could deal with , we either start say at eleven thirty , when Mr can be here or at two , erm , but if he 's got some other clever idea I 'm perfectly prepared to entertain him , but er we ca n't leave this hanging around , I 've got ta write this and whichever way it goes we 've got ta look at it again , er and although I suppose I 'm not entirely unheard of and I disappear to the court of appeal next term it 's gon na make things extremely awkward to try and arrange anything else next term , cos I 've got two other judges to bear in mind as well as myself |
| 20 | On 9 September 1715 Bolingbroke wrote to James 's leading supporter in Scotland , John Erskine , sixth ( or , under another reckoning , eleventh ) Earl of Mar , to convey this and other bad news , but if he intended to discourage any immediate action he was too late . |
| 21 | ‘ But if you 'd loved each other — ? ’ |
| 22 | But if you 'd got enough fabric , you would have just done the same |
| 23 | But if you wish to know more you will have to ask Laura . |
| 24 | but if you 've got any questions on that front ? |
| 25 | But if you 've got any doubts , if you 're in any doubts at all go to your local E board or some electrical supplier , a reputable electrical supplier , and they will tell you how to do it properly . |
| 26 | Er okay so I think that er covers mortgages , but if you 've got any house if you 've got any house improvement loans which were taken out anything like credit card debts anything where you 're paying er a high rate of interest , then I think you should get rid of those every time . |
| 27 | ‘ But if you 've got any more surprises waiting to spring on us , then warn me about them now ! |
| 28 | But if you 've got any more questions , I mean do n't hesitate to come back , because at the end of the day I 'd rather you know too much than not enough |
| 29 | I have used it for children 's jacquard sweaters but if you want to do this then knit the welt from * to * finishing at the left of the bed . |
| 30 | The remaining arrangements of music by Borodin , Chopin , Rimsky , Liszt and Tchaikovsky hardly maintain this level of emotional charge , but if you want to stand any chance of getting to the end of your meal , that 's probably just as well ! |