Example sentences of "but [conj] [pron] [verb] [vb infin] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But where he did recognise the private sector he merely saw conflict and not the contradictory unity . |
| 2 | But that it does satisfy a need for a vast number of , of people who may be rather younger and poorer than er we who sit here . |
| 3 | For quite a long time the prevailing view among economists had been that money does not affect the relative prices of commodities , but that it does determine the overall price level . |
| 4 | It was gon na take quite a while so erm we got the base five as quickly as possible so that we had as many hands on the job at once and er we had some formwork getting spare so we decided to make them useful and it 's a case of we 'd got six tanks to do and if we had a breakage we ca n't afford to stop the programme so as a er , a standby , just in case , we may never use these we might three or four uses out of but if we do have a breakage we want to be able to replace that straight away so have a spare set and you 've got nothing more to do and er get the walls , get the er , the back build operation right at the very end , ongoing , till you 've got the waterproofers in er get the waterproofing up to the five meter level and er get the back build in as quickly as possible . |
| 5 | Big Ron 's job lot are joint market leaders with Manchester United , but if they do lift the Premier League referee Raymond Bigger should be on the celebration party guest list . |
| 6 | if , if I was really stuck and I had the , the tools , which , I would n't have you see , but if I did have the tools there , then yeah I would be able to do it cos I 've seen Martin doing it quite a few times , so |
| 7 | So The other thing you 've got to think about , if you do react the wrong way , and we 've probably all been tempted to at times if we have n't done it , but if you do react the wrong way , consider who is that person coming by ? |
| 8 | ‘ But if you do close the whole business down , ’ I asked , ‘ how … what will you do for money ? ’ |
| 9 | The basic shape is very easy to make , but if you do have a little time you might want to give the dragon more elaborate scales . |
| 10 | But if you do read the guarantee you will nearly always find a sentence that says this guarantee does not affect your statutory rights . |
| 11 | But if you do find an area where you could save a key person several hours a day , then that is real money saved where he could be using his special expertise in his business to get more business , and then one would have to look more closely at erm the particular application , particular jobs that he 's doing and that could be put on the computer . |
| 12 | But if you do use a far-fetched or archaic word like valetudinarian , for example , as Jane Austen did on the first page of Emma , be sure you know why you are using it . |
| 13 | Vitamins and minerals are essential nutrients that are required not for their calorific value , which is negligible , but because they help regulate the body 's metabolism . |
| 14 | To the grown man visionary experiences come infrequently , but when they do appear the effect is profound , as in ‘ the Blind Beggar ’ episode ; caught in the maelstrom of London , the poet is admonished as if from another world' ( see page 64 ) . |
| 15 | But when he did appear a suffocating shame kept her rooted to the spot . |
| 16 | Erm he started his life er in Vietnam in the violence of Vietnam , and had therefore a lot of violence in his early life , which I think really stayed with him , but when he did join the Army , he was very proud to be doing so , and very proud to be wanting to be part of Britain and serving Britain in whatever way he could . |
| 17 | But when she does produce a champion it is one of remarkable character and ability . |
| 18 | But when she did find the street , it seemed curiously familiar . |
| 19 | But as they do need the financial background too , finding a suitable candidate to take on the finance director role , particularly of a large organisation , can be a problem and it 's not unknown for a company to invest considerable time and money in training someone specially for the job , though it is rare . |