Example sentences of "but [conj] [pron] [verb] [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He also says that the nickel content does not , for all practical purposes , make any difference to the hardness , but that it does make it more stain resistant . |
| 2 | But it 's lasted about seven year , so you never can organ but once we did start I did enjoy the ones over here because over there when your kids were small you did n't go out much anyway but now that your kids are up you 've got it , and personally I enjoyed the ones that started but they do n't have Christmas dance , barn dances and things like this , they do n't org we have to have to organize like that ourself . |
| 3 | But if we did meet it would have to be on my terms . |
| 4 | Well it holding it in pawn , waiting for somebody to ask him to have a drink , and invariably somebody would but if they did ask him they 'd always ask him back next time you know if they could n't do it this time . |
| 5 | Repeatedly we are told that if its characters fail to resist the Shadow , they will be taken over , but if they do resist they may get killed ; similarly if they reject the vagaries of chance ( if Frodo for instance had refused to leave the Shire with the Ring ) , it 's likely something highly unpleasant will happen , but if they accept and obey things could grow even worse . |
| 6 | But if I do admit his claim to enjoy them , and still persist in the inquisition ( ‘ Why do you like gibbons ? ’ ) , the logical nature of the question will have changed . |
| 7 | Well no but if I do bust 'em |
| 8 | But if she does see it |
| 9 | This could be a trick to save his skin , he thought , but if he does know something and he dies without telling it … . |
| 10 | But if he did say it , then he 's a fucking liar . ’ |
| 11 | Plants are not necessary and are n't a natural occurrence in Lake Tanganyika , but if you do feel you want plant life in your tank try Java Fern and Anubias . |
| 12 | I 'm sure that you would want to talk this over , but if you do feel you can consider it ’ — she was still addressing Aggie ‘ I could ask my cousin to keep the position open for a week or two . |
| 13 | and they put theirs and whatever but if you do send something on a letter think |
| 14 | the reaction to but if you do see them you should always ask , you say you 're very puzzled are n't you . |
| 15 | But if you do get one you have to be careful you get one that 's done to the proper standard because some do n't work apparently . |
| 16 | If you ha if you have n't had it rai if you have n't got a problem then fair enough but if you do get it raised as a problem , the confidentiality bit , then fair enough . |
| 17 | But if you do keep it , then the results should be pretty good . |
| 18 | He was musing that the synthetic religions of Stalin and Hitler should neither of them ‘ properly be called pagan , but if you do call them pagan then we must say that they 're inferior as religions to genuine primitive pagan religion ’ . |
| 19 | But if you do find him , for God 's sake only mention my name when no one else is within earshot . |
| 20 | But if you do buy me something with style ! |
| 21 | But if you do catch it when you are pregnant , your unborn child could be seriously affected and born deaf , blind or brain damaged . |
| 22 | But if you do catch it when you are pregnant , you unborn child could be seriously affected and born deaf , blind or brain damaged . |
| 23 | But if you do believe it then you must also believe the rest of it and realise that our relationship is destined to move along quite different channels than purely business ones . ’ |
| 24 | I 'll probably get the train … but if you DO drive I 'd be interested in a lift ( even in a cold mini ! ! ) |
| 25 | come up and insult you if it does n't bother you , you wo n't say a thing , but if it does bother you 'll come back and re say something back . |
| 26 | But unless you do play them |
| 27 | But since you do bring it up , you 're wrong . |
| 28 | It does n't make them more adventurous but when they do climb you can see them looking for footholds . |
| 29 | ‘ But when they do see them , their reaction is always the same . |
| 30 | The crowd was a bit quiet but when everyone did sing it was awesome ! ! |