Example sentences of "but [det] [prep] [art] [noun pl] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But that about the shops I I never knew . |
| 2 | But some of the film-makers we met are not so sure . |
| 3 | Using the wider kin group as the basis for organizing social and economic life may not be characteristic of contemporary Britain , but some of the groups who have migrated to this country since the Second World War have brought with them , and retained , a pattern of kin relationships which differs from the white British norm and which in some cases includes a preference for cousin marriage . |
| 4 | ‘ I hate to say it , Uncle Alfred , but some of the things they said were not very nice at all — starving , poison , ambush and attack . ’ |
| 5 | I know but some of the things she wears are so awful ! |
| 6 | But some of the things I 've seen are — well , that does n't explain them . ’ |
| 7 | But some of the things you need to point out before you go round is that you do want a thirty five percent deposit of the first year 's payment . |
| 8 | The answer will depend upon your definition of ‘ best ’ , of course , but some of the decisions you will have to make are listed below . |
| 9 | You know we were all amateurs at the game , the workers , but some of the women you know do it professionally , had worked elsewhere , knew how things went on elsewhere you know , with the D H S S or whatever . |
| 10 | But some of the hymns we sing as well . |
| 11 | They need us to back up the regular force … but some of the police who are in a supervisory role are anti reserve police . |
| 12 | ‘ But some of the references I 've picked up since , like Meltdown in the Market , Inter-Broker Dealing and so on . |
| 13 | But some of the Tories who successfully rebelled last year , showed their disappointment . |
| 14 | The skill with which the royal family have identified not merely the good causes which will garner public sympathy , but some of the issues which tap the popular pulse has enabled them to weather any potential challenge from republicans . |
| 15 | But some of the comparisons we can do produce quite interesting facts . |
| 16 | Such metalwork and fabric may have been decorated in a way which conveyed meaning to the wearer and the viewer , but all of the artefacts whose technology we have considered had , first and foremost a function to their owners . |
| 17 | The practical consequence of this must be that the individual who in his personal development has not mastered his basic instinctual drives but finds instead that the state masters them for him experiences none of the narcissistic gratifications of self-mastery but all of the privations which the agencies of state control enforce on him . |
| 18 | Alison 's story is extreme , but many of the things she says will strike a chord with other girls . |
| 19 | I 'm sure that 's true , but many of the letters I receive indicate that women are doing things because they , generally , have to live with leaking taps , bubbling pipes , cold radiators and all the other annoyances . |
| 20 | His psychological theorizing developed throughout his life , but many of the assumptions he made can be traced to an early work , the " Project for a Scientific Psychology " . |
| 21 | But many of the techniques which computers are enabling us to exploit are not new . |
| 22 | The years1800 to1840 saw the retention of many of the ideals of the Georgian period , including its exceptional craftsmanship , but many of the achievements which we regard as Victorian were also already in existence . |
| 23 | But most of the friends I have are very very and cross-legged individuals and not very demonstrative in any way . |
| 24 | Managers often talk about fundamental re-examinations of their business , but most of the improvements they attempt are incremental . |
| 25 | But most of the philosophers who have written about and explored the nature of being have not been so crude . |
| 26 | This is something only you can judge , but most of the waters I fish respond well to a half-bucket of groundbait and up to a pint of maggots and/or fifty or sixty worms . |
| 27 | But most of the girls I find , they are so stupid . |
| 28 | Rotherham has an Asian presence , but most of the places I visited are the old , white , axis of the English working class , immunised from the input of England 's new nationalities . |