Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [verb] [vb infin] [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I do want to stress that ‘ confusion ’ and ‘ defence ’ are two of the key words in anorexia nervosa , and that the disease could serve as an illustration of Lomas 's belief , being a process in which the two concepts are inseparable and mutually reinforcing . |
| 2 | ‘ I do love big breakfasts because we are not far from Bury and they make the best black puddings in the world , but I do want to stay healthy so my wife Judith makes sure I keep a very balanced diet . |
| 3 | I certainly would not want to attempt a summary of the route we have taken all the way from the mind-body problem to children trying to win chocolates ; but I do need to make some concluding comments to justify the bold claim in the first paragraph that constructivism makes the mind-body problem less intractable . |
| 4 | ‘ I simply have n't got time to spend hours slaving over a hot stove — I 'd rather be out playing with the children or getting out and about , but I do try to make sure we eat well . ’ |
| 5 | I could hardly refuse , but I did refuse to take any payment , although I really needed the money . |
| 6 | Legally , you do not have to maintain 500 ft between you and the sea ; but you do have to keep that distance between you and any vessel on the sea . |
| 7 | But you do have to make this nomination whilst you are employed in reckonable service . |
| 8 | But you do need to do good voice and movement workouts — it 's like going back to the keyboard for a musician . |
| 9 | Installation of the program is straightforward , but you do need to make sure you have at least 3.5MB of free hard disk space and a minimum 150K of free RAM in order to accommodate it — not a lot when you consider the amount of data contained within . |
| 10 | ‘ Firefighting has traditionally been a male preserve but we do expect to see more women joining our ranks , ’ said a brigade spokesman . |
| 11 | ‘ But we do have to take this condition seriously and get it under control . ’ |
| 12 | Erm , and so , but we do need to do that , and I believe the work that you have been doing erm , I do n't know when that 's to be published , er , but will I 'm sure assist us in developing the criteria which will help voluntary organisations to decide what they properly should be doing . |
| 13 | So what we actually are possibly seeing is ourselves coming out of the trough so therefore part of it 's a training curve , but we do need to see that training curve start to come down and get back on to a level but we do n't know where the level is , that 's what worries us at this stage . |
| 14 | England did n't quite make it in the Rugby World Cup but we did manage to fight rival bids from the likes of Sweden , Austria and Canada to host the prestigious Hair Olympics '94 . |
| 15 | I suppose they get on reasonably well , but they do tend to rub each other up . |
| 16 | There are many different definitions of leadership , but they do seem to have certain features in common and a useful general definition is that given by Kossen : ‘ Leadership is the ability to influence the behaviour of others to go in a certain direction . ’ |
| 17 | CAPENHURST anglers did n't hook any whoppers , but they did manage to net enough tiddlers to ensure that the scales tipped in their favour in a challenge match against the Greyhound Angling Club from Chester . |
| 18 | But he does manage to get some humour out of the situation . |
| 19 | But he does want to stimulate constructive forward thinking . |