Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [be] [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peter Cole , chairman of Bramshill Parish Council , in whose bailiwick the town would have fallen , said : ‘ I might have an extra beer today , but I am saving the champagne for another 21 days . |
| 2 | Now I am not , of course , challenging the excellence that God requires from us all but I am challenging a tendency to overthrow the radical message of incarnation . |
| 3 | But I am defending the fact that there is an |
| 4 | I 'm not keeping him on the hop , but I am making a joke of things . |
| 5 | Now he stood behind me , so that I could feel the warmth of his body , but I was facing the box hedge , so close to it that I could n't turn . |
| 6 | DOS 3.3 had been installed on the hard disk but I was using a DOS 2.11 floppy ( supplied with the machine ) in drive A. Ctrl+Alt+Delete would n't work and the reset button booted the machine into drive A. |
| 7 | But I was getting a trifle chilled — just a trifle , you know , and on this beautiful day — ’ he waved a gloved hand at the brilliant sky and the buildings , dazzling in a chiaroscuro of stone and snow , the snow making the grey stone look black , the stone making the snow blindingly pure . |
| 8 | They ca n't bite you , but I was given a bottle of gin and told to go out and sit on the stairs . |
| 9 | All very ordinary , but I was given the impression that somehow we were just that little bit better than the other families in our street . |
| 10 | Yeah I 'm like that but we had a erm conifer type tree it was only so big but and then I and when we we was unloading off the van , this come off and I dug a hole and stuck it in the garden , in the front garden just by the pathways right that 's that but I was washing the car one day , a nice hot day got my shirt off when I come in course I 'd brushed past it I 'd got patterns of the leaves on my on my back . |
| 11 | He offered to stop someone , but I was feeling a bit better . |
| 12 | But I was feeling a bit tense and restless , and did n't feel like being alone or sitting still . |
| 13 | But I was feeling the need for some kind of action . |
| 14 | But I was offering a meal that did n't run any cholesterol risks . |
| 15 | ‘ I thought we might have got round to talking new terms before breaking up for the summer , but I was told the board were n't able to arrange a meeting . |
| 16 | It may be poetic irony , but I was attending a convention in Hong Kong and working resolutely for the cigarette manufacturers at the time of my infarct . |
| 17 | ‘ But I was cleaning the bedchamber … the post … |
| 18 | But I 'm seeing the Commissioner later this afternoon . |
| 19 | ‘ But I 'm writing a report for someone who knows the background , the jargon and the problem . |
| 20 | But I 'm using a computer , and there 's no need to adhere slavishly to the old methodologies . |
| 21 | But I 'm getting a bit bad really because I 'm looking forward to doing two wars a year , and if I start looking forward to doing two or even more a year I 'm not going to survive . ’ |
| 22 | but I 'm getting a bit fed up with it this week |
| 23 | But I 'm taking no exam ! |
| 24 | Listen , listen , listen I 'm not taking the piss out of the point cos I know the point 's very serious but I 'm taking the piss out of the way he said it cos I think he sounded stupid but that does n't mean I have any disrespect for erm |
| 25 | But I bought some beautiful crimson bias binding from Laura Ashley do n't laugh but I 'm taking the valance of Paul 's bed |
| 26 | But I 'm starting a fortnight 's leave tomorrow , " I replied cautiously . |
| 27 | But I 'm anticipating a shortfall of somewhere between £600,000 to £800,000 , which equates to the £1m that we wanted as a long-term 15-year loan . |
| 28 | I 'm not gon na rock too much but I 'm blocking the fire from you over there that 's the only thing . |
| 29 | If you want to , that 's down to you but I 'm blowing the gaff . |
| 30 | But I 'm having a rest boxing day . |