Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [be] [verb] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Okay , but you 're buying more benefits , therefore you got to pay for it more |
| 2 | Steven , you may not realize it , but you are gaining many advantages by marrying a mature woman . |
| 3 | Gertrude Jekyll had not been available to design the garden at The Tamarisks when Lutyens had been drawing up plans for the house , but she was shown these plans and her advice was sought . |
| 4 | It is extremely difficult to describe in words such a highly complex method , but we are giving some ideas we have gained during our two-and-a-half weeks . |
| 5 | Graham Townsend was alone in his shop at three fifteen this afternoon … details of what happened are sketchy … but he was stabbed several times in the chest by one of three youths who were trying to steal jewellery … they ran off … and Mr Townsend called an ambulance … a neighbour came to his aid . |
| 6 | He had shouted that he was a reporter but he was struck several blows on the head and shoved into the police tender . |
| 7 | The family is doing fewer things , but it is doing these things rather well . |