Example sentences of "but [subord] [pron] [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if one rids oneself of the idea that there need be any thing in common to good things , other than that they are good , one will be ready to recognize that there may be other good things which do not involve pleasure , that some things which involve pleasure may be good rather than bad , and that relative goodness need not be proportional to relative pleasurableness . |
| 2 | But if he tied himself to Miranda , he would have less influence over Annabel , who would then have legitimate reasons to doubt his objectivity . |
| 3 | But if you regard yourself as an experienced dBase user , if you have dBase files and you want to major on your dBase knowledge , dBase remains your best bet . |
| 4 | If you invested a pound on a horse , then the amount of money you 'd expect to get back would depend on the odds that that horse was offered at , but if you confined yourself to horses that had a reasonable chance of winning , say , the sort of horses that tend to be offered at odds of , say , six or seven to one or better , then your average rate of return might be nearer ninety per cent than thirty per cent , so putting it one way betting a pound a week on the horses is a slower way of losing your money than betting a pound a week on football pools , but football pools gives you a much greater chance of winning an absolutely astonishing sum of money . |
| 5 | But not this year , but because we found ourselves in a very embarrassing situation with the forty point limit and the fact that we 've got Hans Nielson on ten point three two which you know , is good in one respect , but it erm makes very difficult situations down the bottom end . |
| 6 | Young albatrosses on the Leeward Islands spend many days flapping their wings to exercise their muscles and develop their strength , but when they launch themselves into the air , they have to get it right first time . |
| 7 | The New Party made some members when they started , but when they turned themselves into the Fascist Party er they they rid of themselves of many of these er New Party peop , was in the New Party you know . |
| 8 | Jay demanded , her voice ugly , feeling so far away she could lose no more , the angrier she grew the further Lucy went ; but when she forced herself to be quiet and good , Lucy still kept her distance . |
| 9 | Joanna Grenside is described as beautiful — but when she sees herself in the mirror , she wo n't see that . |
| 10 | But as he drove himself into a last titanic effort to surface into the light , the pain began to divide and concentrate itself in three separate areas of his body ; his head , his right arm and his chest . |