Example sentences of "but [subord] [pron] [vb base] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We would prefer to go back but if we close it for good it would be far better to have no Timex in Dundee than a Timex with scab labour earning scab wages and working under scab conditions . ’ |
| 2 | But if we keep them for the next ten years they 're a a real bargain , if , if , if |
| 3 | But if we want it as a function , right , I give you this person 's name is Sophie say , and she maps to her father . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm not going to worry about it now , ’ said Pam , resolutely , ‘ but if they leave it like last time , I 'll kill them . ’ |
| 5 | If I snatch your hat from your head with intent to steal it , that is conversion as well as trespass , but if I throw it at another person , that is trespass only , for I am not questioning your title to it . |
| 6 | But if I worship thee for thyself alone , |
| 7 | ‘ Sydel , ’ he said , ‘ there is something , but if I tell you about it , it might not happen . ’ |
| 8 | But if I pull it off it 'll tear . |
| 9 | ‘ But if I win it at least I will be stopping Ayrton Senna — and that is my way of helping Alain to win the title . ’ |
| 10 | I do n't really get pocket money but if I see something in the shops in , in , this toy or something my mum , mum 'll buy it for me and say that 's your pocket money for this week . |
| 11 | But if i see you at towards the end of the And the packs are all labelled , it 's very |
| 12 | These Christmas Day menus sound pretty average , but if you eat everything on the list you will have tucked away 5,472 calories by bedtime — around three times as much as a manual worker needs , and four times as much as an office worker 's requirements . |
| 13 | But if you hear her on a if you hear her on a tape recorder she is . |
| 14 | These are delicious by themselves , but if you use them for Devils on Horseback ( see p112 ) your cocktail party will surely be an enormous success . |
| 15 | Hydrogen sulphate sodium hydroxide swap them round sodium sulphate hydrogen hydroxide hy we never say hydrogen hydroxide it 's simpler to say water but if you write it as H O H then you think , Ah we 've got the two Hs and the O there . |
| 16 | But what we ca n't , it 's absolutely but if you write it in all the other divisions have got to do it as well . |
| 17 | But if you claim it in your own right you 'll be classed as independent , no longer dependant on you therefore you he is n't your dependant any longer . |
| 18 | ‘ Ca n't get you a girl , but if you get her into trouble I 'll see it 's all right . ’ |
| 19 | It is available in kit form ; but if you get one for Christmas the joke is probably at your expense . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | No I think what it is I understand it now but if you ask me in a couple of weeks |
| 22 | I mean , I knew what was going to happen when I started the exercise , but if you contemplate it from a teacher 's point of view , if I go out and commit suicide or break down you 'll know why , wo n't you . |
| 23 | But if you put somebody in there who and and they become disassociated with the people |
| 24 | that helps them , but if you put them on radiators and God knows what round the house trying to keep them , get them dry |
| 25 | But if you put something like a wall with a slit in it in the way of the particle , the particle paths can spread out beyond the slit . |
| 26 | Yeah but if you put it in the dark it goes all starry . |
| 27 | But if you borrow it from a in er mortgage company , you 're gon na , you 're gon na borrow twice that , you gon na have to pay twice that much back . |
| 28 | If you thrash a horse it will hurt but if you touch it with a whip it 's a tactile thing which is far less than a horse nudging another one |
| 29 | But if you employ someone in your house , you want them to do it your way , not theirs . ’ |
| 30 | Boring work , but if you want one for the glass case , this is the best way to go about achieving that aim . |