Example sentences of "[adv] but they [verb] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So but they want to do cooking trials as well , actual cooking trials |
| 2 | I giggle a little as I fetch the little dark blue jacket I bought at the same time : it was rather extravagant to buy both but they seemed to belong together . |
| 3 | Stepps played with great courage throughout but they appear to have lost their fight for survival in the division . |
| 4 | I mean he 'd ha he had a pack up but they had to have money to buy ra |
| 5 | They have become a bit more open-minded now but they like to make changes slowly . |
| 6 | For the most part they were nominally Muslims now but they appeared to have an idea of torturable classes . |
| 7 | Er and I think perhaps teaching I do n't know whether it 's different today but they seemed to instil in us the love of , of poetry and the , the love of literature and that sort of thing . |
| 8 | Millwall v Arsenal Arsenal still have to find their form of a year ago but they continue to pick up points at regular intervals , and with Marwood fit and Groves recovered from a virus they should have the resources to beat a Millwall side again lacking Briley and looking for their first League win since September 23 . |
| 9 | point out quite rightly that the matrix clause " expresses the subject 's preference " here but they fail to see the implications of this for the infinitive . |
| 10 | They got there but they had to go in second gear look |