Example sentences of "but [pron] [be] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's not yet known exactly what the chemicals are , but no-one is taking any chances . |
| 2 | But no-one is claiming this as a major export deal . |
| 3 | ( There is a lot to be said about the role of other persons too , but I am leaving that out for the time being . ) |
| 4 | but I am seeing each of these grave girls |
| 5 | ‘ Not until next week — that will seem like a lifetime away to them ; but I am taking some of them out on Sunday up to Pelham Woods for a walk ; how about joining us ? ’ |
| 6 | Of course , this is usually so , but I am having little niggling doubts about such a sweeping statement . |
| 7 | No but I was saying that , Thou I am with thee always , that it would n't say |
| 8 | , but I was saying any way I like |
| 9 | But I was rewriting that to try to get the lines to work and all of those things , and they mess it up a little bit , which annoyed me . |
| 10 | I pointed out that most sentences in the Bible began with And , but I was told that English had changed since the time of King James , In that case , I argued , why make us read the Bible ? |
| 11 | ‘ I love driving but I was doing this 14 or 15 hours a day to make ends meet . |
| 12 | ‘ But I was working all night — ’ she began . |
| 13 | But I was to discover another facet of Soviet hospital life when , after the last meal of the day at six o'clock , I became aware of a plaintive female voice outside my window . |
| 14 | Erm but I 'm hoping that one day he 'll see I know he 's seen my work and I think I 've got a sneaking suspicion that when he came in here he was gon na ask me to do it . |
| 15 | But I 'm watching this , so keep quiet . ’ |
| 16 | He says yes , I 've had her for thirteen years , but I 'm building another one , also with a steam engine . |
| 17 | but I 'm working all these |
| 18 | Yeah , but I 'm finding this I 'm doing this patterns thing and it 's all about transformations and that , and I , and there 's so much gobbledegook with it that I 'm I 'm ge I 'm getting lost my mind is getting lost in the gobbledegook Cos I know what |
| 19 | But I 'm told some of those craft can make the Mars trip in forty days . ’ |
| 20 | But you 're given this very general instruction to begin with that yes we are returning to land reform and that the peasants are , are seizing land and this is what you should be supporting , and then when you come on to they , as you 're saying that they really are quite moderate . |
| 21 | But you 're writing another — ’ |
| 22 | Okay , but you 're buying more benefits , therefore you got to pay for it more |
| 23 | Brigadier , evidently and we 've heard lots and lots of these stories , and you 've said you think it 's the occasional example but you 're doing all you can to stamp it out , but evidently the Army is a haven for bullies , sadists and rapists . |
| 24 | Is that but you 're doing that at school are you as well ? |
| 25 | ‘ But you 're forgetting that was the result of evolution , not revolution . |
| 26 | Well for most people erm I mean they say to me , I do n't want to be the richest man at Millford Hill , in other words I do n't want to save in retirement indefinitely , but you are intending some capital growth as well , cos if you do n't have capital growth , you do n't protect your investment . |
| 27 | Steven , you may not realize it , but you are gaining many advantages by marrying a mature woman . |
| 28 | All the UC patients were taking regular 5-amino salicylic acid preparations , but none was taking any form of corticosteroid . |
| 29 | Well this one seems to go to bed a bit later now , so she goes longer , but she 's feeding all day today , , I 'm at every couple of hours , so with a bit of luck , I 'll finally put her to bed maybe half past nine ten o'clock , she might go through till three or four , which is n't bad . |
| 30 | She 's not been taking them , she 's been able to sleep at night but she 's sleeping all day and all . |