Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb past] [adj] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I used to have three but I lost three sheep down when they built the university , and I have n't been able to find them , so I thought that they 'd be useful to try and locate them , you know . |
| 2 | But nobody wanted other people to know about it , be embarrassed . |
| 3 | ‘ We regretted having to do it , but we had more people attending the Christmas parties last year than we have employees at Wilton . ’ |
| 4 | and er , but apparently they did a , they did a test and that was also a package where the stuff like that , transfer although those three may of been carrying weapons , they split open the policeman , but this does seem to basically at , well not no , not indiscriminately they did n't say that but they shot innocent people , I mean like I said well the I mean that 's got to kill in those streets and stuff the ricochet 's can go quite easily go through somebody but there , there was , there 's always been claims er , there 's no I R A gunmen there |
| 5 | But he angered Welsh MPs by not promising help for families with inadequate private insurance cover or to lift the capping charge on Aberconwy Council , the authority worst hit by the floods . |
| 6 | But he gave two pence , how miserable can you get ? |
| 7 | This was always an unofficial research body , but it employed full-time staff , was housed at Central Office , and used the full machinery of party publicity to make itself known . |