Example sentences of "but [adv] they [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There will be tears but mostly they will toast her courage . |
| 2 | The giving of grades no doubt aggravates and facilitates such effects but mostly they could survive in its absence . |
| 3 | It is not that people should be righteous in the expectation of some reward but rather they should behave righteously because of an inherent desire to do so . |
| 4 | I know some people will look , but eventually they 'll get used to it ; say , ‘ Oh , that 's the girl with one leg ’ , and nothing more . |
| 5 | But perhaps they 'll come to some sort of understanding . |
| 6 | Most Bosnian Serbs are against the peace plan , but perhaps they will vote otherwise if their leaders powerfully tell them to . |
| 7 | ‘ United do n't build-up for games in the same way but perhaps they 'd want to try it . |
| 8 | Singly , the leopard would defeat them , but together they can drive it away . |
| 9 | The case and conversation details will all be completely anonymous , so no one will know who has used the words or whose voice it is on the tape , but together they will provide a permanent record of how the English language was spoken in the nineteen nineties . |
| 10 | There are no special court pro-formas for the writ but nevertheless they must contain certain details as required by the Sheriff Court Acts . |
| 11 | Now Darwin got from this this idea that somehow sudden things are miraculous , are natural , erm but admittedly they may happen but I mean there is a miraculous element about sudden things , whereas things that are natural should happen gradually , and he retained this view in spite of changing his ideas about all sorts of other things , and let us now see why the gradualism was so important a component of his theory of evolution . |
| 12 | But still they could see no sign of it . |
| 13 | The benefits are difficult to quantify but qualitatively they would mean faster and more predictable service for lexicographers . |
| 14 | Students come here primarily to get a degree , but also they should get an understanding of the basic laws of the universe . |
| 15 | Their resources were considerable ; not only did they have vast incomes from taxation and from their own estates , but also they could expect considerable quantities of tribute from the subject peoples east of the Rhine and elsewhere . |
| 16 | Auctioneers maintain the introduction of new technology buying will complement not destory the markets , but inevitably they will bring changes to the traditional market day . |
| 17 | People with mental disorder may well have difficulty in doing some of these things but often they would like to try , particularly if they are accompanied in the early exploratory stages , and are helped to achieve confidence in using facilities for their own enjoyment . |
| 18 | Once The Stage covered all finals productions from the drama schools , but now they may write up a play perhaps once a year . |
| 19 | But now they 'll have to spare his wool , or they 'll rip off his hide and then there 'll be no wool left to fleece . ’ |
| 20 | Most have voted Conservative in the past but now they will go to the Liberal-Democrats and maybe even Labour . ’ |
| 21 | But today they 'll have to make a choice because I 'm on my own . |
| 22 | But equally they may include or consist of creating a fantasy world or series of events or actions , or indeed creatures , higher or lower forms of life , so that disbelief is temporarily suspended , and the fantasy seems like a different kind of reality , often momentarily preferable to the spectator 's actual experience . |
| 23 | which I bought to fit but never did but surely they would have bolts and fittings in them . |
| 24 | But surely they would have read the papers |
| 25 | ‘ Our comments have gone unheeded by central government but surely they must pay attention now that they have been reiterated by a person of his standing . ’ |
| 26 | But even they will blench if a marble statue waves at them , for you would have to live dealions of years longer than even they do to see a miracle of this magnitude . |
| 27 | But even they could show a better return for investors than gold . |
| 28 | I never actually met him , but sometimes they would stretch out in the garden on warm days . |
| 29 | They were careful to keep the bull in the same field much of the time but sometimes they would have to move him and occasionally he would get out , so one always had to be wary . |
| 30 | But sometimes they can do . |