Example sentences of "but [verb] [pers pn] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Nature reserves are widely appreciated and much admired , but do we ever stop to think of the behind-the-scenes management ? |
| 32 | We all like to feel safe and secure in our homes , and , but do we actually think about security unless we become a victim |
| 33 | All these things are technically possible now , essentially , but do we actually want these things to happen ? |
| 34 | We have all experienced childhood , it therefore seems familiar , but do we necessarily understand this most transient of states or those images which attempt to capture its fragmentary differences ? |
| 35 | ‘ But do ye really think , ’ he said after a short pause , ‘ it 's wise to allow a young person to make a decision of that sort ? |
| 36 | But do you somehow wish that you had been reunited with Richard Burton ? |
| 37 | But do you ever see bolsters sold now ? |
| 38 | But do you only deal with history or have you had anything to do with this exhibition as to the trams and , and trolley buses here ? |
| 39 | ‘ I know your opinion of me is less than nothing , but do you truly think your cousin would continue to be my — er — lover , now that he knows I 'm engaged to you ? ’ |
| 40 | I said , with a reasonable show of calmness : ‘ You 're welcome , of course , to take shelter from the storm , but do you usually walk into someone else 's house without knocking ? |
| 41 | ‘ But do you often remember things like that ? ’ |
| 42 | But do you seriously expect the same people to be there after so long ? |
| 43 | But do you really think he 's up there with THE best ? |
| 44 | ‘ Not that again , ’ he groaned , ‘ but do you really prefer the rose to diamonds ? |
| 45 | But do you really expect me to remember babies who were born twenty years ago ? ’ |
| 46 | But do you really want me to … ’ |
| 47 | ‘ But do you really want to marry him ? ’ |
| 48 | ‘ But do you really believe in ghosts ? |
| 49 | ‘ But do you really know everything ? ’ she asked , in a quiet voice . |
| 50 | So what I 've got to do is to try and get down to that , but do I actually stop the mallet dead when it , as it hits the blue , because if , I do n't wan na move the blue ball , but , if , if I was to play it like that it would be an obvious crush the ball into the mallet . |
| 51 | Angularity might be all well and good , but do I really look that thin ? |
| 52 | Do n't get me wrong , last year saw some important and valuable contributions in this field , but did they ever stop to consider the impact of this deluge on the buying public ? |
| 53 | True , both the English and the Latin forms indicate he lived by the ash tree , but did they merely permit the taxatores to avoid confusing him with all the other Johns who lived in the same village ? |
| 54 | But did they really believe this ? |
| 55 | But did it necessarily grow at the expense of royal power ? |
| 56 | He could go , but did he really want to ? |
| 57 | ‘ This is none of my business , but did I just hear you say you were thinking of doing some private nursing to save for an overseas trip ? ’ |
| 58 | But did I really need this ? |
| 59 | ‘ Okay but did you ever reread Hamlet as power politics destabilisation covert operations ? ’ |
| 60 | ‘ I know you do n't like homeless people being stereotyped as a bunch of alcoholics , ’ she began , ‘ but did you ever meet any of the real meths drinkers ? ’ |