Example sentences of "but [verb] [pron] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The job of care staff is not to do things for clients , but to enable them to do things for themselves . |
| 2 | Charles could feel his resolve slackening , but made one last effort . |
| 3 | People do n't mind being referred if it 's something that is genuinely but say they phone Leeds and Leeds do n't know and Leeds refer them to a number they think it is and then they refer to a third number then somebody gets . |
| 4 | A youth training fund would enable us to continue this scheme , not only with a view to employment , but enabling us to provide training and development of personal skills , which would benefit them in future employment or future education . |
| 5 | But has she got children to look after or not ? |
| 6 | But has it made Greenlanders happier ? |
| 7 | Gentleman , this is to quaint you all of you cor Serning the Billing of this workhous think to starve the poore theare Stephen Wite Stratford Lews of Barfield Wile of TataSon Loyd hintlesham but let them tak care of thin Selves for farit that is hap on shall there Brains be Blown out and that as sure as death and fail not and the hous shall not be bilt a toyle for theare shall be 500 planted soon and will di all it and pull Wiles hous down . |
| 8 | Why they should be so flinching on this score is beyond me , but let me assure Ed that I 'm note remotely intolerant of any of them , only surprised and amused that its mention should matter to them so much . |
| 9 | ‘ Well , yes … but let me get Celia . ’ |
| 10 | Suppose the price-cost margin is one-third ( this implies a mark-up of 50 per cent , which may be a bit high , but let us underestimate K , at unity ) . |
| 11 | One of the strong impressions that I took away from the secondment was the ability of C&P managers at all levels to use various diagrammatic models to help them not only explain the workings of the company , but to help them analyse problems and synthesize solutions . |
| 12 | Hermione Lee pinpoints what I feel about this novel — that although its subject is depression and waiting for death , it does not feel gloomy because of its own formal delight , its interest in language , including the contrasted languages of the sophisticated ‘ writer ’ , the Professor , a historian of the European exploration of America , and Tom Outland , the indigenous traveller , discovering the primeval inhabitants , but teaching himself to read Virgil , and thus exploring in the other direction . |
| 13 | This is an undoubted problem , but to use it to preclude registration of a charge of shares in a subsidiary is to make the best the enemy of the better . |
| 14 | But remember I said illusion and belief . |
| 15 | ‘ Of course , I want to win but remember it took Nigel Mansell five years to get his first victory . |
| 16 | The portable screens are designed to fit round the witness box when needed to block the child 's view of the defendant but allow them to see magistrates and lawyers in the case . |
| 17 | It barred the critics , but enabled him to premiere works by himself and his pupils to sympathetic ears . |
| 18 | Most matters are soon dealt with by experience — but knowing you have access to a solicitor 's professional advice on more complex legal problems is a valuable extra security : |
| 19 | I wanted to keep music integral to the paper but to allow us to cover books , movies , politics ; the whole gamut of pop culture . |
| 20 | Today 's coal fires are a luxury , but do they make life as interesting ? , |
| 21 | As the Authority , they accept responsibility , but do they accept things went wrong ? |
| 22 | Many of the private homes are pretty , Laura Ashley , chintzy places , but do they have rehabilitation programmes or free therapy for their residents ? |
| 23 | But do we get hold of M Ps ? |
| 24 | ‘ But do ye like Nellie ? ’ said the old man . |
| 25 | yes , three sugar , I said but do you want milk , does he want milk ? |
| 26 | ‘ But do you have problems with my friend ? ’ |
| 27 | Erm , I er , like everybody else , are very glad to see they 're gon na get their release , but do you know Dougie , erm , I for the life of me , can not understand , and we do n't know the full circumstances , how these people wander into a country like Iraq , which has a terrible reputation , and they do n't like us very much , you know , how does this happen ? |
| 28 | But do you cut meat ? |
| 29 | But do I take delight in pushing you down , making you worse ? |
| 30 | The warning may have had an effect , but did nothing to dispel feelings among various groups of workers that the Party was not dealing with reform correctly . |