Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [vb base] in a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah but I mean in a way you can understand |
| 2 | But I suppose in a way they would have then been contemplating selling their own house and getting somewhere else before in fact |
| 3 | And it 's something which is difficult to cope with , but I work in a kind of environment where it just is sexually biased , that 's the way it goes ! |
| 4 | I do n't act like a man but I play in a man 's world . |
| 5 | But I live in a transition society . |
| 6 | But I live in a world of half-chances . |
| 7 | I mean , I mean I know I do n't really want to work with old age pensioners , but I start in a |
| 8 | Years before , Nietzsche had written : " the past is dearer to me than the present ; but I believe in a better future " . |
| 9 | David was n't very happy about me being so blunt , but I think in a way it made him realise that I was really straightforward and that I really did care . |
| 10 | I am hating him , but I writhe in a betraying ecstasy , an agony of pleasure . |
| 11 | ‘ Aye , but you respond in a funny way . |
| 12 | I know , but you go in a different one |
| 13 | ‘ Ah , yes , but we live in a world gone mad . |
| 14 | ‘ But we live in a society where we are ruled by the clock . |
| 15 | The remarks probably refer to illness , but they stand in a metaphoric sense for the condition that Renaissance women usually confronted . |
| 16 | But they live in a physically impoverished environment which provides far fewer amenities than the average long-stay ward — the cost is often less than a third that of a hospital bed . |