Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [vb base] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But I starve like any Frenchman ! ’ |
| 2 | Now you were standing over the road for five minutes unfortunately , but I hope during that time some of you used your eyes . |
| 3 | But I mean as any adoptive parent here will tell you , the strains when you adopt a child , or adopt children , very disturbed children are much worse ! |
| 4 | And er the diesel pumps were n't on and er there was a couple of guys putting on breathing apparatus and trying to get in to restart them , but I mean by this stage the smoke was so thick they could n't even find where the pumps were . |
| 5 | ‘ Those trees were superb ; there was drama in each figure I was going to say , but I mean in each tree … . |
| 6 | There were no violent incidents of that magnitude at Twickenham for the Calcutta Cup match , but I know of many Scots who found the atmosphere unpleasant and have decided not to attend future rugby internationals in London . |
| 7 | But I know of several people who having been in full-time Christian work have been prepared to get a secular job for a time , until the new church was able to support them . |
| 8 | Well no , well I mean like we do I mean I mean but I mean my gross up about three hundred over Tony 's but I put in many hours right ? |
| 9 | I understand that there will not be one , but I end on this note : that will allow the official Opposition to say that they did not oppose the Bill because there was no vote on Second Reading . |
| 10 | But I apologise to all the people who may be getting fed up with it . |
| 11 | But I say for most ordinary people who play it , it 's a pastime . |
| 12 | certainly but I have of that . |
| 13 | yeah but I deal with that do n't I ? |
| 14 | I have read in Ideal Home that a tip to help sell a house is to brew coffee or play soothing classical music when prospective buyers are viewing , but I disagree with this . |
| 15 | Now I have considerable respect for the House of Commons ' Environment Committee but I think on this occasion they must have been tired and emotional when they wrote that . |
| 16 | Sadly we 're seeing things too often which have expertise but I think on this occasion we should support the community arts team and not delete the item from the budget . |
| 17 | Oh hold on , you 've got , you 've got a , you could have a shot at those , but I think at this stage of the game , it 'll be best if you did have a shot at the yellow . |
| 18 | So but I think with this I mean this homework , that 's the only thing I do n't believe in because they 've got ta revise it which is brilliant , I mean , at the moment but they also give them three hours homework a night ! |
| 19 | We 're talking just under two hundred in Denmark and just under three hundred in Norway it may be cost-effective for us to do it ourselves with initial distribution from Stansted and maybe a local person doing any new distributions but I think in all honesty it will be as cheap for us |
| 20 | It may not be possible in every case where there is considerable pressure on those preparing the cases , when time is short , for there to be psychiatric evidence called , but I think in these cases where almost invariably disturbed young people are being discussed , an effort should be made to obtain psychiatric evidence . |
| 21 | But I think in this one that 's the idea of that . |
| 22 | Much more importantly , not only does it preserve the integrity of the people of Highfields but I guess in many ways it preserves the integrity of both the parties concerned while moving and supporting this particular amendment . |
| 23 | After you leave junior school you grow out of smacking guys who are scared of you , but I look on this as a job to do — like polishing your shoes . |
| 24 | Oh well , I , I , I mean I , my mind , my memory is going I know , but I , but I look at that and I turn it over each month and I have a look at I have an idea what 's |
| 25 | You know I I I 've cancelled down before but you know in this like . |
| 26 | Yeah but you know after such a time with children there is something like that |
| 27 | But you go beyond that and it is not acceptable . |
| 28 | but you go like that , go on then , |
| 29 | ‘ But you prattle like any other parasite ! ’ |
| 30 | Yes but you see at this time the girl took up her tea tray and , and when she took , she knocked on the door and when she opened the door the Manageress was lying on the floor |