Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [vb -s] [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( She always used to , of course , when I was n't here , but she seems to forget that . |
| 2 | Carter says budget constraints mean it is quite a battle to put up the all-important 30 per cent , but he hopes to get more than the £16,870 received last year . |
| 3 | ‘ That Buster 's a naughty boy at times , but he likes to watch All Creatures Great and Small on a Sunday , does n't he , Swire ? ’ |
| 4 | But he seems to have this antagonism towards the local people . |
| 5 | But he has to go some to outshine Dean Richards , dropped for the second time in a year . |
| 6 | But he remembers to throw some directly at the little black ones that are not really ducks , he ca n't remember what they 're called . |
| 7 | But he has , we we 've only got , my husband 's got a computer at work , we just got one of the Segas , the master systems you know that you you got th the games that you put in those but he wants to get another one next year but that 's a good idea something like that ! |
| 8 | But it tends to achieve each draw with a high , shared score . |
| 9 | But surely it it 's happened that it 's getting er and and I touch wood I do n't know how superstitious you are but it 's getting better and better and better for you each time because when you came here ooh some years ago since you first came into this studio er you were pretty popular then but it seems to increase all the time does n't it ? |
| 10 | Often a change of publisher does wonders for an author , but it seems to make little difference to this man 's sales . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's only after that that someone like myself would look for technical skill , but it has to have that initial force to grab your attention , 99% of the time . ’ |