Example sentences of "but [pron] [verb] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | yes , well I used to read a lot of story books , travel avidly and I think I forget all about the author and the story , but I remember one portion where they discovered a depression in the middle of a continent where it was in excess of and they 'd grown quite a different specie |
| 2 | But I remember one time one week , I had fifty cases of oranges in . |
| 3 | PC Kelly went on : ‘ I did not hear anything but I saw two flashes from the barrel of the gun and I presumed he had shot Goodman twice . ’ |
| 4 | Yes , yes , but I mean one person can very often do things |
| 5 | We do n't name him but whoever is in a particular spot should be responsible for a certain area , which in in fundamentally it is done that in quite a number of instances but I mean one thing that springs to mind is that a lady shall clear the ladies toilets . |
| 6 | When nobody else is here but I mean one definition of that is that you 're asleep yeah . |
| 7 | Could n't really tell you what it was now , but I made four locks for Lord 's cricket ground . |
| 8 | But I had two brothers . |
| 9 | But I had three glasses of sherry quickly . |
| 10 | I know I mean I stayed with him but I had three kids . |
| 11 | But I met one girl by accident when I walked into the hostel one night and she was visiting another girl there . |
| 12 | I think better on a full stomach — but I know one thing I 'm doing immediately after breakfast . ’ |
| 13 | I do n't know what your plan is , Master Nan , but I know one thing , I can no longer trust you in your present position . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't know how this happened , but I know one thing . |
| 15 | If it 's another tank I ca n't prove otherwise but I know one tank er the fourth tank you ca n't empty it , it 's got be syphoned out it comes from the top and er if you went there and just opened the valve you can get a an ounce of diesel out of it . |
| 16 | But I got 75 cents off a New Old Fashioned Patty Melt … |
| 17 | But I got two classes . |
| 18 | ‘ The pet shop refused a refund but I got one thanks to DAS , ’ he says . |
| 19 | Bill , I have been receiving home help , for which I 'm very grateful , a good service , but I paid four pound forty five a week for somebody to come in and just wash and dress my wife in the morning . |
| 20 | I used to have three but I lost three sheep down when they built the university , and I have n't been able to find them , so I thought that they 'd be useful to try and locate them , you know . |
| 21 | But I have one word of advice to contributors to this debate . |
| 22 | I very much appreciate the honour of moving this motion , but I have one sadness — the fact that Alick Buchanan-Smith , a colleague and great personal friend of mine , a person who served this House , the Government and his constituency so well , is not with us today . |
| 23 | The above examples came from three different speakers from East London , but I have one example from South East London as well . |
| 24 | but I have two cheese sa two cheesy sandwiches , and col coleslaw for my dinner and erm I do n't have I have chicken on , on erm a , cos what you call it ? |
| 25 | But I have two reasons for choosing Fanny . |
| 26 | ‘ But I have two youngsters in Stuart Spruce and Paul Atcheson who will hopefully put Jonathan under pressure . |
| 27 | I know nothing of orchestration , but I have two ears ( which is two more than the professional critics seem to have ) … |
| 28 | But I think fourteen pounds a month is quite high . |
| 29 | but I think two months later Mao realizes that this is harming |
| 30 | And we might very well decide against it , but I think one day I would quite like |