Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [verb] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even those of us who are keen to return the residents to London can not turn the clock back to those days , but I recommend Tower House to someone who would like to see Malmesbury go more gently into the future . |
| 2 | The progressive Dreamers Delight touched off the useful Texan Tycoon in a fast time at Newbury two weeks ago and deserves the greatest respect , but I prefer SATIN LOVER . |
| 3 | But I remember Kielder Valley before it was flooded , when it was but a gleam in the developer 's eye ; and I remember the futile protests and the sadness of the communities who lost their homes . |
| 4 | Well er it it will be for elected members of course to decide but I mean County Councillors are elected by local people to represent local people but also take decisions on behalf of the community . |
| 5 | Yeah , but I mean paper qualifications do n't mean anything really but that 's what people want , they want to see that you 've got |
| 6 | But I enjoyed farm work , and I think you 'll like it too … |
| 7 | Consider for example : ( 20 ) A : Let's get the kids something B : Okay , but I veto I-C-E C-R-E-A-M-S where B ostentatiously infringes the maxim of Manner ( be perspicuous ) by spelling out the word ice-creams , and thereby conveys to A that B would rather not have ice-cream mentioned directly in the presence of the children , in case they are thereby prompted to demand some . |
| 8 | But I like trad jazz I mean that was , there was a great , there was a trad jazz era in the sixties |
| 9 | Yes , I , I was actually just saying to my wife last night , erm , who would have ever thought that in the same year , we could have lost two of the greatest wing-halves , as they were in those days , but I suppose mid-field players they 'd be known as today , who 'd |
| 10 | I want to ensure that the system works properly and effectively , but I assure Opposition Members that , if they persuade and encourage welfare rights organisations to make speculative claims , they are not helping those who are in real need . |
| 11 | ‘ Friends are always telling me to put my prices up , but I enjoy painting people , like bishops , who could n't necessarily afford very much more , ’ he said . |
| 12 | But the last thing I did was for a guitar player in Nashville , Chip Young , who put together an album — which incidentally is getting released pretty soon — and he has ten tracks with ten different guests : local session players , myself , Chet 's on one , Grady Martin , Jerry Reed , Jerry Kennedy , Wayne Moss and various other guys , but I think guitar players out there will like it . ’ |
| 13 | I had nothing to do with the recording and creative side but I changed guitar strings and that kind of thing . |
| 14 | I do n't drink any alcohol but I love papaya juice and drink tons of mineral water . |
| 15 | But I suspect city status for Sunderland will not be a marketing panacea , as some believe . |
| 16 | Erm but you 've maintenance charges to come out of it . |
| 17 | Cracking plants really good ones , and alright , they 're not , they 're not the cheapest in the world , but you get quality plants |
| 18 | If you can get into the document , but you find page numbers increasing alarmingly , you have incorporated page formatting into your document . |
| 19 | The French Algerian and Congo wars were in full swing ; performance art did not yet exist but she incorporated tear gas for the grand finale of her shooting performances . |
| 20 | I do n't know if she ever bought anything there , but she enjoyed window shopping . ’ |
| 21 | MARJE Proops has always refused to reveal her exact age but she married husband Sidney on November 21 , 1935 . |
| 22 | Right so maybe this is an intermediate stage , we do n't know but we know carbon dioxide comes out of it . |
| 23 | Yeah but we know pussy cat , pussy cat where have you been |
| 24 | We do not dissent from the arguments of substance which have been made , but we ask Opposition Members to allow us to deal with the matter in the most effective way available to us . |
| 25 | In Finikounda there are no banks , but we make exchange arrangements for you . |
| 26 | But we need public opinion to put to pressure the government to spend enough on cultural things . |
| 27 | Fearful of the competition listening-in , a tight-lipped Visix was n't giving much away , but we understand Galaxy toolkits will allow users to build applications that will be portable across Unix , NT , OS/2 , Windows , Macintosh and MS-DOS . |
| 28 | But we want swimming pools to be looked at specifically , rather than as just part of the hotel as a whole . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ But we have computer graphics in the opening sequence . ’ |
| 30 | We do not have that penalty , but we have life imprisonment — which means between 20 to 30 years in the case of some of those convicted in the most serious cases . |