Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [verb] [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . ’ |
| 2 | Could n't really tell you what it was now , but I made four locks for Lord 's cricket ground . |
| 3 | But I had two brothers . |
| 4 | But I had three glasses of sherry quickly . |
| 5 | I know I mean I stayed with him but I had three kids . |
| 6 | But I got 75 cents off a New Old Fashioned Patty Melt … |
| 7 | But I got two classes . |
| 8 | ‘ The pet shop refused a refund but I got one thanks to DAS , ’ he says . |
| 9 | But I have two reasons for choosing Fanny . |
| 10 | ‘ But I have two youngsters in Stuart Spruce and Paul Atcheson who will hopefully put Jonathan under pressure . |
| 11 | I know nothing of orchestration , but I have two ears ( which is two more than the professional critics seem to have ) … |
| 12 | But I think fourteen pounds a month is quite high . |
| 13 | but I think two months later Mao realizes that this is harming |
| 14 | ‘ Some people accept the cost but I feel 38 francs is a bit steep . |
| 15 | it 's not like putting pennies on the table and counting them , put twelve pennies on and share them out between three people , no problem , but you put three pennies and share them out between twelve people . |
| 16 | We the both together you could g you could go down either shaft , but you had three doors to come through from one pit to the other . |
| 17 | ‘ But you said two reasons … ? ’ |
| 18 | But you see three quarters of an hour , if we , if we , when er Ken , Ken and Freda 's an hour and a half , er , it soon goes an hour and a half with company like that do n't it ? |
| 19 | But you owe two months ’ rent now and I 'm afraid I must ask you to find other accommodation in a week 's time if this is still outstanding . ’ |
| 20 | The military passing by called up a helicopter which took her to hospital in Mogadishu but she died five minutes after her arrival . |
| 21 | But she had three children , yet that did n't really signify anything : cows had calves , horses had foals , pigs had litters . |
| 22 | Hartlepool schoolgirl Sarah Gascoigne , who missed the county championships when she was on a family holiday in America , was five seconds outside the qualifying time in the junior girls ' 800 metres with a time of 2:25.0 but she cleared 1.50 metres as a guest in the high jump , four centimetres inside the English Schools qualifying height . |
| 23 | Yeah but we spent three hours , Lynne , Malcolm , myself sorting that list out and everybody what was on the stock take |
| 24 | Yeah I know , but we got two hands against your one . |
| 25 | Yeah but we got three hands against their two . |
| 26 | But we drive fourteen kilometres now and you not say — ’ |
| 27 | But we saw two slices of great skill for his goals . ’ |
| 28 | But we have five games to play and we will try to win them all . |
| 29 | Ticket prices are £7.50 but we have 10 pairs valid for the first day of the show ( Thursday 10 December ) to give away . |
| 30 | I mean you could go out , and you could put a little bit of money in the building society , or the bank , or you could have a gamble on the Stock Exchange , but we have two advantages . |