Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [vb base] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are fairy rings of eight-inch-diameter horse-mushrooms and of shaggy parasols ( no good for eating raw , but I pick a bagful for later . ) |
| 2 | ‘ But I walk a fine line of ambiguity because I 'm also reaching a straight audience who need the education much more than the gay audience . |
| 3 | But I write a tolerable hand in English . |
| 4 | ‘ You probably do n't want to see me this morning , but I 've a good reason for being here . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't get much time for reading , ’ said Wilcox , ‘ but I 've a rough idea what he was about . |
| 6 | It makes me cough a bit because when I came on the scene he was the one academically everything and she was the one who was academically rather disadvantaged but she , she was , you know , no not having the greatest of , of , of success but erm it was said that she would n't be able to be a student nurse because she was n't bright enough but you know she clocked up the O levels and A levels like guide badges and she went off on this pre-nursing course in South Notts you know and she was in and out of the Queens on a course and people and , you know , and she said I do n't know all the answers but I 've a rough idea about some of the questions , I want to be a nurse and off she went to , to , to Walsall and I 'm not saying she 's a brilliant student nurse but erm absolutely clear that she 's better than some of the others . |
| 7 | ‘ But I 've a nasty feeling , ’ she concluded dismally , ‘ that if you do find anything there , it 'll just be Alex 's body . ’ |
| 8 | Yeah but I get a good I get a good say that again . |
| 9 | But I get a different feeling now when I look out over London . |
| 10 | But I get a woozy feeling when I watch them spoon away , and the plates , twenty or thirty of them — all fill up with the same thing … |
| 11 | But I mean a fixed rate is a bird in the hand , really , and I think they 're quite good at the moment . |
| 12 | But I hear a distant shout . |
| 13 | But I bet a few of the lads in the carriageworks were smiling . |
| 14 | I am doing my best , but I wish a few more would give a few hours of their time . , . |
| 15 | ‘ But I know a great deal about you . |
| 16 | ’ I do n't nick stuff myself , but I know a few people who do . |
| 17 | ‘ But I know a special place , in the campagna — in the country — where you will see vineyards and ancient castles and rolling hills , where we can drink a wine that the gods would have kept for themselves if they could . ’ |
| 18 | I 've changed the specifications of the fence , so my brother got the but I put a smaller fence in there , not the huge three bar one which was er previously , it does n't really change specifications . |
| 19 | ‘ I am not quite the Hochhauser rapist I am made out to be , but I expect a little peck , just here , on the cheek . ’ |
| 20 | Reading my letter fifty-one years later , I am struck by its vigour , but I deplore a certain over-writing and perhaps a ‘ one-must-not attack Mr Eliot ’ tone . |
| 21 | I 'm not much of a cook but I do a passable roast . |
| 22 | I do n't want a big roaming house , but I want a decent sized house and with a bit of garden ! |
| 23 | ‘ Mimeme ’ comes from a suitable Greek root , but I want a monosyllable that sounds a bit like ‘ gene ’ . |
| 24 | Yeah , but I want a better white bigger than that one |
| 25 | But I want a Labour Britain to play its full part in bringing about a nuclear-free world , ’ Mr Kaufman said . |
| 26 | Oh yes , I 'm all favour of dipping , but I want a safer dip for the operators . |
| 27 | Do n't dawdle — but I want a thorough check . ’ |
| 28 | It is possible this is a case of hindsight colouring my memory , but I have a distinct feeling that it was at that moment I first sensed something odd , something duplicitous perhaps , about this apparently charming American gentleman . |
| 29 | Difficult to prove at this stage when so many clam up but I have a distinct feeling that it was not only coupons that were being given away . |
| 30 | A piece of impudence on my part , really , but I have a strong sense of civic duty . |