Example sentences of "but they [verb] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of the neighbours knew about my interest in birds , but they thought I kept them in cages . |
| 2 | But they made him realize that he was getting across what he wanted to get across , and not a holy-sounding fog of words . |
| 3 | Those sessions nearly wrecked my hearing for life , but they made me laugh so much and took up so much of my off-duty that , as time went by , sometimes , just sometimes , I was able to laugh at my one-time passion for Bill . |
| 4 | But they made me feel great , I told them , " I want to live here . " |
| 5 | During a run in a Neil Simon play , I struggled with soft lenses but they made me cry constantly — which was unfortunate , as Neil tends to expect laughs . |
| 6 | But they made it grow , did n't they ? |
| 7 | But they had I do n't know if you know it had been absolutely dilapidated , the hall , I mean it was absolutely run down and it was n't used . |
| 8 | They may want men in their lives , but they know they do n't necessarily need them . |
| 9 | We have players of world-class like Wright , Limpar and Merson but they know they have to keep putting in the work-rate . |
| 10 | But they admit they need all the help they can get from the public . |
| 11 | But they wish they 'd had it earlier . |
| 12 | ‘ But they insisted they had to have everything that 's on the passengers ’ menu as well , which was mineral water . ’ |
| 13 | Few party members challenge his diligence as an MP , but they claim he has lost touch with the party and treats all critics as extremists . |
| 14 | I actually ran onto the green and asked if they realised this , but they said they had talked about it but rejected the idea . |
| 15 | ‘ I offered to coach them for nothing but they said they did n't want me , ’ he added . |
| 16 | But they said we lost it . |
| 17 | And they said May which we thought was it a bit really but they said it had the the Spring wood but not the Summer wood on it . |
| 18 | He says we tried to persuade the Council to let us have it , but they said it had to be leased so now we have no where to go . |
| 19 | ‘ But they said you had pneumonia , Freddie . |
| 20 | But they 've they 've been doing that since er last century . |
| 21 | Yes it is actually we use it on one of our other brochures but they 've they 've got all the er all the nice cars . |
| 22 | But they flaunted it did n't she ? |
| 23 | Well , I like them a lot , but they make me feel kind of young and stupid at times . ’ |
| 24 | I 've got some pills but they make me feel like a rag in the mornings . |
| 25 | But they make me die because you , you you 're a day , I mean we got this sort of letter the bailiffs were coming in because we were a day late . |
| 26 | ‘ We were from different cultures , but they kept me going through the bad times . |
| 27 | ‘ But they let you walk in and take his place before they even knew that you never laugh at anything , even if it 's funny . ’ |
| 28 | Now then part of it is they ask me You do n't have to , but they ask me to ask people to sign erm to say It 's just to say that you do n't mind your conversation being used . |
| 29 | Quite why this put the scrutineers in a dilemma I do n't know , but they asked me to protest to get them off the hook . |
| 30 | ‘ But they asked us to go on a picnic wiv 'em . ’ |