Example sentences of "but we [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The central temple complex ( No. 2 ) has already been mentioned , but we know nothing of its chronology or its dedication . |
| 2 | Then again , as to the repairs : it may be that the original lease from the ground landlord contained covenants compelling repairs to be made by the lessee ; but we know nothing of such a lease or such covenants . |
| 3 | Clovis 's campaigns and ruses against other Frankish rulers should perhaps be seen as power struggles within a small kin-group , and therefore as precursors of the civil wars that were to follow , but we know nothing about the connections between the petty kings of the years prior to 511 . |
| 4 | ‘ It took the better part of an hour to get to brass tacks , but we managed it in the end , sir . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ But we deserved something from the game . |
| 6 | He is n't a cousin or any relation but we thought somebody in the town must know of him or where he went . ’ |
| 7 | So I said oh well , I said er if you we really want to get the nitty-gritties I said you know we did n't receive a Christmas card from you I said but we sent them to you . |
| 8 | But we use it in everything but particularly |
| 9 | So you can take it up with the , the er do whatever he felt necessary , but we left it at that . |
| 10 | They 've taken his dabs and examined the mallet , but we left it at that when we knew the Yard had been called in and you were on your way . |
| 11 | ‘ To buy a player of Kevin 's experience would cost a fortune but we got him for free . |
| 12 | but we had one with eight so we 'd have we 'd have the whole thing there twice . |
| 13 | It was cold , but we had plenty of wraps and were so comfortable , and the morning air and sunshine were so refreshing . |
| 14 | But we had none of that from the Secretary of State tonight . |
| 15 | But we had it at the N E C for a week and it must have produced hundreds of cages on a routine daily basis . |
| 16 | Batty would have been useful in this match … not only in the playing sense , but we had lots of throw ins level with their box , Batty would have got these into a danger area … |
| 17 | We used them as demos but we cut them to be the real thing . ’ |
| 18 | I am not sure that we would think the dancing , except by some of the principals , quite so wonderful by today 's standards , but we saw it with different eyes then , and John would have for comparison his memories of the Cape Town Ballet Club 's brave but handicapped attempt at the last act of the ballet , Aurora 's Wedding . |
| 19 | The bride was going to get married in a tutu but we persuaded her against it . |
| 20 | ‘ I think our second half performance was our worst for a long time , but we murdered them in the first . ’ |
| 21 | But we change it at a company level . |
| 22 | But we 've nothing like this , yet … " |
| 23 | ( " You had a good try and you used the right sounds : it sounds like that , but we write it like this " ) . |
| 24 | Correct both kinds of error by saying " Yes , that is the way it sounds , but we write it like this … " . |
| 25 | ‘ At first , we thought it would be too beautiful to use , ’ admitted Peter , ‘ but we accustomed ourselves to its ways . ’ |
| 26 | But we see ourselves as a sound system , and in a way everybody is a part of Motion Incorporated . |
| 27 | There are , of course , no unique prescriptions for realizing these principles but we think it worth examining a few possible approaches in a little more detail . |
| 28 | But we seen them over here as well ! |
| 29 | Immediately we could sense a rough and rather unpleasant atmosphere , but we allowed ourselves to be swept up the steps of the first house into a howling throng of excitable spectators . |
| 30 | Who were extremely keen to locate in this county , everything was right for them , Mr Allenby 's borough had the site , my clients had the site should I say , and erm but we lost it to Humberside because it was not possible for either Harrogate or ourselves to look them in the eye and say yes we can guarantee planning consent . |