Example sentences of "but what [pers pn] [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And what we do oppose , what we do oppose , is not inefficiency , but what we do want is quality care . |
| 2 | guide but what we do dispute is the relevance that erm this solicitor is seeking to give . |
| 3 | And the Trade Unions do n't regard the N H S as a an employment exchange , but what we do expect is consultation and involvement in those changes . |
| 4 | But what we do say is if Kim 's got a Wednesday evening and it 's only one , she 's only got one |
| 5 | We would not object to the guide my Lord but what we would object to do n't object to the guide my Lord but what we do object to is is what this er solicitor would have done in relation to it |
| 6 | I do n't the membership will want a revolution but what we do require is that evolution considered carefully so we do n't stand still and keep our head in the sands and I give you insurance that is what is , is happening . |
| 7 | But what we do find helpful at this stage is to consider the pluses and minuses getting you to contribute what you think are the pluses and minuses or retirement and then during the conclusion stage we sort of look at these again and wonder whether we 've changed our view We hop you will because obviously this is the purpose of the of these talks . |
| 8 | Erm , it became very clear that that , that bid erm , was in fact , at an early stage , that that bid was not , did not have a realistic chance of being successful , so as , as you know Chairman , when you went on the delegation to see er , Mr in London , actually at that meeting , er , the members of the delegation said to the Secretary of State , well , we recognize , Secretary of State that it 's the wrong area , what we 'd like to really argue for is a bid for the urban core out in Browsley , erm , in , at the end of the day , we did n't even quite get that , but what we did manage to get was objective two status for the urban core of Telford still , and I think that was probably against the odds . |
| 9 | That 's right , Bolton won five nil but what we did get clarified from the Football League today was if two English teams finish their four games on the same number of points , is it goal difference or is it the number of goals scored that is the crucial factor ? |
| 10 | Neither did we know anything of the controversy at high levels over the relative merits of area versus precision bombing , but what we did notice was that during the winter of 1943/44 , morale amongst the aircrews was not exactly at its highest level . |
| 11 | But what they did suffer from — and what finally split them — is a time gap . |
| 12 | The ‘ middle class ’ activists did not necessarily support all the actual policies of the national party , but what they did support was the form of policymaking , and the right of the leadership to make policy . |
| 13 | Although they did n't , they did n't act illegally , they did n't say right , we 're going to make the redundancy payment act , but what they did say you retire at fifty , we will make your we will enhance your pension to what you would have got at age sixty , we will enhance your lump sum to what you would have got at age sixty and erm give you a redundancy payment from the firm and obviously everybody fifty and plus they 've gone in thousands , they had enormous waiting lists and then they had to say no , you ca n't go you know , too many people wanted to go . |
| 14 | But that 's just the point — it 's dismal and bleak and they 're frozen stiff , hoping to catch Ramirez in the stake- out and barely able to express anything , but what they do express is infinitely lugubrious and despondent . |
| 15 | But what they do ask for , and what we should be calling to this government to honour the existing contracts at Swan Hunters , to allow the workers at Swan to complete the work on the three vessels already in the river . |
| 16 | Victor and his parents have precious little but what they do have is — us ! |
| 17 | But what she did have was an eye and an ear and a view about promotion right from the beginning . |
| 18 | Her view of the interior of the shed was limited but what she did see raised her hopes . |
| 19 | She did n't know but what she did know was that Fernando would n't do anything to hurt anyone … only herself , as he had threatened when she had first arrived here at the lovely Casa Pinar . |
| 20 | She did n't quite , but what she did understand was that she hated this woman , and the thought momentarily came to her that that man would n't surely have been as bad as this mean-faced nun . |
| 21 | But what he does mean by it can not be identified , at least in any simple way , with the actual beliefs or attitudes which caused it . |
| 22 | But what he does get is the satisfaction of working alongside regular officers in the knowledge that his contribution is a genuine benefit to the work being done in Darlington . |
| 23 | Stansill was not one of the extroverts of the underground , but what he did bring was method , in an environment with hardly any , and a philosophical view about the alternative which the underground could offer . |
| 24 | But what he did do was to embroider , I fantasise . |
| 25 | But what he did come to recognise was the inadequacy of existing literature : ‘ I realised that the main writers on history and statistics at the time had done very little research and were relying on a few books . |
| 26 | Yeah but what he did take my Walkman for though ? |
| 27 | I do n't imp intend to preach to the converted but what I do intend to say to anyone in this hall that 's either indifferent or complacent or just too idle to do anything than let this motion drift by them , that if we do n't get together on this issue to get the message over to our national officers and in turn the T U C , that if we do n't stand and fight for the right to uphold the basic principles of what I believe to be trade unionism , that is the right to withdraw labour , the right to protect our brothers and sisters from oppressive employers , the right to command decent conditions and fair pay without fair reprisal . |
| 28 | But what I do suggest is , a useful experiment is to pick a subject , start a stopwatch , talk for what you think is thirty seconds , stop the stopwatch and then see . |
| 29 | But what I do care about is that , whatever we choose to call the quality of being statistically-improbable-in-a-direction-specified-without-hindsight , it is an important quality that needs a special effort of explanation . |
| 30 | But what I do think occurs , and this is bourne out er in my own case , I mean I 'm extremely reluctant to go into my staffroom simply because of the amount of smoking which goes on there . |