Example sentences of "but [pron] [verb] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | I walked them for three or four hours a day , but nothing tired them or won their love . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , I 've got loads of records but nothing to play them on . |
| 3 | They told people for years that they lived like brother and sister — but no-one believed them . |
| 4 | But no-one knows they 've had a row , |
| 5 | Well , just , but no-one writes 'em like Sebadoh , unless you 're talking of the surfeit of spirit that infused Alex Chilton 's wildest torch-songs , the challenging of expectations Sonic Youth practise or the studied waywardness of The Fall . |
| 6 | But whom do they really work for ? |
| 7 | ‘ But everyone knows they 're hopelessly unreliable . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Labour 's policy is that they are going to provide the money at some point when the country can afford it , but everyone knows they will never be able to afford it . ’ |
| 9 | I have not discussed the essays by d " Auzac , Asher , Frowe , McGonigal , Seitz and Gibson , but I recommend them to the reader 's attention . |
| 10 | But I knew they were living in the past , knew too that there was no way that Allan Wells was going to beat me . |
| 11 | Mostly I hate chimneys , but I knew they 'd rest my finger tendons and Sue Grimley needed a partner from Milenecka . |
| 12 | But I knew they came from my convict , and I felt that having criminal friends made me more common than ever . |
| 13 | When I looked then at first I could n't see , it was all — you know — black like inside my eyes , but I knew they were open and I could hear the kids yelling — and when I got up he was lying on the sofa , snoring — he must 've just dropped me and let me where I lie- ’ She stopped and Clare sat quietly waiting . |
| 14 | The black fly were more tenacious , clinging beneath the elderberry leaves and disfiguring the stalks of the nicotania ; but I killed them too eventually — regular doses of poison dust did the trick . |
| 15 | Tuathal said , ‘ If you mean , did any of our Fife men defect , then the answer is yes , but I killed them both . |
| 16 | But I noted them all down with the dignified " we " , for he and I now agreed . |
| 17 | These pieces speak to me of boundless beauty and passion and I rejoice in my tears but I use them too , intuitively , when I feel depressed or despairing , to release tears . |
| 18 | These four categories admittedly overlap in theory and in practice , but I use them since they correspond to real differences of approach in the study of literary language , and help to show in what way stylistic and linguistic studies differ . |
| 19 | But I tell them nothing . |
| 20 | ‘ But I hope they will allow independent investigators access to the inquiry . ’ |
| 21 | Lawrence added : ‘ I know it has been an expensive season for fans , but I hope they will dig deep to back the team in their final home game . ’ |
| 22 | Although , I sa , but I hope they 've got the right day ! |
| 23 | ‘ Do n't get me wrong — I 'm very fond of them both , but I prefer them one at a time . ’ |
| 24 | I use them , but I keep them separated from the majority of plants by surrounding them with strips of glass siliconed to the tank base . |
| 25 | Derbyshire folk may query the authenticity of this but I defy them not to enjoy the results . |
| 26 | At planning meetings with the senior management I often had to endure predictable little jokes about Andreas 's ‘ harem ’ , but I took them with a good grace . |
| 27 | Mamma warned me that they were very rich , but I took them up to my room and stuffed the lot . |
| 28 | I did n't fancy Hot Shots , but I took them . |
| 29 | I ca n't remember what band Petra 's in , but I seen them practise once . |
| 30 | Plenty of minnows , but I throw them back in . |