Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [verb] [num] " in BNC.
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1 | His name did n't come out in court , but I knew one of the women involved . |
2 | But I prefer eighty-twenty . |
3 | My route to work involves a lot of difficult roads with the engine spinning away in second gear , but I average 38 to 40 mpg . |
4 | But I remember one time one week , I had fifty cases of oranges in . |
5 | yes , well I used to read a lot of story books , travel avidly and I think I forget all about the author and the story , but I remember one portion where they discovered a depression in the middle of a continent where it was in excess of and they 'd grown quite a different specie |
6 | PC Kelly went on : ‘ I did not hear anything but I saw two flashes from the barrel of the gun and I presumed he had shot Goodman twice . ’ |
7 | ‘ Yes , I 'm coming , but I 've one or two things to attend to first , ’ she explained . |
8 | I would just like to I know we need to the television programmes on about the Gulf and so on , but I 've two young children at home , and I find that yesterday was a very long day because there was just nothing on for them at all B B C two at four o'clock . |
9 | Erm me basic should be forty-three , but I get fifty-five to sixty plus if he 's I get commission depending on if I work late . |
10 | Yes , yes , but I mean one person can very often do things |
11 | When nobody else is here but I mean one definition of that is that you 're asleep yeah . |
12 | We do n't name him but whoever is in a particular spot should be responsible for a certain area , which in in fundamentally it is done that in quite a number of instances but I mean one thing that springs to mind is that a lady shall clear the ladies toilets . |
13 | Derby , but I mean one of the any aggro , the stall any hassle is in Covent Garden , which is a tourist place that was between two . |
14 | Living in California he would be , but I mean one of his books is about , erm or has , as one very important element , a forest fire . |
15 | Could n't really tell you what it was now , but I made four locks for Lord 's cricket ground . |
16 | But I had two brothers . |
17 | But I had one further arrow to my bow . |
18 | but I had one of these . |
19 | But I had one ‘ misery ’ in this friendship : she went home for lunch and I did n't ! |
20 | But I had five . |
21 | But I had three glasses of sherry quickly . |
22 | I know I mean I stayed with him but I had three kids . |
23 | but I bet one of those holes will take a whole wheelbarrow full of that |
24 | But I met one girl by accident when I walked into the hostel one night and she was visiting another girl there . |
25 | ‘ But I ordered thirty brace ! |
26 | ‘ I just play for relaxation nowadays , but I know two of the guys who play here regularly and from time to time they invite me to join them . ’ |
27 | I think better on a full stomach — but I know one thing I 'm doing immediately after breakfast . ’ |
28 | ‘ I do n't know all the reasons , but I know one or two . |
29 | I do n't know what your plan is , Master Nan , but I know one thing , I can no longer trust you in your present position . ’ |
30 | ‘ I do n't know how this happened , but I know one thing . |