Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clarke/Gray/Bremner … ( ok so Bremner got semi-finals FA & play-off final in same year … but them almost relegation to D3 ! ! ) |
| 2 | Yar , I think I got a copy but I just sort of filed it with all the Quality Manual stuff , as there were various different things which needed . |
| 3 | We all try to garden economically , but I sometimes despair of the bits-of-old-inner-tube school of gardening . |
| 4 | She lives somewhere by the Port , but she just sort of done a detour to come and have lunch with Jan . |
| 5 | The arguments in favour are sufficient to induce the periodic sinking of test-bores , but they always jib against the stony beds of linguistic conservatism . |
| 6 | ‘ But he just kind of strolled into the office and said ‘ Well … |
| 7 | I ca n't reproduce the way he talks — you 'll have to listen to him for yourself — but he just sort of zooms off . |
| 8 | and he said you know , he said they have n't been turning up at that chapel for them , when they 've preaching but you did n't crack on they knew anything about that but he just sort of said said no you know remain non-committal . |
| 9 | I never meant it to happen , and I never meant to hurt you , Helen , honestly I did n't but it just kind of happened to me , and I thought I had to tell you , because I did n't want to … to cheat you and so on and I 'm really very fond of you , and I 'm sorry . |
| 10 | But it literally sort of burnt the edge of the corner ! |