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 .
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