Example sentences of "but [vb base] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm aching to run , but make myself sit for a second while she watches me through the black circles . |
| 2 | But the team concluded that it was wiser to keep most of the assets in the portfolio — but make them work better . |
| 3 | His superiority over them can not but make them seem to us inferior , innocent , or naïve , dupes who trust too easily and are soon outwitted . |
| 4 | ‘ I doubt if you 'll have heard of a Romany having a magistrate removed from office either , Mr Peck , but make one arrest here and you 're very likely to be the first . ’ |
| 5 | but make me laugh even now , she said the first , the first memories I 've got of new little boy that starting in he looked at this little boy , she said , so , so excited by said with this pure white hair and the |
| 6 | He was instructed to tell you everything you wanted to know but make you squirm a little on the way . ’ |
| 7 | If you do not feel the tinkling , repeat the hum but make it lower in pitch . |
| 8 | But d' ya know something ? |
| 9 | Well nothing but d' ya know what I mean it 's sort of . |
| 10 | You we , I 'm glad you said that cos , I 'm not sure if I told you this before but d' ya remember what these numbers here mean ? |
| 11 | I keep having hot flushes , know what I mean ? but d' you think they care ? they just follow me round saying ‘ Miss we 've dropped a stitch ’ . |
| 12 | Yeah , but d' you think they 'll be able to see it ? |
| 13 | " I do n't want to let you go , but d' you know , I feel so ridiculously happy . |
| 14 | . But d' you know I , I did n't fancy it . |
| 15 | But let them think on this . |
| 16 | In other words , I was trying to establish whether religion had been important enough in the interviewees ' childhood ( at least , as it was now remembered ) for it to be mentioned , without any prompting on my part ; and then , I would try not to prejudge what the interviewees thought was involved in religion , but let them decide what aspect would come out ‘ naturally ’ — whether they would talk about the institutionalised churches , private prayer , a personal relationship with God , a way of looking at the world or the ultimate meaning of their existence . |
| 17 | A mother had instituted her sons heirs and added : ‘ Let them not for any reason alienate the lands which will come to them from my estate , but let them conserve them for their successors and give each other reciprocal guarantees to that effect . ’ |
| 18 | Gentleman , this is to quaint you all of you cor Serning the Billing of this workhous think to starve the poore theare Stephen Wite Stratford Lews of Barfield Wile of TataSon Loyd hintlesham but let them tak care of thin Selves for farit that is hap on shall there Brains be Blown out and that as sure as death and fail not and the hous shall not be bilt a toyle for theare shall be 500 planted soon and will di all it and pull Wiles hous down . |
| 19 | But let them advance along the road at their own pace , overcoming the obstacles on their way as best they can . |
| 20 | But let them try ! |
| 21 | His arms around her , he began so gently that although McAllister was already feeling stifled , and the fear of men which had beset her for so long had begun to tighten its grip on her , she not only allowed him to kiss and fondle her face and neck , but let him undo her hair , so that it tumbled about her shoulders , as magnificent in its abandon as he had imagined it in the long nights when he had been unable to sleep . |
| 22 | She did n't rise to the remark , but let him go and change . |
| 23 | She could guess roughly what he was promising but let him keep his secret . |
| 24 | But let me give you a particular tip here . |
| 25 | But let me give you a tip — panic . |
| 26 | But let me give you some advice — big brotherly advice . ’ |
| 27 | But let me give you the peak of my experience as a cancer patient . |
| 28 | But let me give you two |
| 29 | But let me give you two concrete things you could do . |
| 30 | But let me do it in my own time , and do n't make me feel like a brood mare . |