Example sentences of "but [vb base] [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suggest he advances as far as the stream and stops them there , but make it a tactful suggestion . |
| 2 | Erm we 'll do a fairly simple one and then use the same one but make it a little bit more complicated . |
| 3 | As I remember , it went , ‘ Do not heed the siren voices of the appeasers but seek ye the enemy within . ’ |
| 4 | BY THE time they got to Woodstock they might have been half a million strong , but give them a few days in the mud and they 'd soon wandered off into an acid daze looking for luxuries like a toilet , somewhere to sleep and a decent tofu burger . |
| 5 | But give them a solid economic recovery and they 'll forget it ever happened . ’ |
| 6 | I 've never seen the sort of breathtaking squalor I witnessed there but give them a day when their neighbourhood is shown to be worth the world running through it , gratefully accepting water and candy from them at the roadside , and it 's amazing the way mutual mistrust can disappear . |
| 7 | Divert children , in a sense , but give them a feeling of power at the same time . |
| 8 | Goldfish , for instance , lay hundreds of eggs at a time , but give them no parental care at all . |
| 9 | According to the trust 's Andy Hunter , the aim is not to treat or rehabilitate people but give them an opportunity to work . |
| 10 | They may not always be too keen on having to wash with it … but give them the chance to make a big splash somewhere and they will never be any happier . |
| 11 | But give me a chance . |
| 12 | ‘ We 're really very busy at the moment , but give me a ring tomorrow in my office and we 'll try and make a date ’ he said feebly , hoping his lack of enthusiasm might act as a deterrent . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'll tell you , Lynn , but give me a drink first . ’ |
| 14 | But give me a bit of time and I 'm sure I can find some cogent motive to pin on him . ’ |
| 15 | No , but give me a chance just to have a |
| 16 | But give me the benefit of the biochemical doubt , for that is perhaps not , except amongst professional biochemists , the most important question . |
| 17 | The French may have their fancy patisseries , but give me an English pudding any day . |
| 18 | Most of the time he probably kept the fact well-concealed , but give him an audience of five-year-olds behind closed doors , and the brakes would come off . |
| 19 | Doing fair copies of written work , infrequently and not as a punishment , can be useful ; but give it a real purpose . |
| 20 | Maybe all that happens now is that you feel tired , but give it a year or two and — ’ |
| 21 | You may not listen , but give it a thought . ’ |
| 22 | The political crisis which vastly increased its recruitment could not help but give it an unusual character . |
| 23 | We 'll try install , bu but give it an explicit path . |
| 24 | We 're closing soon , but give us a chance , OK ? ’ |
| 25 | But give us a good meal first , wo n't you — I have n't had good home-cooking for … for two and a half days . |
| 26 | We pray for those who have work , but find it a pressure and a source of stress . |
| 27 | In consideration of this , not only would they shelve the files in question , but pay him a monthly stipend into the bargain . |
| 28 | ‘ But ask me the same question tomorrow and I could give a whole litany of things . |
| 29 | The best time to do this is first thing in the morning , after going to the bathroom , wearing your night clothes or nothing at all , but keep it the same every day . |
| 30 | ‘ Thanks , ’ Vi whispered , ‘ but leave me a minute . ’ |