Example sentences of "but [pron] [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gwendoline watched eagerly to see what would happen when Mary-Lou opened hers but nothing did happen . |
| 2 | But I 've got ta though . |
| 3 | like this very much but I 've got ta Ben |
| 4 | That 's right , yeah , but I 've got ta |
| 5 | But I do intend to do it , and if it comes off I suppose I should put my money where my mouth is and offer up my effort for your appraisal . |
| 6 | scrap through the remains of erm and got the wire wool and got them down and washed them , what I would like today if you would be so kind as to assist when you 've finished your pottery is to re-label these , now some of you er , have already finished pottery and start straight away , those who only have the finishing touches to do , start half way through the lesson or whatever , but I do intend to give a demonstration now , so , could you gather all round |
| 7 | ‘ But I do rest , ’ I replied . |
| 8 | We have er found that to be the case there is a downward trend , but I do make the point , and I did make the point to the inspectors notwithstanding that , all of our respecting officers bar those that were doing the training of course do produce a higher work output per individual than most of our peers up and down the country and we have statis statistical evidence to support that . |
| 9 | I can not promise to make you into a world authority on ingredients , but I do hope to share my passion for good food with you , and to inspire you to try a different type of tea or a new way of serving pasta . |
| 10 | ’ Luckily , the three bum-bag winners were not aquatically inclined but I do hope software houses show a little more consideration in future . |
| 11 | But I do hope to encourage a sense of responsibility in all park users throughout the country and persuade them to think before tossing away their litter . |
| 12 | ‘ But I do hope you and Dora soon settle your difference . ’ |
| 13 | I know you are very busy but I do hope you can help in this way . |
| 14 | Unfortunately it was received too late to go through the formal council procedure , but I do hope that you allow me to hand it to the council secretary later who it is addressed to . |
| 15 | ‘ You know Mrs Baxter likes you , so do n't make excuses , ’ he said , then added hastily , ‘ Well , you must do as you like , but I do hope you will come . |
| 16 | I 'm erm I 've been working in low cost housing , housing charities , for a very long time , with Shelter and various other charities like that , and I never cease to be amazed that the Conservative Group , here or nationally , are hostile to subsidies for council housing , because the subsidy which goes to owner-occupiers , through mortgage tax relief , is very much greater than the subsidy that goes to council housing and there 's nothing we as a Council can do about this , but I do hope that in due course we will get a fair system of subsidising houses for everybody , so that wealthy people on high incomes who are getting a big subsidy on their housing through their tax relief , erm are not getting more than people on low incomes living in council houses . |
| 17 | There is obviously an ambitious streak in me but I do realise that I am still very young and inexperienced . |
| 18 | ‘ I did n't choose him , you know , but I do choose my friends ! ’ |
| 19 | I did not tell you lies but I do deserve your contempt . |
| 20 | But I do go to the Methodist Chapel in Cotherstone as often as I can and , now and again , support various chapel functions in other places when asked . |
| 21 | I 've told him and he gave that wee white one and it 's , I still take the kind of , but I do go on them you know , when I 'm really bad . |
| 22 | I knew he , I did n't know him , I did n't know him , but I do go and see him when I saw this case was covered up , and it seems to be utterly unreasonable that this poor old chap was going to have doors slamming and banging , and then people coming out the Dance about midnight , and his whole life being disrupted , so I I turned on there , unknown to my own Council , oh , they were cross with me . |
| 23 | We do n't have a kidney-shaped swimming pool , but I do possess several palettes . |
| 24 | But I do mean it : if you do not give me my answer now , I shall have to go , for ever . ’ |
| 25 | But I do mean persuasion , not strongarm stuff . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Hardly , but I do admit to being both baffled and intrigued . |
| 27 | I do n't get angry with her but I do leave the room to calm down … |
| 28 | My canoeing skills , newly acquired , were not tested in Canadians , helmed by a guide , and I am disappointed but as I did n't acquire my elementary skills until I was a 61 year old female I 'm not complaining but I do complain that I 'm quite unable to find a suitable canoe companion now I 'm on my own . |
| 29 | I do not take this view , but I do think that there are certain deep assumptions about how the mind-body problem should be addressed which increase its difficulty . |
| 30 | I 'm incredibly lazy but I do think I 've found the right way or at least a better way than hers to live . |