Example sentences of "but [pron] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | We sparkled with energy , but I struck few sparks . |
| 32 | The arrival of Deacon Billingsley should have given me the satisfaction that my telephone call had been treated seriously , but I sensed this policeman was not going to offer me any satisfaction at all . |
| 33 | It may be that TNC proposals will raise standards by increased accountability ; but I remain convinced that the creation of a true teacher-parent partnership has even more to contribute . |
| 34 | Publishers grow thick skins against negative reviewing , but I remain puzzled at the volume of abuse directed at this particular book , by an author who has spent many years working on his subject , opening up new areas of research , and who has arguably contributed more in recent years ( viz Orwell : The War Broadcasts , Orwell : The War Commentaries and The Larger Evils ) to the study of Orwell 's work than any other scholar . |
| 35 | erm But I raised this at the alcohol forum , because erm sometime this summer I had a phone call from Mr Bailey here , who is a resident of East Oxford , to express his concern about various problems erm in East Oxford , problems that were posed to residents there . |
| 36 | that Mothercare but I use this as a spare one . |
| 37 | But I summoned all my German and asked the maestro if I could do it myself . |
| 38 | ‘ But I hope that wo n't be necessary . |
| 39 | It is unfortunate that the talk comes quite so soon after Christmas , but I hope all members living locally will make every effort to come and I know that they will be glad they did . |
| 40 | I think most people heard about it from r.s.s. , but I hope some have come on from TSB . |
| 41 | I think most people heard about it from r.s.s. , but I hope some have come on from TSB . |
| 42 | I fully accept that and we hope , but I hope some monitoring is taking place . |
| 43 | Let me give a trivial but I hope interesting example from my own experience . |
| 44 | It 's all too complicated to write , but I hope this will give you an idea of what it 's about . |
| 45 | ‘ They say bad luck comes in threes — but I hope this time that 's not true . ’ |
| 46 | ‘ He can be a cantankerous old fossil at times but I hope this is n't going to force him to retire . |
| 47 | ‘ I spent a lot of time attending to it , but I ran all the way , which is good enough , ’ he said . |
| 48 | It 's nice to have money for pretty clothes and makeup , but I prefer other methods ! ’ |
| 49 | But I prefer eighty-twenty . |
| 50 | Assistant : ‘ Yes , but I prefer Heavy Metal . ’ |
| 51 | Most people in this business opt for two-inch wide tape but I prefer three-inch black for securing every line of wire in the hall , plus some two-inch white or silver to mark the edge of steps and other things you need to make noticeable . |
| 52 | 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 . |
| 53 | ‘ Yes , but I brought some in earlier ; it 's in that bucket there , and there 's peat there , too , and it 's dry . |
| 54 | ‘ He is taller than me and he has a sense of humour but I keep that side of my life very private , ’ she said . |
| 55 | ‘ That 's true , but I keep busy looking after my lodgers ’ Sarah explained . |
| 56 | And then , I never went to sleep but I went sleepy but not did n't actually sleep . |
| 57 | Well my pal and myself we took these two girls and we sat in the middle of the Temperance Hall and he said come on let's sit over on the balcony he says and put up my clothes by the radiator he says it 's been raining he says and it will dry them , so we moved , and exactly from were we moved was where the women got killed , just candelabra dropped on her and er when it happened the fella on the stage the comedian was singing , a hundred years from now you wo n't be here , and I wo n't be here and from the corner of my eye I could see something gradually dropping like one of these candelabras and I thought hello that 's part of the act you know , it was just gradually coming down and all of a sudden , whooosh and the roof came straight in oh and I do n't know sure I 'd I , everything went dark of course I mean it was all in blacked-out all the chairs were loose , so as the folks wended their way towards the exit doors they took the chairs with them , so they politely threw them back in the crowd that stood in the hall so you were dodging chairs as well as trying to get out , where we were , where we were seated the firemen were hacking at the windows thinking that it was a fire because all the dust had gone up in the air and the reflection of the light from the market I suppose and that would give the appearance of smoke , and he was , I said to this fireman I said there 's no fire , he says , he says there is I said there 's no fire in here , anyway we eventually got out but I took these girls back home to and I really , it was , properly unnerved us both and as we came on that old tram we were , we thought you know everything seemed to sort of upset us and when I got far more upset on the Sunday morning when I went to have a look at it , the whole roof had come right in , but there were fifty people got injured you know and about , oh there was one lady killed . |
| 58 | But I took some better ones . |
| 59 | I 've been doing well for the last week , but I took this heavy cold , well from Thursday , since I 've took this heavy cold I 've hardly smoked . |
| 60 | Did n't , ah but I touched that one . |