Example sentences of "but [pron] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ As far as we know they 've no reason to expect us anywhere , ’ the Leader said , but no-one believed that . |
| 2 | True there 'd been found in Alicia 's desk , but everyone thought that was just an accident , now they began to wonder if someone had put them there , not Alicia , Lizzie would n't do a thing like that , but somebody , it was getting near half term and new the girls were excited because some of them were expecting visits from there parents . |
| 3 | The school fees have been a bit of a pain , but everyone finds that . |
| 4 | But I knew that was easier said than done . |
| 5 | I wanted to be alone with him , but I knew that was n't possible . |
| 6 | It could have been an accident , but I knew that was hardly likely , not with the file missing . |
| 7 | ‘ But I hope that wo n't be necessary . |
| 8 | ‘ He is taller than me and he has a sense of humour but I keep that side of my life very private , ’ she said . |
| 9 | Did n't , ah but I touched that one . |
| 10 | ‘ But I bring that up because you were asking about how you get back into it after that length of time . |
| 11 | but I heard that er , you did n't know that |
| 12 | I do n't know what happened about that , but it probably was put in a heap to rot , but I remember that one load we had to take out was dreadful , it was all wadded and it was heavy , and we could not separate it , you know wrecked my back . |
| 13 | But I saw that time was much more like the growth of Mary 's reputation , devious and ambiguous , than it was like the straight line , moving remorselessly forward , which Western thought has forced it to prefigure . |
| 14 | Well wha , what I 'll do , but I stick that |
| 15 | I 've not heard of any problem in Shropshire , but I take that is covered by this ? |
| 16 | And then y but I take that then |
| 17 | No , yeah but I mean that leaflet very likely would n't have you know I mean I think this this leaflet |
| 18 | they talk about surface features but I mean that 's gon na be e even more for people to understand . |
| 19 | Britain incidentally had two thousand times as , as many but I mean that 's the sort of contrast which perhaps you would expect . |
| 20 | But you say double trouble but I mean that 's , is n't that good because you 're bringing more traditions in ? |
| 21 | But I mean that 's entirely reasonable . |
| 22 | But I mean that would just be an argument about where they set the level that you no longer were to qualify for child benefit , but I mean , bu , you know , presuma , presumably er , th the point the man was was making that er , the child benefit goes equally |
| 23 | but I mean that would be my advice as a doctor , to stop smoking , in the long term . |
| 24 | There are a few white kids that are talked about but I mean that 's inevitable . |
| 25 | No , the door knocked once or twice , but I mean that , that did n't bother me , so I was asleep m most of the time . |
| 26 | Erm and I mean perhaps Bedale Agricultural , but I mean that , that 's |
| 27 | But I mean that would obviously be very difficult |
| 28 | I mean how , how we 're gon na get all the numbers I do n't know but , but I mean that 's a , when |
| 29 | I mean un unless you make the control room blast proof , which is maybe a thing to be looked in to in the future and then again they 're speaking about making the accommodation module separate from the platform itself which is another thing , but I mean that 's all to be looked at . |
| 30 | Training Ffestiniog slate men one of these days they say there is no more Ffestiniog slate and that 's it its gone bankrupt and er But I mean that can be easily arranged sort of thing . |