Example sentences of "[vb infin] but [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | Obviously eventually if people keep on leaking blood their pressure will fall but you could have a situation where there 's not a single drop of blood yet lost to the system and yet the person 's in shock because the blood 's not being circulated properly off the heart , not a drop of blood lost to the system , but insufficient pressure , so shock can be caused by either of those two things , failure of the circulatory system because the pressure of the volume drops dangerously low , okay , you did a lot of work on what the person looks like , yes you as the casu you as the first aider will see this person in front of you , what will they be like ? |
2 | As he drew near they heard the sickening crack of the rod striking flesh ; once , twice they heard it fall but it brought no anguished shout of pain in response . |
3 | I thought I would , I thought I would fall but I I just walked back to my chair and I was fine . |
4 | We ca n't win but we must keep trying . |
5 | Probably were n't I do n't know but they seemed to us I may be looking at it from a child 's eyes but er that 's how they seemed to be to me . |
6 | Well I , he lived at Stowmarket for years but then I heard not so long ago that they had moved to Ipswich but where I do n't know but they must be , whether he 's than I have now I do n't know either . |
7 | When they had sort it out they just did n't know but they would go you know prancing around saying to one another saying then . |
8 | Then of course , then when they the kids went up , did n't know where they were going , and the parents did n't know but they found new found freedom because all the bloody kids had gone to the countryside |
9 | wh I remember that when I was at home it was a mixed sort of meeting in which some of the people from the village were coming who you did n't really know but they had to be asked |
10 | I do n't know but they must of done it sometime . |
11 | I do n't know but they used to go |
12 | We do n't actually know but we are |
13 | Right so maybe this is an intermediate stage , we do n't know but we know carbon dioxide comes out of it . |
14 | Whether it was give it a better flavour or no , I do n't know but we never used the saltpetre . |
15 | ‘ Does everybody know but me ? ’ |
16 | There is no shame in saying , ‘ I do n't know but I 'll try to find out ’ , provided that you do ‘ try and find out ’ and report back . |
17 | How the poor fellow finally got his report together I do not know but I doubt that even he did n't realise that he was dealing with a supernatural force that did what it liked when it liked . |
18 | Do n't know but I can remember what happens with the alkali and the acid , you get calcium chloride , er it 's the same . |
19 | Er I do n't know but I would i I would reckon the crime rate since we 've been on the flats , even though the the flats are emptying out , h h has dropped er dramatically . |
20 | How this applies to the crew as well I do n't know but I expect Vic 's got some theory to cover it . |
21 | I do n't know but I 'm getting pretty fed up with this . |
22 | Oh I shall never regret Er I do n't know but I 'm just perhaps one on me own , but er it could n't have been better for because I was a freelance and er I wanted to learn and wanted to get on and they allowed me , they allowed me to do what I wanted . |
23 | Well , you know , it you see , time were , I do n't know I suppose , I do n't know but I never seemed to be afraid and I used to have my or something round my waist , a belt with the keys hanging on and they supplied me with a as well , one of these , I do n't know what they 're made of they were n't all that heavy but still they were heavy enough to keep on . |
24 | So how on earth they keep them to a schedule I do not know but I do n't want to know now . |
25 | So although you would have I do n't know but I I hope I 'm not sort of I really am trying to find out although you 'd have his coffin in the front room where you would be living |
26 | By whom I do not know but I intend to find out . |
27 | Now I do n't know but I would imagine that Lord and Lady Fairburn should be drummed out of Parliament , well he should . |
28 | I was actually quite low on the activists and higher on these three but I managed to wonder sometimes where I worked ever so hard on a session I ca n't really ca n't understand you know why it 's not going very well and I thought well when I then watched other people do something that had a lot of action I thought well why did they like that more and I never I did n't know but I 've actually learnt that you have to put activities in , cos you , you know you do get people with a very strong activist preference . |
29 | Maybe a bit less than that , I should know but I , I do n't know the precise number , but a much smaller assem and frankly with much more effective power in the international community . |
30 | Aye it 's yeah it 's well I do n't know but I think it 's it is definitely coming on Friday . |