Example sentences of "but we [noun] " in BNC.

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1	For my mother it must have been a sad comedown from the Legation , but we boys enjoyed ourselves .
2	I might be ‘ little ’ , ’ she parodied , ‘ but we English are noted for our belief in fighting to the last blood-filled ditch . ’
3	But we weaklings of the Western world would appear to have abandoned our instincts to this terrifying tribe .
4	Governments may elect not to talk to governments but we scientists are an incurably gabby lot .
5	But we emphasis that nominations need not be famous names ; they just need to be people who have distinguished themselves by their courage or achievement .
6	But we Wilkeses were never dogs in mangers .
7	But we Nicaraguans know full well that the shortages and the repression came before the war and the ( US trade ) embargo . ’
8	You can imagine what an outcry there 'd be from women if we made some such generalisation about them , but we men are supposed to take this shit . ’
9	But we children thought we too were master horsemen .
10	But we Italians were not foolish enough to bury our past completely . ’
11	But we humans are far too protected and insensitive nowadays to detect the subtleties of the earth 's rhythms .
12	There are also plans to turn his last film Hairspray into a Broadway musical , but we Brits can now enjoy it at home : Hairspray , Polyester , and Female Trouble are all out on video at £9.99 each .
13	The Yanks did n't even bother to screen it , but we Brits lapped up the handlebar-moustachioed plotting and a-planning of David McCallum and Robert Wagner , not to mention the dastardly swagger of Nazi stereotype Anthony Valentine , who became a sex symbol .
14	But we troupers just go on and on .
15	But we Scots were a bloodthirsty race then , and of all the black deeds that blacken Scottish history , I believe that the hunting of the Rannoch Macgregors was probably one of the most horrendous .
16	She tried to talk to me a job , but we sort of joked away .

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