Example sentences of "[verb] but [conj] [pers pn] [vb base] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You can write down what you like and people can read it any way they want but unless you 've got no job , no money and nowhere decent to live then you do n't know what it 's like to be out of work . |
| 2 | Before I call the Home Secretary , I should say that I understand that a notice of appeal has now been lodged but that I propose to exercise my discretion in respect of the sub judice rule to allow questions covering the Home Secretary 's statement . |
| 3 | It may sound a little long winded but after you have read the manual ( twice ) you should understand the plot and the idea . |
| 4 | If they were all the same colour you 'd think But because you 've become so used to seeing the green and ambers and the reds |
| 5 | no Bev 's flown but when I 've gone up with her |
| 6 | Turkey on its own is easy to accommodate but once you have piled on the stuffing , sausages , bacon and cranberry sauce , your poor old wine is struggling to hold its own . |
| 7 | Yeah yeah yeah and you know what until I get started takes long for me and then I usually can get going you know but until I keep going or sometimes somebody and I say that 's it ! |
| 8 | Yes I know but when you come to put a another one on you 've got ta lift them all out . |
| 9 | I agree with what you 're saying but when I 've done it before and involved the pupil in such a report I put it on a separate sheet , so that |
| 10 | integrating but as you say differentiate find the gradient . |
| 11 | I said but if you intend sending people there I should n't bother |
| 12 | Not only will this make the boat difficult to steer but if you try doing it too far , you 'll start sailing straight under water . |
| 13 | In most cases of detinue there would be a concurrent liability in conversion based upon a demand and refusal to return but as we have seen conversion required a positive act and had never lain where the defendant once had the plaintiff 's goods but was unable to return them because they had been lost or negligently destroyed . |
| 14 | Which is a nice promise to make but when you 've got so many thousand houses to get through it took about six months to set the scheme up . |