Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] but we [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We expected Uri to bend a few spoons but we did n't expect the viewers to bend the truth , ’ he said . |
| 2 | We know that black elderly people , for example , have very little contact with formal social services but we know far too little about the reasons for this . |
| 3 | The answer on the calculator is four point seven O five double eight two three hours but we do not need that as that |
| 4 | The nuts were always available for the little animals but we watched intently as the farmer poured the milk into the buckets and the calves started to drink . |
| 5 | I 'm not sure of the exact figures but we have not declared any more than the 700 that we 've er announced in the last 12 months . |
| 6 | That instance is the justification er for these orders but we do n't know er exactly what happened , the government has n't seen fit to institute an inquiry which will tell us . |
| 7 | We like these fellows but we do n't want to marry them . ’ |
| 8 | A colleague at the Maze , said : ‘ We all knew Susan had matrimonial problems but we did n't suspect she was so depressed . |
| 9 | Southern Princess went down around 0300 hours but we got away in the lifeboats . |
| 10 | We never starved and we were healthy kids but we did n't get any pocket money , there was none to spare . |
| 11 | However she did not work in isolation of the sales figures and shop reports , which she read avidly and , as she wrote to Moira : ‘ I feel that we hit it in many respects but we do n't seem to repeat the exciting things fast though . ’ |
| 12 | There are many stories but we have n't time for that today . |
| 13 | Well cos , for the sake of ten days there er er er erm Martin was gon na fix the problem , erm within ten days but we do n't wan na have to go back and reprint everything cos the unit statement 's perfectly valid . |
| 14 | Okay now looking at it the other way , you see we we had those points but we do n't know what happens over here . |
| 15 | ‘ We 're unbeaten in eight games but we have n't been able to win them and the players were saying beforehand that we were going to give someone a good hiding . |
| 16 | There were things sticking out all over the place on the Albini recordings but we came away with a sound we liked , ’ says the bass player . |
| 17 | which we 've got a couple of big ones but we have n't got like extra ones outside the garden dropping leaves . |
| 18 | It seems they had been beaten up in some way by other prisoners but we do not know who . ’ |
| 19 | Now Paul this is what I 've found out since you see , Paul erm said to them , Why suddenly this ? and he says , Oh we 've actually had them printed for the last two years but we 've never had the time to give them out . |