Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] but [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The selectors did know the gender of the artists but they stressed their aim to choose a show that would appeal to a cross section of visitors . |
| 2 | Hitchcock wanted her for The Birds but she turned him down . |
| 3 | When we 'd finished I asked if we could wash up and run the errands but she said she 'd already been to the shops with her brother . |
| 4 | Now one of the things that Ronnie Reagan was disappointed to find was that in order really to address his budget deficit , he cut federal aid to the states but he did it er dressed it up in an ideological argument which said you know that the government is too big , government is too intrusive , government should get off the backs of the people , you know , er we should n't go to government to solve our problems , government is the problem , that 's one of the , one of Ronnie 's other memorable phrases . |
| 5 | He tipped up her chin so she had to look him in the eyes but she pulled her face away . |
| 6 | I could fill a book with the other similar comments which were written on the questionnaires but I think we can take it as read that the trials proved beyond doubt that if you followed the diet moderately strictly you could definitely lose inches from parts usually untouched by normal dieting methods . |
| 7 | ‘ She 's on the check-out in one of the supermarkets but I think she 's on holiday this week . ’ |
| 8 | In my day well every man had an allowance er and we bought our own provisions but every man er they were supposed to be by the commissioners but you got I think seven and six pence a day each man got seven and six pence and we clubbed that money together and bought our provisions er like that . |
| 9 | This means he gets physical possession of the goods but you keep their legal title . |
| 10 | I do n't always know the answers to the questions but I answer them anyway . |
| 11 | But there 's two ways of getting them off if they do latch on to you , one is to burn them off with a cigarette or a match and the other way is to use rock salt , and if you put rock salt on them they then just come off so that 's a little bit erm more humane for the leeches but it depends what you feel about them really as to whether you want to give them another chance . |
| 12 | I understand the feelings but I think they should study circuses like us and say this is the sort of circus we want in Witney with no caged animals . |
| 13 | I also told here it 's the diamond jubilee of the hospital and the children from invited to the hospital that day , that week sorry , it 's gon na be a week in June so she wanted to know the details so I asked Mrs t would she write to Miss White and give her all the details but she thought it would be far better if she went to see her and explain it all . |
| 14 | For example , we used to get a lot of people from the printers but you knew them . |
| 15 | And he said well my father is doing today I ca n't do today I 'll do it Friday and I shouted down the stairs but he owes you a day you should n't be going in . |
| 16 | She spun to run up the stairs but he caught her and pulled her into his arms . |
| 17 | She turned to rush up the stairs but he caught her wrist . |
| 18 | A bad mistake and I 'd agree with the critics but I suspect we can all be terribly sensible about it and forget all about it … please . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ My daughter 's dog an Alsatian called Prince went over to the men but we called it back when they said they 'd kill it . |
| 20 | He had not seen the kings but he told her of the baby who was born to be King in a nearby village called Bethlehem . |
| 21 | I want to try and get one before May before the exam , but there is a superb production on i the summer , it 's on June and July and it 's at an open-air theatre erm in Lincolnshire and what people do is they go and take a picnic and you sort of take your rug and sit there and cos it it 'll be hot in the summer it would be really nice and you watch it outdoors and it 's in this big stately home which is in it 's own grounds and there 's gift shops and restaurants and bars and obviously wo n't go in the bars but you know there 's lo it 's beautiful and like a big stately home you can wander round the gardens for a bit and then go and watch the performance and if it rains then there 's a canopy you can pull the canopy over like at Wimbledon and you know it 's a really nice day . |
| 22 | You 've been to Glasgow and seen the tenements there , the filth and the meanness of the streets but I tell you Glasgow is nothing compared with this place . |
| 23 | Even though I have reached my monthly target I still receive no bonuses but you tell me I am on target for the large bonus in April . |