Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [prep] [noun] but [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I 'd say to price it , I know they 're not quite so expensive on carpet but I 'd say I 'd say about seventeen pounds , but I bet it was about twenty seven or thirty one |
| 2 | You said in your last letter that you were just friendly with Cora-Beth but you do n't ever write about any other girls , so I do wonder if you are n't more fond of her than you let on . |
| 3 | The classification of this category is not free from difficulty but it includes at least a common law lien and a lien arising by operation of law . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm not averse to marriage but I do n't believe I 'll ever do it ’ the singer , 52 , told Woman 's Own magazine . |
| 5 | It was not perfect with Erica but they were honest with each other — as honest as two lovers can be — and Erica was forgiving . |
| 6 | It 's conclusions , we 're not subject to consultation but we 're instead given wide and extensive publicity in a series of elaborate video roadshows , with information cascading down . |
| 7 | We 're not sure about burglars but we think it might have a deterrent effect . ’ |
| 8 | We 're not desperate for petrol but it would be nice if we filled up with it . |
| 9 | We knew it was not true to life but it was a good way to escape our humdrum lives if only for a few hours . |
| 10 | Her husband was still asleep in bed but she had work to do . |
| 11 | Andrew Houston marshalled them unto one group in a roadway well away from where the inrush of peat had occurred ; it was a place still free from sludge but they wondered for how long it would be so . |
| 12 | Dunlop said : ‘ I agreed to alter the gear box for Darren so it would be more suitable for Donington but I was riding in every race after the 125 and I physically just had n't the time to attend to it immediately . |
| 13 | The speeches of Finbar O'Doherty and Eamonn Melaugh were more militant in tone but they did not demur from Hume 's denial of what had been the central purpose of the DHAC — the unity of the working class around a material grievance . |
| 14 | Which , I later discovered , was most forthcoming for George but he 'd already had a couple of orange squashes himself . |
| 15 | ‘ I may be going deaf and it 's true I 'm not in the most robust of health but I 'm not daft . ’ |
| 16 | I 'm not really interested in adventures but I understand that some people are and the mag has to cover all topics to please everyone ! |
| 17 | Methyl tertiary butyl ether could work as substitute for lead but it is expensive . |
| 18 | Real Men with John Ritter its , its really wacky , like he 's this fucking secret agent stuff , I never smoke unless its after six and he just , he 's this John Ritter and his got this really mild of character but he 's been mistaken for an , an agent and he 's , he 's , he 's going |
| 19 | Ceauŝescu may not be the most benevolent of rulers but he has at least kept his country outside the Soviet Union . |
| 20 | I was n't afraid of Elizabeth but I was frightened of her mother and I was glad the nuns were leading us away from the road where she lived . |
| 21 | No this is perhaps not quite right for Marge but I tell you who I have left out , Jackie and . |
| 22 | Corcoran went over on his ankle on Saturday and was quite lame on Sunday but he has improved a lot overnight . ’ |
| 23 | Swift is normally the most phlegmatic of characters but he was in such a state of fluster on that occasion that he missed touch and found Smith instead . |
| 24 | It would not be lawful for a grant maintained school to reject children with special needs who were otherwise eligible for admission but it is impossible to legislate against the temptation to work towards greater academic activity or to concentrate on subjects which are regarded as prestigious by the potential client group . |
| 25 | Most players are pretty close in fitness but you must think you are stronger than the other bloke . |
| 26 | The reference here to the ‘ University ’ is almost certainly exclusive to Cambridge but it is possible that Green had in mind its implications in a wider context . |
| 27 | It is very good for creativity but it does have some other problems . |
| 28 | And , as top six Villa today take on Wimbledon at Selhurst Park , Atkinson said : ‘ I am very pleased for Parker but he has now got to make the next step . |
| 29 | She was hollow eyed , drawn , and seemed very close to exhaustion but she had herself well in hand . |