Example sentences of "but this [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no rope connecting one with the other but this might have disintegrated completely over the years . |
| 2 | They do , it is true , have to lower their affective filter to allow the input to flow in , but this might be achieved in all manner of ways . |
| 3 | Veneers appear in the 1880s although an eighteenth-century example was discovered during the 1983–4 excavations at St Augustine-the-Less , Bristol , but this might have been no more than an attempt on the part of the coffin-maker to mask some splits at the shoulder caused by over-zealous saw-cuts when kerfing . |
| 4 | As already indicated , laws-of-war considerations may lead writers or policy-makers to advocate targeting missile bases rather than cities — but this might prove in practice an open invitation to compete in nuclear hardware or , even worse , an incentive to strike first . |
| 5 | No dub version on the other side , but this might be a musical revolution happening right here . |
| 6 | But this might allow them to be retained , when other class affiliations are lost . |
| 7 | An article is more likely to be accepted if it says something new but this might annoy some of his party leaders . |
| 8 | But this might be a good way to look at it — not as something static , but as a scenario , a sequence of events , a developing situation , something existing in a temporal dimension ! |
| 9 | Eventually they could become brittle with age , but this might take some years . |
| 10 | ‘ But this might be an adventure , and further revelations from the lips of the Lady Lina would not be without reward ! |
| 11 | The downhillers will win the headlines , but this might win more hearts ; free style ski-ing . |
| 12 | For a while , you might find your owner a little peeved at you , but this wo n't last long and you 'll soon be back in favour . |
| 13 | You mention that you need a bit more ‘ oomph ’ in your sound , but this wo n't necessarily be obtained by replacing the pickups . |
| 14 | But this wo n't remove or even significantly reduce the demand for tertiary referral . |
| 15 | But this wo n't get us out on the tide . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ The government clearly counts on the pleasure and prestige the jobs afford to keep them filled at fairly low cost , but this wo n't help if the best scholars are constantly tempted to go abroad ’ , says Kauffmann , ‘ and now , new appointments or those who change jobs by moving or by promotion no longer have the same job security ’ . |
| 17 | If this had been the case I may possibly have been offered some cosmetic surgery , but this wo n't happen because it 's a natural part of pregnancy . |
| 18 | But this wo n't happen in all cases . |
| 19 | But this wo n't be the last straw ; they wo n't get rid of me that easy . |
| 20 | He says that the Government want to privatise prisons — but this wo n't provide a better service . |
| 21 | Helen is looking forward to the day when Jenny can also be treated but this ca n't be done until she stops growing . |
| 22 | ‘ British Rail staff have always been very helpful to me but this ca n't justify the cuts and I have told them so in writing , ’ he added . |
| 23 | Yeah but this ca n't find them |
| 24 | But this ca n't be seen — it is n't obvious — a child can become the subject of ridicule and for a sensitive and intelligent child this can be sheer hell . |
| 25 | ‘ Old Keithie would have made more of it , but this 'll do . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's a pity , but this 'll have to go . ’ |
| 27 | Ah yeah but this 'll be little ones . |
| 28 | Yeah , but this 'll be my first concert . |
| 29 | But this 'll be do you remember the one we went to the other day ? |
| 30 | But this 'll tell you if you 're veering that way , so you can go , ooh , and perhaps spend one day a week on that , just to get into it , and the rest of it 's going to be managing my practice . |