Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [adj] but [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Wanderers ' manager , Phil Neal , has some way to go before he can expect to be so honoured but he collected several brownie points after his side 's spirited performance . |
| 2 | Yeah but just phone up and just be on for more , more than a minute , you know , would n't be so bad but you start hanging about . |
| 3 | Descent and the status of women may not be entirely independent but they do not co-vary in the simple way suggested by Morgan . |
| 4 | They may be extremely rare but they do exist . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , your tastes may be more specialized but I like a bed to sleep in . |
| 6 | This may be partly true but I believe that since the 1970s profound changes have taken place within the industry due to external pressures . |
| 7 | Yeah so so you 've got to be slightly careful but I mean if you already can use theodolites and things then in a sense I mean what do they mean by experience ? |
| 8 | I 'm rather surprised that but there you are this this er this stuff this is coming they were both being one and another er put here and er um um I suppose the idea is that the er two people should be fairly good but I think it 's going somewhere and as I say it 's down again … let's see what else has gone er the the this is just I do n't know how she di ’ how they did this but it must have been fairly hard when they did it and er I think there is n't v-very much there I think . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I wish I could be as certain but I asked the hospital to meet her as well just in case . |
| 10 | At first sight the cone shell does not appear to be particularly dangerous but it carries a secret weapon that can cause an unusually painful death . |
| 11 | Now to put that into a phrase I found quite difficult to do er and but some people would n't question it but other people would say well what do you mean by that , what you know you plan for the future so that you can retire will be financially independent but it works and you your money work for you . |
| 12 | Cos I used this look , I said that erm I 'd re I had represented his father in an accident case some years before and I was acquainted with the family in a casual way , and I said this may suggest , because he was saying you can make up and you can , this is a bit when you can use your imagination , and I said this may suggest that his father , you know he 'd like , because it the way he says that , I 'd represented his father , I was acquainted , you know maybe that he knows he 's used to that kind of erm behaviour from the family , you know , and he knows what Eddie 's like his fa I do n't know I might be completely wrong but I used my imagination there . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'll be very nervous but I want to ask him what he eats for breakfast . |
| 14 | But I do I think that would be very useful but we 've got to make sure that we get this assessment started , so , if we do n't get round to eighth year then that 's tough ! |
| 15 | ‘ They are going to be very good but they need to learn to combine better , ’ observed Cahill . |
| 16 | ‘ They are going to be very good but they need to learn to combine better , ’ observed Cahill . |
| 17 | The most recent , and it 's quite exciting , is to use magnetic resonance imaging to look at erm nuclei in the body and to see what they 're doing and where they are , and that 's going to be very exciting but it involves having a very very large magnet in which one puts a whole patient all at once . |
| 18 | Offers of stalls from outer areas would of course be very welcome but we realise the difficulty of commuting/carrying etc . |
| 19 | Offers of stalls from outer areas would of course be very welcome but we realise the difficulty of commuting/carrying etc . |
| 20 | ‘ I realise the European Tour will not be too happy but I blame them anyway for the clash of dates , ’ Faldo said . |