Example sentences of "[am/are] [adv] [adj] but [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of these are presumably extragalactic but they include the pulsar PSR1706–44 , although this was not recognized at the time . |
| 2 | I expect he , you know they 're fairly busy but you know they may well |
| 3 | Things like this are always hurtful but I hope that people will have faith just as they have in the resurrection of Jesus . |
| 4 | carpenter 's tools are more sophisticated but they had |
| 5 | Some bags are available with cotton or polycotton linings and these are more comfortable but they weigh more . |
| 6 | The numbers attending are still disappointing but I believe that it is fully justified if for no other reason than that it provides us with the best — and most cost effective — corporate publicity we are likely to obtain . |
| 7 | Her mum and dad are still jet-lagged but she seems fine . |
| 8 | Chips with them Morrisons ' chips , and they are really lovely but he 'd left them in |
| 9 | I 'm incredibly lazy but I do think I 've found the right way or at least a better way than hers to live . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm only 22 but I feel like an old man sometimes when I see what these little kids are doin' , ’ says Superia , a three-year Lo Life veteran . |
| 11 | But it 's the way she 's saying oh I 'm so sorry but I have to go back on it when she 's agreed to something . |
| 12 | Ann Jefferson , 26 , marketing executive ( left ) : ‘ I 'm naturally blonde but I think I look better as a brunette — I 'm absolutely stunned . |
| 13 | I turn over and pretend I 'm still asleep but she pulls the duvet off me and switches the lights on . |
| 14 | Debbi was like ‘ yes , I 'm completely miserable but what do you mean , break up the band ? ’ ’ says Susanna before turning into a hippy . |
| 15 | Well I says I 'm very sorry but I says it 's six miles away in a store , we do n't attend stores in the evening , I 've nobody to come d I 've got Where the hell do you think I 'm going to sleep tonight ? |
| 16 | ‘ And Mrs Wright , I 'm very sorry but I 've just remembered I did n't lock the door . |
| 17 | I said oh , I said , I 'm very sorry but I do n't kno , do n't know what you 'd have to charge to justify that you know , to buy it and then do it up , I do n't know ! |
| 18 | I 'm very flattered but I think they 're mistaken . |
| 19 | I mean they probably are quite expensive but I mean I I 'm sure A and N or somewhere , Debenhams or somewhere would have them |
| 20 | All these trades are quite healthy but they employ very few people given the innovations in cargo handling and the dominance of Scandinavian companies in shipping . |
| 21 | Ordinary cable-connected tie-clips are quite inexpensive but they limit freedom of movement . |
| 22 | The tests are relatively simple but nobody thought of doing them before . |
| 23 | The commercial aspect of this 18-nation common market are relatively uncontentious but what remains to be resolved is how far the EFTA governments will be consulted before decisions of the EC Council of Ministers . |
| 24 | And I think when we talk in terms in getting around to spending the money we have got then we need to look quite clearly about how you make a place more inviting and it 's also about when people come into the building how they 're met what the receptionists like , when they ring up can they get through and I mean I 'm I 'm surprised that 's said about the tickets that I think that our reception ticket areas an excellent area the people working there are first class are very friendly very helpful so it 's trying to get that sort of concept through the building I thin k we work on that I think the building 's kept very clean people who clean the building are very good but I hear what you 're saying and I thinks it 's been said earlier by the lady here by the foyer downstairs she feels threatened when she goes into that bar because I think the whole decor and the way it is is a threatening place I think we need to look at those so that was an old and . |
| 25 | Most coupled people 's preoccupations and needs are very similar but they nurture the hope that their partner will support and fulfil them . |
| 26 | They are next door neighbours who I think are very nice but I do n't think that Jackie and Nev have a lot in common with . |
| 27 | ‘ Their news programmes are very professional but I believe they are too dry , pompous and sometimes too unimaginative for many people 's tastes . ’ |
| 28 | I know you are very busy but I do hope you can help in this way . |
| 29 | Excellent voice I mean worth an A Bill , brilliant if you do that , but I mean I 'm not , I know speaking to sort of Charles and Tom and Alan , they say that sort of recommendation referrals in Norwich are very difficult but I think if you do it the right way |
| 30 | The disadvantages of friendship are very few but they do exist . |