Example sentences of "[adj] but [pron] would [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You think that 's especially true and like say Aberdeen if you go in a shop there and and , at least it used to be the case , and asked for something you be thought you were speaking fine but they would just say , Oh my you down from Orkney for a holiday ? |
| 2 | He was asleep but he 'd just take him home . |
| 3 | ‘ My parents seem fascinated by our relationship , they 're very nosy and curious but I would never talk to them about sex . |
| 4 | There are some folk who will talk about the the baptism of the spirit , and the gifts of the spirit , and say , oh well , well they 're all very well and good but I would rather have the fruit of the spirit . |
| 5 | Clearly the benefits of mahogany would have eventually become evident but it would probably have taken much longer . |
| 6 | I mean this scheme does n't look to me like available but I 'd just like to say reading the objections I am amazed by the large number of and er to stop the running , the rat running , you 've anyway erm speed cameras are not gon na be much help . |
| 7 | He wanted the place immaculate but he 'd never tidy up , he just sat there in his chair from morning till night and got at me all the time about the housework . |
| 8 | So his results were preliminary but it would only take a few weeks ' work , using the neutron spectrometer , to know for sure . |