Example sentences of "[adj] but [pron] [modal v] [vb infin] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well there 's only look like two that are anything discussing that film about the lambs whatever it 's called with Jodie Foster , the rest did n't look very interesting but you may feel differently . |
| 2 | It 'll never be perfect but it can run as smooth as you can get it . |
| 3 | ‘ Yes , ’ they said , ‘ you are welcome but you must keep very close to the left bank ’ ( Hungarian ) . |
| 4 | They are not very fast but they can fly very high for two to four hours — sometimes more . |
| 5 | Well I told him that , that I was getting very tired but he would 've just worried about me coming back down you know |
| 6 | I THOUGHT it was terrific when David JoHansen of the New York Dolls delivered such quips a : ‘ Who cares about the music when one has such sense of drama ? ’ and , ‘ We do n't play too good but we can dance as bad as we want , ’ and ‘ We do n't hold concerts — we throw parties ! ’ , and ‘ It does n't bother us when people say that we ca n't play , when we met we actually could n't , ’ etc , etc , but all these sweeping statements were launched in 1973 , and when those same epigrams are repeated three years later by lesser mortals ( i.e. Sex Pistols , Runaways , Ramones and Kiss ) , things begin to look synthetic . |
| 7 | Now obviously if Isobel did that , she could write some notes in a form that was actually readable for you so that you could actually I mean I know the discussion would be more difficult but you would have quite a lot of information from her to go on . |
| 8 | That vital ingredient — confidence — is still absent but it may resurface soon . |
| 9 | I do n't perhaps not that bad but I would have definitely braked and not just eased off on the accelerator . |