Example sentences of "[noun pl] but [pers pn] [be] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It led to some job losses but it was justified in the company 's longer-term interests — and therefore the interests of the majority of employees . |
| 2 | It only has two eyes but they are divided for viewing above and below the water surface . |
| 3 | We are in arrears but we 're gon na be |
| 4 | This does not stop us using the olfactory or tactile channels but we are restricted by social norms in how we use them . |
| 5 | There was still a slight wheeze in her respirations but she was looking around her , quite free from distress . |
| 6 | She turned round to sec if he was laughing at one of the postcards but he was laughing at her . |
| 7 | A Land Rover spokesman said : ‘ Our vehicles are not designed to tumble down mountains but they are built for a tough life . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ People were literally running for their lives but I was rooted to the spot . ’ |
| 9 | He had worked the same hours , on the same farm for nine years but he was paid as a casual labourer , and so had no right to a pension , to notice pay — not even to the right of appeal . |
| 10 | Many aquarium shops will sell these terrestrial plants but they are meant to be used as marginals outside the tank or in a paludarium . |
| 11 | The state was not the originator of all these transformations but it was implicated in them in quite new ways . |
| 12 | The former could cover all cases but it is felt to be more appropriate to use fairness in the context of , for example , company inspectors , or immigration officers . |
| 13 | Never good with their , good with their overtime hours but we 're working at that . |
| 14 | ‘ I used to do women 's programmes but I was moved to the God slot . |
| 15 | But Ms Short added : ‘ Women share our values but we are seen by these women as male dominated and the most unsympathetic of all the parties . |
| 16 | There are no definite plans but we are looking at the options for the future . ’ |
| 17 | Johnny McBride is hardly out of the Juvenile ranks but he is regarded as one of the most talented under-age players within the Oak Leaf county . |
| 18 | I tell them all about the bar-tailed lark and the Berbers but they 're looking at me in a very strange way and I mean now the whole story sounds pretty crazy to me as I 'm telling it . |
| 19 | Not only did women earn less than male officers but they were kept to shoplifting , domestic violence , child cruelty and sexual crime . |
| 20 | Pete I 'm gon na get some cigars but I 'm gon na get them through Kim . |
| 21 | Carrie was eager to tell her mother how business was picking up at the dining rooms but she was interrupted by footsteps on the stairs outside and a key being inserted in the lock . |
| 22 | I do n't know the answers but I 'm gon na emphasize the point now . |
| 23 | And the changes in my day when , when I was working , we 'd have some leaflets but they were written in a very er sort of technical way . |
| 24 | M.Ps have no privilege protecting them against an arrest on criminal charges but they are protected against arrest in connection with a civil matter while parliament is in session and for 40 days before and after . |
| 25 | ‘ We have battled well in recent games but I was heartened by some of our football in the midweek win over Grimsby Town . |