Example sentences of "but [pron] [modal v] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | BIRDS do it , bees do it , but you used to be able to watch Emmerdale Farm with your granny and be confident that the cast would n't do it . |
| 2 | ‘ Really , it just follows the principles of long-term contract accounting , but we ought to be able to do it better than SSAP 9 practitioners because , while they apply the theory to a handful of different contracts , we are applying it to 20m policies . |
| 3 | But we ought to be aware of what values we 're holding in in various |
| 4 | After an absence of so many years , this kissing among men seems an odd thing , but one ought to be thankful for small mercies : at least it is only two kisses and not three , as is the Russian custom . |
| 5 | she 's not going to this year , she 's erm , in Ruxley there , there was a little pot of seed that had been sowed and they were ready for pricking out , and er one little pot I think was ninety eight P , but there must of been fifty plants in there easily |
| 6 | The areas involved are small , but there used to be many unsightly corners in the mining villages near St Austell and , by making improvements here and there , English China Clays has done much to make life more pleasant for local residents . |
| 7 | Not in my time but they used to be all branched off , there used to be a lot of oysters . |
| 8 | It had worked very well last night with Fräulein Hubert , better than he 'd hoped , but he ought to be careful until his plans were all consolidated , then he could dump Ingrid and carry on where he 'd left off with that lovely little thing . |
| 9 | I do n't know but he could of been ill , he could , it could of been that he could n't take any more you know that but Margaret was terri terribly bitter about him Margaret not coming , but he could , he could n't stand it |
| 10 | It was only about eleven now , something like that , but he used to be fourteen stone . |
| 11 | but he must of been all worked up and since then I 've had a right struggle , most nights |
| 12 | The joints have gone and this wanted doing but it would of been extortionate she said , you know , to get it done |
| 13 | The Sports Council will await Universiade GB 's concurrence with the deal before nominating their man , but it ought to be one of their members with business acumen — which means either David Simon of BP , who is most unlikely to have the time , Raymond Michel , formerly with a distillery , or Norman Jacobs , a partner in one of Britain 's largest firms of solicitors . |
| 14 | Probably having keys would bee greeted with horror by some , but it ought to be possible to rationalise the finger holes . |
| 15 | But it ought to be easier . |
| 16 | no , it were n't , should n't of been on fire , but it should of been warmish |
| 17 | than that dear it 's down the other end , the other side of Old Harlow , but he used to have a surgery there which he , you know , made it better after the erm , to ease up Dr surgery cos that was so packed and the shops were absolutely and you used to have to queue and queue for , to get your shopping , you could n't , I used to cycle into Harlow and leave my cycle somewhere and then go along do my shopping , but it used to be two or three hours ' job it was , you did n't get done till dinner time and then I used to call it a , a lady used to say call there that used to have the fried fish and chip shop on the corner of erm Harlow and I used to go there and have a cup of tea before I came home because I used to be so long shopping you could n't get served you see , it 's too many people , there was nowhere else for them to go , it was only Bishop 's Stortford you had to go |
| 18 | But it used to be different then … there was n't no atmosphere like there is now and there were n't no fence around the London Road like now … |