Example sentences of "but [pron] [is] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sub-optimality occurs when one department makes a decision which appears to be a good one , from the departmental point of view , but which is actually damaging to the organisation as a whole . |
| 2 | stuff I was listening to this morning I do n't whether that was one of the things but she 's certainly looking at areas like that . |
| 3 | Michelle added : ‘ She looked a bit of a sight when I got to the station but she 's always trying on my clothes . |
| 4 | yeah , but she 's always arguing with everybody oh right , thank you |
| 5 | But she is also reacting against a political ‘ fixer ’ style of leadership associated with the Labour Prime Ministers Mr Wilson and Mr Callaghan in the mid-1970s . |
| 6 | Mrs Marcos agreed long ago to fly her husband 's body direct to Laoag , but she is now hinting at defiance . |
| 7 | I mean , she has n't got a man of her own but there 's plenty going in there is he ? |
| 8 | ‘ My anticipation is that we will certainly see a rise on Monday — not of the same proportion , but there 's clearly going to be a rise . |
| 9 | But there 's always going to be someone somewhere who will be fascinated by it and want to do something against you . |
| 10 | But there 's always going to be a problem until I learn the language . ’ |
| 11 | After that experience , some might think that his career slipped a little when he joined the Evening Standard , but he is clearly thriving in that career . |
| 12 | Electing to leave him to his own devices , I wave through the windscreen but he is still fumbling through his camera bag and does n't say goodbye . |
| 13 | I ca n't understand what he 's saying , but he 's just shouting at the lights and everything , like he 's real angry about summat . |
| 14 | the person that 's doing it , just er no disrespect but he 's probably coming from over the border |
| 15 | 'He 's a collector , ’ says another , ‘ but he 's really operating like a dealer . |
| 16 | ‘ I do n't share with him but he 's always wandering in my room looking to muck around . |
| 17 | School , but he 's still going on this trip . |
| 18 | As a result , research in this area is not only clarifying the possible role of prerequisite abilities and environmental support , but it is also resulting in some very strong indications that infants are , to a remarkable degree , pre-adapted to the kinds of learning necessary for language acquisition ( for example , see Gleitman and Wanner 1982 ) . |
| 19 | It is by definition absurd , but it is also threatening to the stolid supremacy she exercises . |
| 20 | That may sound extreme , but it is already happening in England , where market place education is rather further developed . |
| 21 | This policy is back in the desk drawer at the moment , but it is clearly going to be placed back on the table , since the government is even considering charging thirty pound a night for N H S beds . |
| 22 | The influence of the Catholic church is less suffocating today than it was two generations ago , but it is still striking to outsiders . |
| 23 | Britain , of course , lagged behind the States , but it is now beginning to surface . |
| 24 | But it 's just lying in the bank dormant and it 's not making any interest I know it 's not being , I know we 're not being charged but |
| 25 | A plant you do n't water , it droops but it does not die/your collection of erotic images is considerable but it 's always happening to someone else . |
| 26 | But it 's only happening in some less developed countries . |
| 27 | There are no performing animals , no red nosed clowns , but it 's still packing in the crowds . |
| 28 | They were n't on court settings so I would imagine in a court situation perhaps the impact of words is slightly higher , you might expect , but it 's still going to be a low percentage in respect of the overall conta image that 's put over . |
| 29 | Why not have the light within you so you do n't have to go and get it outside but it 's there dwelling within you , day by day , moment by moment ? |
| 30 | But it 's usually going to be a pretty well-rounded thing . |