Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [vb base] [verb] [pron] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | They moved across to the bar together , and the stranger explained , ‘ No , we 've not met , but I 've watched you a good many times — in the ring . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Sorry to disturb , darling , ’ she said to Bob , ‘ but I 've brought you a bottle of Sauternes to wash the stew down with , so you can celebrate . |
| 3 | I I 'm very grateful to the minister but I want to ask him a straightforward question . |
| 4 | ‘ But I want to give you a little help with your wicket keeping . |
| 5 | ‘ I have not yet joined the Pioneers , ’ wrote Fritz on 15 November , ‘ but I have got myself a job as a radio reporter with the United Press of America . |
| 6 | ‘ But I have watched you a little since you have been in this house . |
| 7 | ‘ Sounds like a good idea , but you 've left it a bit late . |
| 8 | That blue dress of yours looks well enough , but you 've had it a while now ; you need something new to wear . |
| 9 | But you have made it a robbers ' cave ( Mark 11:17 ) . |
| 10 | But you have to help it a bit first ! |
| 11 | But we 've given him a thorough going over and I 'm sure it 's nothing more serious than a mild concussion . |
| 12 | ‘ I think Kaiserslautern would regard themselves as favourites , but we 've watched them a lot and feel we can score against them , ’ he said . |
| 13 | We need to challenge ourselves , to move ourselves on , but we need to give ourselves a safe framework in which to do so . |
| 14 | There , that manoeuvre is known as gybing but really it 's as simple as that , sailing downwind you do n't have to change course very often , unlike when we 're sailing upwind with tacking but we need to show you a few more demonstrations about it in quick succession . |
| 15 | I do n't intend to discuss the housing , whether seven hundred acres , sorry seven l land for seven hundred houses is owned by the City of York , that 's not part of our case one way or the other , but we have offered you a distribution of the Greater York provision figure between the districts , because from Barton Willmore 's very extensive experience of participation in local plan work up and down the country , I think we share the view that er City of York have , that Ryedale have , my colleagues to the left and right on this side of the table have , that there does need to be a distribution , otherwise there will be at best confusion as to whether local plans comply with the structure plan , and at worst a game of of pass the parcel and everybody will be conforming , but nobody will actually be possibly meeting the figures , and that is the situation that I do n't think anybody would wish to see as a result of er the outcome of of alteration number three , I mean I do n't know how the County Council would would really be able to say whether they thought a local plan conformed to the structure plan , without knowing what that distribution was , perhaps in some bottom draw manner which is not now the approved way of going about these things , so that I think there does need to be a distribution for the proper planning of York , and before coming on to our to explain our figures a little bit , I should also say , perhaps in in response to remarks Mr Thomas made earlier on about the general character of the York area and the need to protect that , that that course is precisely what the greenbelt is for , and what it does , it is n't necessary to extend that concept across the whole of the vale of York , and therefore to seek to er discount migration outside the greenbelt . |
| 16 | Grolux tubes are great for promoting plant growth , but they do give everything a pinkish tinge . |
| 17 | The RAF says the Russians are in one of the worst possible places in the world for a rescue but they have to give it a try . |
| 18 | The RAF says the Russians are in one of the worst possible places in the world for a rescue but they have to give it a try . |
| 19 | Bankers and international business persons are not supposed to be natural campaigners , but they have proved themselves a match for this moment . |