Example sentences of "but [subord] [pron] [vb mod] [adv] get " in BNC.
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1 | On page 13 MARY BAILEY already has the cichlids — but if she could just get hold of a six foot tank … |
2 | I 'm not hoping for a shell-casing , you know , but if he 'd just get a fucking nose-bleed or something , I 'd be a happy man . ’ |
3 | He 's the type of horse to win the ‘ John Hughes ’ but if you could ever get him settled nicely and bring him through later , he 'd run a great race in the National again . ’ |
4 | If you can , erm , I do n't know how many of you have a sort of religious background anyway , in terms of you know , things like Sunday school and whatever , but if you can just get yourself familiar with the basic points of difference between Protestant and Catholic faith . |
5 | Probably the reason why her therapist disapproved of her was not because she was — from a psychiatric standpoint — ill , but because she would n't get better . |
6 | ‘ It 's a very rare model , but while I ca n't get fired up to restoring it at the moment , I just can not bring myself to sell it , ’ is Gordon 's dilemma . |
7 | Sharpe spurred towards the nearest Belgians , but before he could even get close to the battalion a French column burst out of the rye and the Belgians , without even firing a volley , turned and ran . |
8 | As I say , but when she could n't get the rollers in I thought , oh my God ! |