Example sentences of "but of [noun sg] [pers pn] [vb mod] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But of course we wo n't , he told himself . |
| 2 | These services of course have to be paid for and we do aim to keep the level of taxation as low as possible but of course we ca n't aim to bring it down as far as conservatives would want because we need , we in the city need , to spend money on things like the education fund without which it becomes a city less worth living in . |
| 3 | When I got there he was pleased to see me ; he seemed to expect us to be able to do something about his leg but of course we could n't . |
| 4 | But of course we could n't ignore the factors which er were argued in front of the judge and which led the judge to make his ruling . |
| 5 | But of course they 'll both emerge somewhere . |
| 6 | But of course they could n't have just left a possible murder weapon on the altar with their fingerprints all over it . |
| 7 | And er but of course they could n't afford to buy me a piano to learn on so |
| 8 | I 've been meaning for many weeks now to pass on 's French address , which filtered through to us in January — but of course you may already have had it from or heard from Janet yourself . |
| 9 | But of course you ca n't just go by character . ’ |
| 10 | Some people think that the police can do everything under the sun like , but of course you ca n't . |
| 11 | But of course you ca n't it 's after the event . |
| 12 | So if you wanted to be a removal man you had to find the work to justify you having an A licence , but of course you could n't because you had n't got an A licence to do it with . |
| 13 | But of course you should n't be doing any of this kind of thing with human beings … |
| 14 | ‘ We can but of course it wo n't be as easy for us to get away once Maggie is gone , ’ she said it in a pleasant way that sometimes humoured him and sometimes could put his teeth on edge . |
| 15 | And I 'm quite sure that what Mr Major will then say if , if er demand and borrowing and so on does take off again , er is that this is because the real economy has improved , but of course it wo n't be true , er and we shall have to pay the price again er at the end of the , of the honeymoon period . |
| 16 | But of course it can not happen . |
| 17 | This might be treated as evidence that Gibbon uses an abnormally large number of abstract nouns , but of course it can not , for we might then discover that a preponderance of abstract nouns is quite normal in the prose of Gibbon 's contemporaries , and that Gibbon 's language in this respect is not exceptional . |
| 18 | But of course he might not live here . |
| 19 | Alice could positively hear the thought : but of course he would n't do it if he were n't going to live here . |
| 20 | I told him he was looking for the mother he 'd never had , but of course he would n't listen . |
| 21 | But of course he wo n't . |
| 22 | ‘ I thought the notary might have backdated an agreement , but of course he wo n't . ’ |
| 23 | Then he goes back to er for a week or so , then his back at and there really treating him , but of course he wo n't . |
| 24 | ‘ Because my father had been absent I immediately wanted him to become my father , but of course he could n't be . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ But of course I would n't accept . ’ |
| 26 | But of course I could not simply refuse to co-operate , could not walk out , could not leave poor Clements without doing my best for him . |
| 27 | Mummy is there and I 'd thought she was in good hands but of course I could n't visit her as often as I 'd like while earning my megamillions . |
| 28 | But of course I can not leave such a place open to — anyone . ’ |
| 29 | Léonie 's turned out the difficult one , the neat script ran on : I tell Madeleine she should be stricter with her but of course I must n't criticize her too much . |
| 30 | Her desire was never to see or speak to Ellen again but of course she could not allow herself such a luxurious vengeance . |