Example sentences of "but we [modal v] [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 've lied and said it is , but we 'll tell the truth for once , ’ says Cairns . |
| 2 | We broke that , or that was broke er , but we 'll blame the carrier now and look at it , then our security guy goes out and they know it 's been sitting around someone 's you know , it 's been there for months ! |
| 3 | Ice cool Dr Apps said of their big night out : ‘ It will be a bit boring but we 'll take a walkman and try to get a good night 's sleep . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ But we 'll keep the news in the family for now . ’ |
| 5 | but we 'll have a go . |
| 6 | Yeah , but we 'll have a look on other one , that 's for dark . |
| 7 | Yeah , we 'll still getting , trying to get in touch with him , but we 'll find a driver one way or another . |
| 8 | But we might make a mistake with the title and someone . |
| 9 | Now that the exchange rate is around the $1.40 to $1.45 mark there could be a case for going back but we might have the difficulty of seeming opportunistic . |
| 10 | is there ? , but we might get a day off in May any way |
| 11 | " Yes , we will , but we ought to get a present for Ma first . |
| 12 | But we ought to make the journey as safe as possible — can we ensure that at least beneficial results are more likely to ensue than unfortunate results ? |
| 13 | Not that it matters , it 's a very minor operation , but we shall have a look at the polyp under a microscope . |
| 14 | But we would add a word of caution : these are early days in the life of the cash flow statement and experience is needed to discover the most appropriate method of analysis . |
| 15 | specific points in the development of people , whilst that we recognise that the partners in practice was going to go into a quiet spell er something but we would run the risk if that happened on losing the expertise , the skill base that we 've got there and the undoubted qualities of the people within , we had to find a way in which we could use that skill base and other practice er of the practice and in fact that 's been quite successfully achieved in in recent months er with due diligence work for example er with legal support work is another example , when people in the insolvency practice have been very active on special science weeks ago tree . |
| 16 | That was some going– but we would have a place for him in any Palace gallery even without it . |
| 17 | Many of us have a special tune or song that conjures up a particular time and place whenever we hear it , or brings back a flood of memories , but we may have no way of celebrating it . |
| 18 | ‘ But we must make a plan . |
| 19 | ‘ But we must have a King in Strelsau , or Michael will ride in tomorrow as the new King ! |
| 20 | The author Jeanette Winterson provides a maxim for female artists past and present when she says : ‘ We do n't want men to package us but we must have the freedom to describe ourselves ’ . |
| 21 | But we must have the right to carry out our duty to impart the moral convictions , the moral teaching of our Church to our own members . |
| 22 | No one wants to shoot birds , but we must balance the survival of an entire species against that of a few individuals |
| 23 | Naturally , I understand Rolls-Royce 's disappointment , but we must put the matter in perspective . |
| 24 | But we must take the legislation as we find it . |
| 25 | I share the view of the hon. Member for West Bromwich , East that it does not make sense to go back to the days of the red flag , but we must find a compromise between the passenger 's interest , which is the interest of the railways , and the pedestrian 's interest . |
| 26 | No scientist has yet discovered any means of inducing this creature to change into a different form ; but we need have no doubt that its ancestors were true amphibious salamanders . |
| 27 | But we used to clean the shop ready for the morning . |
| 28 | But we used to put the oats to the mill and the and the corn for getting it bruised for feeding the horse and the cattle . |
| 29 | ‘ But we used to take a lot o' pride in the hay , and it was all trussed up with — good tradesmen trussed it up , you know . |
| 30 | We ca n't control the climate but we can control the air pollution . |