Example sentences of "but [verb] [pron] [verb] to [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His superiority over them can not but make them seem to us inferior , innocent , or naïve , dupes who trust too easily and are soon outwitted . |
| 2 | ‘ But has it occurred to you that you are totally off-target ? ’ |
| 3 | But has he talked to ya ? |
| 4 | But let me return to my main theme . |
| 5 | Wright never deserved the four goals he got — he never did anything to get the ball but let it come to him and losing out a few times in the process when the defender took the ball away . |
| 6 | I was never the focus of an actual focused ill-wishing , merely a bit part player in Bernard 's drama , but look what happened to me ! |
| 7 | You two and Philippe Maurin pretended to be her friends , but look what happened to her . ’ |
| 8 | And the problem is that most of the time you know what you want to say , but does it correspond to what people want to hear , or read , or listen to ? |