Example sentences of "but [verb] [pron] [be] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Angela asked us for some help with her wedding day look , she had been growing her old hairstyle out but realised it was n't going to be long enough for her wedding day in September . |
| 2 | The Wedding Present want to make records but say they are not bothered how many they sell . |
| 3 | They admit arranging for 5,000 dollars to be handed over in envelopes but say they were merely responding to UEFA instructions to cover the officials ' expenses . |
| 4 | He followed her eyes but found she was only staring at a door . |
| 5 | Progress has aimed its ADE at value added resellers and MIS departments in the past , but says it is now attempting to target large companies . |
| 6 | Ivan Capelli drove for the March team for five seasons , but says he 's still owed the money in unpaid wages . |
| 7 | He confirms having agreed to take a polygraph test , but says he was not shown the results . |
| 8 | We are still negotiating , but let it be perfectly clear that we shall not accept a text that involves such a commitment . |
| 9 | ‘ They make you think of birdies , ’ says Les Jones , the club 's pro for 38 years , ‘ but getting them is easier said than done . |
| 10 | Horrible thought , but suppose she was just living with him for his money ? |
| 11 | Yes , but pretends he 's not watching and he looks over the top of his paper . |
| 12 | If you do muscle toning exercises ( floorwork ) regularly but feel you are not improving in shape or strength it could be due to poor posture and technique . |
| 13 | The aim here is not to encourage hauliers to do their own conveyancing , but to ensure they are better equipped to appreciate what the solicitor or other ‘ expert ’ is doing on their behalf . |
| 14 | Crest Homes told us they were aware of the suggestion there may a problem at Haydon Wick , but insisted it 's not supported by the research that 's been carried out . |
| 15 | He made sense of none of them , but thought she was probably swearing at him . |
| 16 | AVS supports the remaining Stardent/AVS installations , but admits it is n't making much money there . |
| 17 | The liquidators won an £11.7m judgment against companies owned by disgraced City financier Jim Raper in the Manx court on Monday but said they were not expecting to see any of this . |
| 18 | The International Tennis Federation yesterday reaffirmed its commitment to the new £4 million event but said it was still discussing objections with the ATP . |
| 19 | Ok , Time found hidden in a hard day , dry earth becomes a dance floor , audience of three fowl , the fourth along with a reaper turns it back , wooden shoes meant for mud , rug on dancing feet Erm the next one is the still life on , on with three puppies , while I was looking at Gaugin 's work I could n't help but notice he 's constantly struck by the fact that he use set of three symbols through out his work it seems , and very , very often three caricatures erm or lines of three or three objects and I found this very interesting , more point of view that something that I , I wanted to incorporate in my own work , but I wanted to find a line or a phrase to use in the same way , erm , all of my work starts as one or a series of visual images and , and I then turn them into characters , repeating a word or repeating a line would be a way of erm emphasising characterise erm and the puppies that are in this painting erm , they delighted my children so much , I do n't know if any of you know , do you know the painting of the three puppies |
| 20 | Enabling people not just to keep alert but to feel they are still learning and growing makes economic as well as moral sense . |