Example sentences of "but [pron] [modal v] [verb] [vb pp] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 point , okay that was a bit of wide ball but I might have taken offence at that .
2 But I should have sent word . ’
3 Give your fish a close visual inspection : flukes should not be problem at this time of year , but you may have introduced anchor worm ( Lernaea ) or fish lice ( Argulus ) with new stock … no dealer worth his salt would sell infested fish without first having dealt with these parasites , but it happens .
4 The snakes are made from rolled-up pieces of multi-coloured fondant , but you could use bought jelly snakes instead to save time if preferred .
5 She 's a miss really but she just she said to me she was miss , but she might have said ms , you know ?
6 There 's only Snoopy but she 'd have finished college by then .
7 Such buds containing re-aggregated cells do not develop normally but they can form jointed cartilage elements and sometimes very good-looking digit-like structures .
8 But they should have used ethylene glycol and not water since the bumpouses were a very very new phenomenon and the little bumpouses melted and formed an impenetrable crust in that area which , from that time forth , served to remind the silly , pea-brained man species that new thinking is needed for new times .
9 But he might have had time to move .
10 Within each State , of course , the accidents people are in close touch with their own airworthiness authorities , but it would have caused disruption if the accident investigators of the UK had contracted the airworthiness authorities in the USA thereby cutting the others out of the information loop .
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