Example sentences of "but [subord] [pron] [verb] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not sure what the hon. Member for Worsley ( Mr. Lewis ) is trying to say , but although I made an offer to his hon. Friend the Member for Alyn and Deeside , the hon. Gentleman did not come to see me . |
| 2 | Naturally , one desires to suppress the personal element so far as possible , but if one has an opinion to express there is nothing to offend anybody in a straightforward ‘ in my opinion . ’ |
| 3 | But if we see an office that 's being committed by y somebody breaking into an empty flat , or we actually see somebody breaking into a occupied flat , then as a as a citizen , you can enforce a citizen 's arrest . |
| 4 | He added : ‘ But if they want an AIDS test they can have one . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ The most obvious thing in mine may be that I like to work with numbers , but if I 've an urge to be an innovator too , I probably wo n't make a successful auditor . |
| 6 | Now it is very difficult , clearly to compare qualitatively er one route with another but if you take an example , the effect on greenbelt land , which should you look towards the back , it 's just one that springs to mind but there there are no doubt er there will be others which we can go into . |
| 7 | ‘ But if you put an egg tagliatelle with a heavy ragoût , you lose all the benefits of the pasta . |
| 8 | But if you see an office wall , an open space or some other situation simply crying out for your work , why not check if the owner would be interested in commissioning something ? |
| 9 | But if you send an estimate you more or less have to say what you 're moving as well because if there 's more than that and you do n't put down what you 're moving then you 're p stuck with the estimate really and in p practice that 's what usually happens , you give an estimate and then you do it for that price . |
| 10 | ‘ The key is not whether we give tax holidays but whether we provide an environment that allows companies to make a lot of profit . |
| 11 | He denied it but after she had an abortion allegedly confessed to his wife , who had been too afraid and embarrassed to go to the police . |
| 12 | I worked in Norwich for two years and got my City and Guilds in hairdressing , but when I saw an advertisement for a receptionist 's job at a local company ( now ) I jumped at the chance . |
| 13 | But when someone puts an arm around them and asks them how they are , they are bewildered . |