Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] but they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Using logic it would be easy to fit but they do n't mention that you 've got to unplug the old keyboard or that the Spectrum 's PCB must go in the right way round . |
| 2 | It was impossible to hurry but they moved at a steady pace , pausing seldom . |
| 3 | Yeah yeah I know you find it hard to believe but they do . |
| 4 | There are many crimes which are hard to prove but they remain nonetheless crimes . |
| 5 | They were always too busy to come but they sent their children . |
| 6 | there 's much more to do but they 're ready , prepared and able to do it . |
| 7 | They may be all right to eat but they 're the devil to pick because they 're so small you can hardly see them . ’ |
| 8 | There are two members I think have spoken from the Liberal benches concerning funding bureaucracy and I would agree entirely with what that means but they 've also mentioned in the same bet , budgetary control and if you 're going to control budgets , you have to have a minimal amount of bureaucracy and the function really of the head of the er of the project , er the head of the the post that 's now slipped into oblivion with this motion , would actually have been to do two things it would have been to hold the two groups together and it would have been to have overall control of that budget and it would n't have been easy and I would n't have like the job and I wouldn't 've applied for it and certainly would have been very difficult indeed . |
| 9 | Nice to know but they 're very important flick over a page Technology Host pack or Host training . |
| 10 | ‘ It is possible that one or two plants might think it worthwhile to upgrade but they would have to be very sure there was a large and lucrative market there to warrant the investment . ’ |
| 11 | The the Jolly George er was a ship that was loaded with arms er to send to Russia , to for our the use of our troops in Russia , and the sailors refused to sail it , and there was quite a to do about this because they 'd got the steam up and it was ready to go but they never went . |