Example sentences of "[adv] but they [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The players are down but they could not have given any more . ’ |
| 2 | Under Rachel 's serene autocracy the firemen agreed that there was nothing much to be done now , that the house seemed safe enough but they should not use the attic until someone ‘ from the department ’ had been and inspected it the next day . |
| 3 | Not as I remember no funnily enough but they used to have people who , who went out to work at different airports after the planes had gone out they used to have gangs that went out to Perton and er we used to draw equipment from er the maintenance un RAF maintenance unit at Stafford things used to come from there . |
| 4 | Yeah I should imagine so but they would n't , but they could . |
| 5 | Any other and I put diabetes in there asthma is an illness which erm you may come across , it 's the clogging up , it 's something irri irritates the tubes , the windpipe and the bronchial tube and the person can not draw air in , well they can draw it in but they ca n't get it out and they 're , and they 're trying very hard and the noise , has anybody heard anybody with an asthma attack ? |
| 6 | Neighbour Muriel Harding-Newman , 79 , said : ‘ We could see the cows were stamping and kicking and that someone was trying to push them away but they would n't move . |
| 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 | I mean those , by and large , those who who need to listen to what I 'm saying to and take it on board wo n't and those who already do do n't need it anyway but they 'll take it on board . |
| 9 | And it would , I mean they , they would n't of even had expensive houses anyway but they must have taken their value away tremendously . |
| 10 | They had never spoken of the future and what would happen when their time was through but they would , because a love so consuming could n't just end this way . |
| 11 | I mean all the papers wo n't be through but they can tell us whether it 's |
| 12 | On May 31 President Ramiz Alia appealed in the People 's Assembly for patience : the strikers ' demands were just but they could not be met immediately , he said . |
| 13 | They would they would never allow our men to go over but they would be there to take it . |
| 14 | Not but they might be shagging camels and then all the camels got |
| 15 | Readers interested in doing experiments involving ultrasonics can buy the basic matching transmitters and receivers quite cheaply but they will need to look up or develop the circuits needed to make them work . |
| 16 | They wo n't mind odds-and-ends like us clearing off but they wo n't want to lose you . |
| 17 | More specifically , Cornall noted ; ‘ cross-curricular themes may be all right but they can not adequately be taught through foundation subjects . |
| 18 | The units shown go to 6,000 gallons which represent a pond some 12′ × 14′ × 6′ deep ; effectively you could double or treble these up but they would be difficult to disguise . |
| 19 | a telephone call will tell you whether you 've the papers wo n't be drawn up but they will be able to tell him on through the phone whether it 's okay . |
| 20 | Arguments amongst the girls would break out but they would be of a trivial nature to begin with . |
| 21 | And they would follow on behind but they would n't carry it . |
| 22 | And I and I do n't know whether they still have the wooden lockers now but they used to be , have to be all scrubbed out every week . |
| 23 | Or maybe , the do n't often but they can say How many tonnes of hydrochloric acid and how many tonnes of N A O H would we need to make that . |
| 24 | Perhaps they bugged a dozen other people as well but they 'd only hear you and me talking about naming names on her bug . |
| 25 | Well but they should give her a soli , the name of a solicitor . |
| 26 | And er the spoolers think they 're better than us , cos they get higher pay than us , they think it 's er they 're more skilled , it takes them to longer to train to do the job seemingly but they could n't , we have to sort their repairs again if they do anything wrong it 's us that have |
| 27 | Frank is n't at home , Azul 's unlisted , I try the local paper here but they ca n't or wo n't help and the airlines refuse to give out information on passengers . |
| 28 | The was the main place round here but they used to stay a lot at the er over there at . |
| 29 | ‘ I 've heard they are here but they can not do anything , ’ he said , pulling out and brandishing a pistol stuffed down his trouser waistband . |
| 30 | Those jeans are on there but they wo n't hurt . |