Example sentences of "[noun prp] but [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Good progress was made on the Saturday but when I looked at what still remained for Sunday , I thought we 'd do well to finish half the distance . |
| 2 | He said , Johnny but because you know them I would n't waste |
| 3 | ‘ We have been very happy with Bloomsbury but when you are paying commission , the more sales you do , the more commission you pay , ’ said managing director Colin Webb . |
| 4 | The original objective was to liberate South Korea , it then began to unite Korea but if you raise the objective to an assault on China proper then , then you would have to quote General Ridgeway , who was a commander on the spot , er you 'd be fighting the wrong war , the wrong time and in the wrong place . |
| 5 | The original objective was to liberate South Korea , it then began to unite Korea but if you raise the objective to an assault on China proper then , then you would have to quote General Ridgeway , who was a commander on the spot , er you 'd be fighting the wrong war , the wrong time and in the wrong place . |
| 6 | ‘ We may not be in the same league as Servette but where we score over most teams is with our spirit . |
| 7 | I was brought up perfectly ordinarily in the Church of England but when I was sixteen or seventeen my reason naturally rejected such nonsense . |
| 8 | Just as a matter of interest I was gon na bring up onto the er planning minutes for the tenth of January but as I was n't allowed er The I had a phone call from the electricity board following the erm erm discussions that we had about the power supply on Road , they 'd received a follow up enquiry from the press , if you recall we expressed concern that we thought that secured following the harsh winter three years ago . |
| 9 | He is persuaded to teach the talented Marin Marais but when he detects the young musician has little sympathy for his belief music is only an expression for sorrow , he returns to his hermit 's existence . |
| 10 | The following extracts from it , written before Edward had met Helen Noble but after he had left St. Paul 's catches the effect the old man had upon the young would-be writer : |
| 11 | Well Rudy can take you down to you know where to go Tarrers But if you do n't wan na go you 're , you 've got the telly . |
| 12 | ‘ I thought we played some good stuff against Oldham but when you concede three goals you obviously have problems — if you score three at home you should run out winners . ’ |
| 13 | The later books are in large measure accurately described , and the experience of the assimilated Jew in Italy , where the Jews came to harm under Mussolini but where they were never the strangers they have been in several other countries , is summarised in a well-informed and pertinent fashion . |
| 14 | But this is still a rare instance , Likewise , at the in-service level , very few authorities can match the well-conceived programme of courses for teachers produced over a number of years by Geoffrey Hodson and Maureen Price of I.L.E.A. But until we can sort out our muddled thinking that surrounds the subject , there is a danger that the next ‘ official ’ report will not fare any better . |
| 15 | I said do n't hold your breath Elaine but if it 's what I think 's in that carrier bag over there it ai n't a voucher , cos they all were saying |
| 16 | and six pound fifty then week cos I wo n't , you wo n't have them on Monday but if she keeps working it 'll be most Mondays anyway |
| 17 | Erm so it 's worth doing that we I , cos I was gon na go I was gon na go Thursday and just come back on the Monday but as it is now we 'll go Wednesday and have Wednesday , Thursday , Friday , Saturday , Sunday night , so we 'll come back on the Monday . |
| 18 | they go on about Shakespeare and Chauce Chaucer but if you spoke to them the way Chaucer used to speak they would n't understand a word you were saying . |
| 19 | I wanted to find someone to help Mrs Hobbs but as I went to the desk , she was already being carried through the door . |
| 20 | Well I , he lived at Stowmarket for years but then I heard not so long ago that they had moved to Ipswich but where I do n't know but they must be , whether he 's than I have now I do n't know either . |
| 21 | We might get a thousand or so more from Hartlepool but if we were in the First Division we 'd struggle to get 7,000 . |
| 22 | I 'd thought it was Dargaville but when we reached the small town of Warkworth , the name ‘ rang a bell ’ . |
| 23 | I shall be on holiday during the last two weeks of August but if you have any queries during my absence on vacation my assistant , Jack Robinson , will answer these . |
| 24 | Behind the HQ building , to the right of what Waters called the Paddock but before you got to the Wood , was a small black circle quite close to the boundary fence . |
| 25 | So far , everything has been fine with Brian but whether it will keep like this forever , I do n't know . ’ |
| 26 | He was put clean through by Ray Houghton in the 68th minute , rounded goalkeeper Bryan Gunn but although he steadied himself to convert from only six yards , he somehow failed to even hit the target . |
| 27 | It was a secret that made her even more different , because now that people were saying that she was turning into the dark beauty her mother had been , she knew much more about why men and women made babies , that it was n't because it was a duty to God but because they enjoyed it ; and seeing him in church every week , noticing that his voice was going deep and that her own body was changing too and that they were becoming man and woman made her think about him and long for him more and more : she wanted to have him completely , entirely for herself . |
| 28 | Okay it 's not going through Hertfordshire but if they 've got half a billion to spend , I am sure it would be better spent , public transport is only one way . |
| 29 | Twice during February , the White House dispatched a CIA official to see him , This man was selected not because of his knowledge of Iran but because he exuded a certain gravidas . |
| 30 | We audit ten of the forty main requirements in Manchester but as I said earlier taking P G's and P W's as being er predominant in the larger plc markets . |