Example sentences of "[adj] but we [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , the caring population is diverse but we may identify two main groups ; spouse carers and children as carers . |
| 2 | I think it will be hard but we 'll cope . |
| 3 | Erm probably about sort of four or five would be ideal but we can see what we can do with about maybe three or something like that . |
| 4 | That was some going– but we would have a place for him in any Palace gallery even without it . |
| 5 | ‘ It is certainly very strange but we will have to wait for the outcome of an investigation . ’ |
| 6 | I THOUGHT it was terrific when David JoHansen of the New York Dolls delivered such quips a : ‘ Who cares about the music when one has such sense of drama ? ’ and , ‘ We do n't play too good but we can dance as bad as we want , ’ and ‘ We do n't hold concerts — we throw parties ! ’ , and ‘ It does n't bother us when people say that we ca n't play , when we met we actually could n't , ’ etc , etc , but all these sweeping statements were launched in 1973 , and when those same epigrams are repeated three years later by lesser mortals ( i.e. Sex Pistols , Runaways , Ramones and Kiss ) , things begin to look synthetic . |
| 7 | good but we could have some here if we get the right ones . |
| 8 | Malta was on short rations and the menu was sparse but we must have consumed most of the champagne remaining in the club cellars . |
| 9 | HAMLET took a look around the vast spaces of Liverpool 's St George 's Hall today and said : ‘ It 's beautiful but we 'll mess it up . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ A good start is important but we could risk our success in all competitions if Ally plays and is then out for three months . ’ |
| 11 | Sure , we would like to have everyone available but we must make the very best use of what we have . |
| 12 | Farrar s sentimentality may be excessive but we may envy his freedom to recognize and express childhood affection as well as childhood aggression ( ‘ I 'll kill you for that , ’ said Barker , leaping at Eric , and seizing him by the hair' ( ibid . |
| 13 | Summing up the mood of the pro-reform lobby the NIAPA spokesmen said ‘ The next five years are going to be difficult but we must go onto reform if European Agriculture is to survive . ’ |
| 14 | The video responds with inscrutable Japanese phrases like : ‘ Very difficult but we will do our best . ’ |
| 15 | I think it 's quite remarkable er that Councillor can come along and blindly say , well we 've had a report back to housing committee , housing committee 's considered this matter and the vast majority of people found it fairly unacceptable but we 'll ignore that , we 'll ignore that , fine , well I s'pose if you want to ignore it that 's fine but I think w we do face here a a key issue and the issue of capital receipts , as you rightly say , is an important one . |
| 16 | Ice cool Dr Apps said of their big night out : ‘ It will be a bit boring but we 'll take a walkman and try to get a good night 's sleep . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm not sure if Bernie will be ready but we will have a laugh and joke after the game . |
| 18 | You could n't do that these days , the traffic 's too bad but we used to have wooden hoops or we 'd have er iron hoops . |
| 19 | Surveying the damage at his Cordner shoe shop , Harold Lindsay said : ‘ It 's bad but we could have been all killed . |