Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] but [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | None of them won but they still considered the day a victory . |
| 2 | A gust of wind throws rain against the window and shakes the frame ; it 's loud and surprising and I flinch but he just turns slowly and looks out into the darkness with what could almost be contempt before laughing and putting an arm round my shoulder and suggesting we have another drink . |
| 3 | I know but she still lives there , drop me then , she dropped me . |
| 4 | I know but you only need six next time ! |
| 5 | I know but it even when it 's not foggy here it 's foggy at East Leek . |
| 6 | I know but I just ca n't help fidgeting my bottom . |
| 7 | mother and I hope father and I will be around to want to pick up what we can to help you 've got ta start thinking about standing on your own feet , you know , because admittedly I er I , I , I could turn out to be not as bad a financial state as I anticipated but I never was stinking rich and I 'm certainly not stinking rich now , so erm I mean |
| 8 | Not that I mind but it just means things like painting and decorating what you looking |
| 9 | He says no , but he , he , he still half owns it , he says his name 's on the lease , I said but it still do n't make it right that if he , if he earned half of it then half the bills are his |
| 10 | causing bad feeling or trying to upset her trade , I mean we know she 's rubbish but erm I , I said er I just said well the children who enjoy it enjoy it I said but he never really settled and er we felt that between us we 'd got over twenty years ' experience of working with children , we reckoned we knew a little bit more about what makes children tick . |
| 11 | I did n't get difficult when I drank but I often could n't remember where I 'd been or what I 'd done or even how I 'd got back home . |
| 12 | Not only was the world into which you wanted to escape there for you to see but you also knew that it was a practical possibility to reach it . |
| 13 | She moved but she still kept glancing about . |
| 14 | say to th this chap you know but we just happened to mention in passing to Jeanette and she really jumped and said oh Pat did n't smoke a lot . |
| 15 | he 's got a few bits , there 's still another few bits to be done you know but it just looks such a mess |
| 16 | I 've tried that chewing gum you get but it still did n't stop me . |
| 17 | Those are the first ones you contact but you still have to sit down with one of the estate agents and say , Well look what sort of business do you give them ? |
| 18 | I think so I mean , there good and bad wherever you go but I never |
| 19 | Luckily we were still in time to get into the RADA auditions , which I did and got a letter from them saying ‘ not only are you rejected but we strongly advise you to think about another career ’ . |
| 20 | But in latter days they came with a tank and they put it out and put it in a trailer you see but I just worked with bags when it was the first of it . |
| 21 | An advice centre in Sheffield which helps claimants apply for special needs entitlements , like bedding , said , " We apply but we often have to take the DHSS to a tribunal to get them . |
| 22 | Yes I think we did but we also had something else . |
| 23 | Of course her father saw them arrive but he never mentioned them . |
| 24 | His wife , Sarah , was also a canoeist before they met but they now face the problem of babysitters for their two youngsters . |
| 25 | He looked sad and I knew he did n't want her to leave but I also knew that he hated the constant uproar of quarrelling , so what was he to do ? |
| 26 | I do n't know why they do but they just ca n't accept it . ’ |
| 27 | you know , and if anybody else does , they do but I always insist on paying for my drinks . |
| 28 | They fitted but they still looked a bit baggy . |
| 29 | Yeah although the tape 's on I 'll still say I 'll still say I mean there are people within the company as within any company I 'm sure who you when you get to know their technical ability or lack thereof you think well how have they managed to get where they have but they just seem to be able they seem to have this ability to be able to be in the right place at the right time . |
| 30 | So something happened there at that house , we told 'em the house number , where the lamp 's situated , we gave 'em all the information they they need but we still ca n't get any response . |