Example sentences of "[pers pn] but [pers pn] [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Benjamin studied some of these and so did I but we could discover nothing amiss . |
| 2 | I but it would have made me jump . |
| 3 | Naturally the final decision is yours but we will keep a close check on the progress of the sale . |
| 4 | The countries may be familiar to you but we will ensure you 'll see rather more of them . |
| 5 | I agree with you but they can achieve that in a different form , if that 's your purpose it does n't need to be achieved like this . |
| 6 | It 'll be too big for you but you can get a belt at Woolworth 's . ’ |
| 7 | Now as I said way back at the very beginning , the greeting and appropriate sociability will set the scene if it 's too short or too long it will doubtlessly alienate the whole process but you can see the domino effect you but you can see the domino effect you |
| 8 | I 've suggested several simple patterns for you but you can elaborate further on these yourself . |
| 9 | Yes if erm two girls were in a toilet you were fined and they used to stop the money , oh yes two girls were fined it was a very strict there it was er quite as strict there as it was a H & T Hornes and erm you , you but you could have a drink there , but er at one time before they allowed a drink , a cup of tea , the men used to , someone to watch to see if , when we were working in the top shop cos we could see if anyone came up the , up the shop into , from the bottom shop into top shop then they put a can on erm on something to boil you see and er oh and we got a little sto coal stove to heat the shop , no central heating pipes or anything like that , and they put er someone you could see anyone coming up the , up the steps and er anyway there was someone , one of the bosses coming up so they erm whipped the can off , ran round the back of the bench wh where there were a lot of hand presses going and Mr walked straight he was only mad that off the can of boiling water |
| 10 | Oh , right , ah thank you but you could come any other time . |
| 11 | The County Council er w would train you but you 'd do your erm year 's training and then you had to work for them for a year , I think it was a year or eighteen months . |
| 12 | We 'll all help you but you must make a real effort too . |
| 13 | I will make sure that I meet you but I shall pretend that I have never seen you before . |
| 14 | There is so much to tell you but I will try and share some of the things for which I would appreciate your prayers . |
| 15 | ‘ I bet it moves the books around just to torment me but I 'll get it , do n't you worry . |
| 16 | ‘ The money aspect at Leeds is nothing to do with me but I could tell Mr Wilkinson was very sorry to see me go . |
| 17 | Most of it was double-dutch to me but I could make out the names entered in columns . |
| 18 | They ran after me but I could run much faster without the wedding dress . |
| 19 | it 's er does n't actually affect me but I can hear it . |
| 20 | JACKEY : A charming girl , though , dear aunt , forgive me but I must kiss her . |
| 21 | He wo n't growl at me but he 'll grow at Reggie . |
| 22 | I thought he had just punched me but he must have produced a knife , ’ Mr Norrie mumbled through his swollen mouth . |
| 23 | The calves raised white-slobbered mules enquiringly as he hung over them but they could offer no more explanation of the mystery than I could myself . |
| 24 | has having enough opportunity to go off and make a second marriage , which I do n't deny them but they must accept their responsibilities . |
| 25 | Negative numbers , directed numbers all sorts of funny names for them and people get very confused about them but we 'll sort those out we 'll have a look at the number line which is a good way of doing it . |
| 26 | ‘ We will not examine all of them but we will take random samples and check to see if anyone who has registered for gross interest also has a file at one of our tax offices — which they should not normally have as only non-taxpayers should be registered for gross interest . |
| 27 | Did n't have them but we should have had . |
| 28 | Wee question , and I mean she 's dependent upon them but she may own |
| 29 | Kathy those documents have been there all week and you not taken the trouble to look at them but you will quip about the poll tax and its iniquities but you ca n't even read your own poll tax notice . |
| 30 | ‘ I never met them but I 'll keep that ring all my life . ’ |