Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] but [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's not my job to decide but if we do well hopefully it ( his captaincy ) might continue . ’ |
| 2 | In most cases of detinue there would be a concurrent liability in conversion based upon a demand and refusal to return but as we have seen conversion required a positive act and had never lain where the defendant once had the plaintiff 's goods but was unable to return them because they had been lost or negligently destroyed . |
| 3 | You will say I ought to have informed you I would not part with the boy in such circumstances as you had taken trouble to describe but until I saw the girl I was not sure in my own mind what to do and only made it up when confronted with her and not taking to her at all . |
| 4 | I feel that this is a difficult poem to understand but when it has been read a few times the meaning becomes clear . |
| 5 | ‘ I know it 's a terribly Yank thing to do but while I 'm here , perhaps we could go and do some antique shops , yes ? ’ |
| 6 | Which is a nice promise to make but when you 've got so many thousand houses to get through it took about six months to set the scheme up . |
| 7 | ‘ Tomorrow we will look for a house to rent but as I only arrived in London this morning I have not had the time . |