Example sentences of "[noun sg] but [pron] [be] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On these more expensive versions the steering 's power assistance also varies with speed but there were times when this felt a touch too sensitive . |
| 2 | This may not worry a small brewer unduly since other effects offer greater potential for variability but it is anathema to bulk production which must couple closely to marketing and customer perception . |
| 3 | I can remember it well , it was lit by gas e even in these days you know it would have been all electric light but it was gas and er we had erm , I would go for engineering drawing and maths probably I think . |
| 4 | cut into the neck but it 's sort of brushed back |
| 5 | There is sly humour in the choice of an undersized , bespectacled , studious youth as the instigator of so much bold harassment of the enemy but it is humour grounded in a psychologically apt interpretation of his character . |
| 6 | I 've got ta well it was n't kinky underwear but it 's underwear . |
| 7 | and you know with violence and that and then as you work your way along there 'd be the sort of situation where there is n't any physical violence but there 's intimidation and fear |
| 8 | Normally it did n't harm relationships in the long term but there were occasions when people could feel very hurt . |
| 9 | Awareness of these features may even impair the participant 's practice but they are features that enable the analyst to understand , in a more general way , what participation involves . |
| 10 | He looks like him but he 's in green and he 's like the Punisher but he 's trigger happy boy . |
| 11 | ‘ I was goin' ter call terday but it 's bin snowin' . ’ |
| 12 | The Smiths were Morrissey 's vehicle but they were Marr 's baby and the guitarist relaxed with satisfaction at the rear of the set . |
| 13 | Wright continued to dazzle Ipswich in the second half but it was Campbell who completed a brilliant hat-trick . |
| 14 | Admittedly the examples all relate to men , since it is easier to imagine ways in which a male may lose the ‘ capacity ’ for intercourse but what is sauce for the goose must be sauce for the gander . |
| 15 | You will see that in a second but there are limitations with it . |
| 16 | But perhaps we do n't really know enough and we do n't know where to go for information , I mean I do n't know er I , I I 'm not an expert but there are experts here , how would you assess the services available to people who feel they do need help , or for people who perhaps do n't know they need help ? |
| 17 | Now we all know because we 're print buyers to a larger or greater degree but they 're clients they over-estimate they add about twenty five per cent more on than they need and you have to send them back to sharpen their pencils several times before you 've seen the estimate , they of course know that all print buyers are idiots who keep forgetting all the important things and do n't give them half the information they need like the weight of paper or the fact that there 's to be a pocket at the back so , I think if we got the man I think if we maybe started off with H M S O the print buyer which is more akin to what we are and say well you know these are the problems I 've got I 'm sitting with a six million pound budget buying for the whole of the government of Scotland and I have problems and these are the problems that I have , then we get to the wee man from who says now wait a minute boys I get the rubbish that you send out , that was the message and let's make it funny but slightly aggressive let's highlight the real problems because that 's what it 's about , we 're not here for a nice night we 're here to learn |
| 18 | In fact , not one business person was imprisoned for violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act 1890 until the 1961 Heavy Electrical Conspiracy trial — other persons had been imprisoned under this act but they were trade union officials ! |
| 19 | Such works were protected before the 1988 Act but there were difficulties in determining the identity of the author of the work for copyright purposes . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's all very well to plan for next year 's holiday or a new home but there 's litle point if your family would be left high and dry by the death of the breadwinner . ’ |
| 21 | Most funding is raised by voluntary giving but we were £2.2m underfunded last year . |
| 22 | There was light in this place but there were shadows in the trees . |
| 23 | They crowded round with curious eyes as she untied the string but it was Mrs Rae whose face broke into a beaming smile first . |
| 24 | That could lose Mr Lamont his job but it was John Major who took Britain into the ERM with an over-valued pound . |
| 25 | No ‘ arm done , squire but there was bitterness ! |
| 26 | Maybe he was a miracle of recovery but there were areas where he was still weak and one of them was hurting badly . |
| 27 | She 's not a bad sort but there are times when I could shake her . ’ |
| 28 | Both groups are eligible for travelling and subsistence payments , housing visits and special leave at the time of the move but there are differences between other allowances paid to new and existing workers . |
| 29 | It is a profitable business but there is evidence of some slack time , perhaps this is a learning curve effect . |
| 30 | It is no it 's part of Group but it 's power tools down in . |