Example sentences of "[noun prp] but [pron] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | We started calling them Ronnie but it got a bit confusing . |
| 2 | This statement is not quite the same as the official DHSS objectives for RMI but it represents a reasonable paraphrasing . |
| 3 | Sanyi considers the populace politically immature , ignorant and apathetic : ‘ The people wo n't vote in someone better than Iliescu but we need a clean break with the past . |
| 4 | I 've enjoyed my four years at Widnes but I think a change of clubs will help me get back on the international scene , ’ said Tait , 27 , who has agreed a three-year contract with the Headingley club . |
| 5 | They got the Hunter-Blair column and they got Girlie but he prevented a great many other things . |
| 6 | I would not presume to add anything to the Word of God but I have a sneaking suspicion that if Isaiah had been writing in the 1990s he might have added a phrase . |
| 7 | At the early age of thirty-eight me mother sent me West Get up , said she , and get a job says I I 'll do me best I pulled on my Wellingtons to march to march to Kiljimock But I took a wrong turn at Charlestown and ended up in Knock Once this quiet crossroads was a place of quiet prayer Where Catholics got indulgent once or twice a year You could buy a pair of rosary beads or get your candles blessed If you had a guilty conscience , you could get it off your chest … |