Example sentences of "[vb pp] but [pron] [adv] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ One can only speculate what would have happened had this not been done but I seriously doubt if we would be meeting here today had not the capital infusion been made in 1990 and this plan put into place and well executed . |
| 2 | I realise this is higher than originally envisaged but I firmly believe our approach will lead to the best result . |
| 3 | A few children 's homes have been opened but they also double as reformatories for young offenders . |
| 4 | They may have some specific items that are to be bought but they also have a general readiness to look around and be tempted by what they might see . |
| 5 | This has been completed but they still have to be fitted . |
| 6 | Word of St George 's high interest has been well publicised but they still have failed to gain Ofahengaue 's services . |
| 7 | Its atmosphere and suspense are nursed by locality — Petersburg — in ways which ca n't be escaped but which often get misreported . |
| 8 | Their momentum has gone but they still creak and boulders still tumble as the flow settles . |
| 9 | The basic skills can be learned but it generally take three to six months before the lessons have really taken hold . |
| 10 | 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 ’ . |
| 11 | I not only want to get married but I fully intend to do so as soon as possible , and to you , not to Dana . |
| 12 | but I mean it depends also I suppose erm , when your aiming for is the market , and I , I , I would like to have my work published but I also like to perform it and its got to be attractive to be looked at , in the first instance in , on a page its not known , er , there is , there is a lot of debate at the moment about using erm pages for poetry and some poets have actually starting using , writing from the wrong side and , and , and , and writing in the shape of a poem , for instance , if , what poem I was thinking off was a , was a waterfall so it was cascading the words cascading , you almost have to pick , ha , ha , have a choice of , of words that you want to fit into a particular thing , erm I think that 's had its place , but I think it can be a bit off putting as well , yeah , but it exciting , yeah definitely . |
| 13 | Yes , they were appointed by the County Council so I sup and er I , I rather think that they , we never got paid but I rather think th they 'd have to pay the Council something for the midwife 's services . |