Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv prt] but [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He would have asked her to sit down but as he was occupying the only chair in the room he could n't . |
| 2 | Well we took our turn and we waited to go in but once we got in we broke away from the crowd and when they all came out and went to lunch in the town we did n't . |
| 3 | In fact , Easy Rider was rather slow to catch on but when it finally caught the attention of the counter-culture , even the establishment newspapers and magazines began to offer up praise . |
| 4 | We want to safeguard the special beauty of our countryside and make sure that it is not only pleasant to walk in but that it is safe too . |
| 5 | We would prefer to go back but if we close it for good it would be far better to have no Timex in Dundee than a Timex with scab labour earning scab wages and working under scab conditions . ’ |
| 6 | Caruth , out of the rink since last August , was slow to warm up but once he shook off the cobwebs he looked the winner all the way . |
| 7 | Sorry to butt in but if anybody 's got a car parked at the back here , the warden 's taken all the . |
| 8 | I 'm not prepared I 'm not prepared for individuals to get up but if your not if you do n't want to listen to what I 've got to say that 's okay but I do n't I 'm not prepared for people to perhaps to start making personal points about people actual work within the I certainly would n't do it I do n't think it 's it 's a question of . |
| 9 | Instead , he says : ‘ The team is good enough to stay up but whether we will I do n't know . |
| 10 | ‘ You need to hit the ball hard to get out but if you hit it too well , you go over to the other side of the green … |