Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adj] but [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't know how you 'd describe that but it 's er it 's got all the features of an innocent little blob . |
| 2 | I was gon na buy some but I thought you usually buy some so |
| 3 | They did n't know much but they told you what they did know in the most cryptic way possible to whet your appetite and make you speculate . |
| 4 | And they 'll dry nice but I think you 'd need to put a stiff wire in them now while they 're st you know young . |
| 5 | I mean you wo n't want much but I mean just to hold it . |
| 6 | But of course something like this would do that but you have to allow for the jitter as well and this sort of algorithm might might be the way to do it . |
| 7 | It made him feel afraid but it excited him too . |
| 8 | ‘ Maggie , ’ she said firmly , ‘ I 'm sorry to make you do this but you have to . |
| 9 | again , I mean I maybe should n't do this but I tend to take a very relaxed attitude to these things and if somebody wants to bring a pal or if somebody that would be interested I see it as P R for the B A I E you know |
| 10 | ‘ Hepzibah thinks looks do n't matter much but they do , you know . |
| 11 | I ca n't remember that but I know she , she 'd been to the families either side , Mrs she 'd got one son and two daughters and there and what have you , and then at the end house furthest from the lock was a family named they got two lads and oh she only used to charge half a crown . |
| 12 | Yes , I did n't realize that but she 's got to come back fo for an exam or something was n't it ? |
| 13 | I mean , I do n't mind that but you know what my mum 's like ? |
| 14 | I do n't understand that but it says that down on my script here , from morning show astrologer Peter . |
| 15 | They wo n't like this but I do n't think they will make a violent reaction , ’ he said . |
| 16 | Was it you probably wo n't believe this but I 've never seen a programme of Spitting Image . |
| 17 | A complaint from George er in the pre-packs this morning , reference er going through the U V A. Apparently , I do n't understand this but he says it 's wearing out erm belts at a cost of a hundred and forty a pair every fortnight . |
| 18 | One said : ‘ It may sound far-fetched but it looks increasingly likely . |
| 19 | It does n't sound much but you 've got to watch out these days , with everything constantly getting cheaper and Tod grimly counting his money the whole time . |
| 20 | My elder brother he does n't work hard but I suppose he is kind of quite . |
| 21 | Try sitting the other side of your desk ; it may sound crazy but it shows you the world from another angle . |
| 22 | ‘ Nightie ’ and ‘ mighty ’ may sound alike but they look and feel entirely different , as do ‘ mow ’ and ‘ know ’ , ‘ mew ’ and ‘ new ’ , ‘ night ’ and ‘ might ’ ; compare them in up-to-time sentences . |
| 23 | Did n't stay long but I expect they 'll be back . |
| 24 | Some of the recently introduced products , Itek 's PTW for example , do include full WYSIWYG and are menu rather than command driven but they sacrifice the raw power of products like TeX ( pronounced tech ) or JustText . |
| 25 | In Wishart 's opinion Minton , despite the gaiety he stimulated , was never happy : he did not complain or evince self-pity but he conveyed a bitter acceptance that , owing to some gross farce on the part of creation , happiness had eluded him . |
| 26 | We did have some but it went . |
| 27 | You might not realise that but your got to actually believe what we tell you . |
| 28 | I can take or leave that but I do like the main course , I do like |
| 29 | This would seem self-evident but it has in the past exercised the minds of many lawyers , in relation to the IMRO venture capital rules at least . |
| 30 | What I 'm gon na say may seem strange but they do n't allow for certain contextual influences . |