Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb base] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I speak not only of the Army — although as Colonel Moore knows probably better than I , the acts of heroism you see there in the face of pain — wounds , cuts , torn limbs ’ — he looked at Mrs Crump ; she swayed slightly — ‘ severed arteries , gashed heads ’ — Mrs Moore was unaffected — ‘ and all the terrible lacerations and disfigurements received on the human body in modern warfare ’ — Miss D'Arcy nodded ; she was intrigued — ‘ but I speak of the self-inflicted torments of the Indian , the Negro and the Mussulman . ’ |
| 2 | But I object to the killing . ’ |
| 3 | I do not believe that Scotland can or should avoid its international obligations , but I object to the fact that we are apparently being singled out as the one country that will be the nuclear laundry for everyone else . |
| 4 | Whether the particular scheme summarized here can contribute substantially to that end remains to be seen , but I hope at the very least I have been able to express why I believe that the social sciences will eventually be fused with biology . |
| 5 | This matter has caused me great concern and problems early in the Parliament , but I hope in the next 24 hours to show where my true attitudes lie . |
| 6 | But I return to the point I make here , Mr , we 're not saying that these sites should be allocated for development now , unless the Inspector . |
| 7 | I think I mean it was interesting cos someone said earlier about people coming in I mean once you get them in I mean I always feel it 's like the pantomime each year which is an amateur pantomime yet the actual people coming in to see that I mean it 's well in the ninety per cent 's and you talk to people when they come to see the pantomime and ver invariably the the mum 's or dad 's say no I do n't normally come to theatre but I come to the pantomime and they enjoy it very much and when you talk to them they can say well what you think of it ? |
| 8 | If you wish you know but I mean during the week nine times |
| 9 | Erm but I mean on the other hand if you start trying to develop your criteria , and I 'd go out and look at Botton Village and look at the Richmond Fellowship or something , |
| 10 | I bought along this brochure , you can have a copy if you like but I mean at the back there are forty five institutions all virtually paddling their own canoe . |
| 11 | you know , but I mean at the moment I keep , he 's coming home some nights and , you know it like , he 'll come home and say I had a really good morning the kids were great , but as for the afternoon , and like he said when you 're teaching you 're only as good as your last lesson , you know |
| 12 | But I mean for the other people it 's just , it 's just rejection in n it , you 're not good enough |
| 13 | But I mean for the first year she wo n't be in , if she goes into student , she 'll be in college |
| 14 | But I mean in the meantime we 're quite happy quite happy carrying with with the silly little letterhead that I 've got cos it says |
| 15 | But I mean in the actual downstairs , in the living room |
| 16 | But I mean in the fifties , sixties |
| 17 | No but I mean in the ones that they have , yes . |
| 18 | I , I , I 'm , I am absolutely mortified , because , I have to say I think that erm , I got in the car , I do n't have very far to drive from the N E C , erm , twenty minutes and I 'm home , but I go on the M 1 motorway and er , and I never gave it very much thought , and on Monday when I was told Dave , what had happened , erm , there but for the grace of God . |
| 19 | But I wake in the nights howling , naked , |
| 20 | I 'm sorry I kissed you earlier , but I swear on the Bible I 've no intention of ravishing you on the kitchen floor before supper — or any other time . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ He 's … er … he 's not here at the moment , but I know about the business . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I am not in the way of trafficking with Humans , but I know of the Gruagach , ’ said the Robemaker , standing very still . |
| 23 | But I know from the jailers that she was tortured ! |
| 24 | It may not apply to anything but I know in the past when she 's given me those things to try erm she 's got a book at home and it 'll say erm particular |
| 25 | But I suppose in the last resort , they must have thought that the less sophisticated engineering featured here is only likely to attract a specialist audience . |
| 26 | One or two of them might be related to me , but I work on the assumption that my children will have access to most things and personal experience of some . |
| 27 | I know the answer I will always get , but I work on the dripping water principle . |
| 28 | Erm well they 're , they 're based actually in , in America but I work for the U K division . |
| 29 | But I work in the City and so I fully understand the risk element . ’ |
| 30 | But I read in The Independent that Bernard Shaw 's comedy Pygmalion , about the flower girl with a common accent and Professor Higgins , the speech doctor ( written for Mrs Patrick Campbell in 1916 ) has been revived at the National . |