Example sentences of "but [adv] [pron] [vb base] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Unix festival , UniForum ‘ 93 , did n't feel as successful a show as it was last year : it was spread out over a lot more acreage and split into two widely separated pavilions , and attendance looked sparse and the aisles empty despite show management 's claims of a 10% increase in traffic — like as not , it was talking about the pre-registration which was up , but unofficially we hear attendance was down ; UniForum is still more a Unix celebration than anything else but it remains to be seen whether there will still be things to celebrate or whether erosion has set in . |
| 2 | But perhaps you have friends now , and do n't want to spend much time in a lonely house with a blind man like me . ’ |
| 3 | But perhaps you have friends who could-if it was important to them . ’ |
| 4 | But perhaps you have children enough , or see no need for them . ’ |
| 5 | I think later on perhaps it 's easier erm but basically I think boys need to be discouraged from assuming that they know what women 's position is . |
| 6 | I do n't know Ron but obviously I know Ron . |
| 7 | All we can do is hope that Mrs W. will cool off and in the meantime , Edward , I 'm sorry but honestly I think Mary or Janice had better take over Junior Biology . ’ |
| 8 | erm potentially , in a rich soil , in a wide range of erm crops , of course , coffee , cotton , tea , especially have been export earners in the past , but also they produce sugar and erm basic foodstuffs . |
| 9 | But also they have guest speakers , so there 's motivational stuff there which you always will need in sales , yes , and also the awards . |
| 10 | ‘ Very kind of you , Celia , but really I think Anna would like to do it . ’ |
| 11 | But now they face eviction and the prospect of unemployment . |
| 12 | Bangers and mash is said to be the thing many newly converted vegetarians miss , but now they need pine no longer . |
| 13 | But now we find scientists delivering only ‘ soft ’ , uncertain ‘ facts ’ to decision-makers facing ‘ hard ’ decisions . ’ |
| 14 | I would have liked to see rosenthal , but now we have deane ( and the rest ) I cant see the point . |
| 15 | The lord abbot here has been good enough to admit me to his confidence so far as is appropriate , since I was a witness of what happened this morning , but now you have cause to enquire further , as I understand . |
| 16 | But now I understand Everton would be willing to offload the 26-year-old . |
| 17 | At one time I thought Tatyana may have done it , but now I have evidence it was someone else . ’ |
| 18 | I still have dark days , but now I have hope and I know that the Lord will keep me safe . |
| 19 | But now I have Timmy , a nice little man and a grand companion . |
| 20 | But now I play tennis like a true professional . |
| 21 | Thus the English greet one another with a verbal formula , a reciprocal , " How do you do ? " , but simultaneously they shake hands . |
| 22 | Snow from the mountains were used to make the sherbets of yesteryear , but nowadays we have freezers . |
| 23 | But even I like Suede . |
| 24 | ‘ Hooliganism ’ was invariably portrayed as a totally alien presence , but here we see Hooligans acting in concert with their neighbours , reflecting the fact that m many working-class neighbourhoods hostility towards the police was a remarkably cohesive force . |
| 25 | But sometimes they ask things like , ‘ Jon , how many owls are there in the world ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Oh , this will be of great help in ordering raw materials , but sometimes we get part deliveries , could we have an extra facility to deal with those ? |
| 27 | So it works sometimes take away but sometimes you get things like ooh let's see er I 'm making a mess of this you can write it out nicely . |
| 28 | But sometimes you need direction from FATE . |
| 29 | Mm , but then I forget names , my husband is dreadful with names |
| 30 | That was a great cross by , did absolut did absolutely magnificent , he controlled the ball he turned left footed shot in and hit against the post , very very unfortunate fo for Blackburn but then I suppose Shrewsbury deserve a little bit of luck . |