Example sentences of "but [conj] [pron] [vb base] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But where we have competed , accidentally in one case , deliberately in another , we 've been undercut by our rivals and we have n't got the job . |
| 2 | But where they 've gone on to have parish councils , you 've had the typical triangular structure and when I talk to people and listen to what they say , they , they do n't express it to me as such , but the felling you get over is that 's the sort of structure they 're used to , because the structure of the church is built in anyway , and the whole structure of the church |
| 3 | Where they still exist , it is important that they are not undermined ; but where they have withered away , we need to look to new models which take account of the changing patterns and forces in modern society . |
| 4 | ‘ No , it 's not that men are excluded from these new values but that they have to adapt ; learn to change , ’ says Roderick . |
| 5 | but that they have swallowed us . |
| 6 | It is not that revolutionary movements have been absent ( and they will be considered in more detail in Chapter 4 ) but that they have failed to elicit sustained and effective support from any large part of the working class . |
| 7 | It shows that we must step up our efforts to ensure that everyone is fully educated , but not only that they know the facts , but that they start to act upon them . |
| 8 | We find that Max homodimers bind to the same DNA sequence as Myc+Max but that they fail to transactivate and thus can antagonize Myc+Max function . |
| 9 | Others , however , would rather maintain that these charges have sometimes been exaggerated , but that they do highlight genuine dangers of which one ought to be aware in reading Barth : dangers which lie partly in what he actually says , but also partly in what he can very easily be taken to be saying when his real meaning is subtly but significantly different . |
| 10 | But that we become committed to it as the way to save the country and the peace appears to me full of dangers . ’ |
| 11 | What this tells us is not that we should not attempt serious drama work with them , but that we need to give particularly careful thought in our planning to the appropriateness of the material . |
| 12 | Erm you know I like Georgian and I like a lot of other architecture but that I think has got tremendous character . |
| 13 | Before I call the Home Secretary , I should say that I understand that a notice of appeal has now been lodged but that I propose to exercise my discretion in respect of the sub judice rule to allow questions covering the Home Secretary 's statement . |
| 14 | but once they 've gone through that pain barrier |
| 15 | There are other people who only work by consensus , but once they 've agreed to something they 'll do it very effectively . |
| 16 | He then says that Caesar does n't seem to let his emotions speak more than his reason , but ( this is the next six or seven lines ) when ambitious young people are starting out , at the bottom of the heap , they are humble and look up with awe , but once they have made it to the top , they scorn all those below them , who have helped them to get there . |
| 17 | In fact , remarkably few birds of prey survive their first winter in the wild , but once they have done so life seems to be a bit easier for them . |
| 18 | But once they have committed themselves to an investment or two , the potential of a larger portfolio appeals , and they plunge beyond the point of easy return . |
| 19 | In relation to the sentence stem ‘ A girl and her mother … ’ , girls often produce responses like ‘ often go through a bad patch for a year but once they learn to understand each other , become the best of friends ’ or ‘ can help each other with their problems ’ . |
| 20 | But once we try to operate outside of that place , and we try to do somebody else 's job , we try to fulfil somebody else 's function , then we are in trouble ! |
| 21 | But once we 've agreed is , once , once I 've done the work , we have done the work , I have done the work with you helping me , er I 've written this application , what I want to do is turn that into a much more general one and then I can write to you know maybe twenty , twenty five trusts on a more general basis |
| 22 | But once we have left school and have gone on to a different sort of existence , those relationships cease to have anything like the same meaning . |
| 23 | of the kingdom must go from door to door , from city to city from village to village , they do n't know about it , but once we do know about it then we 're sort of accountable are n't we ? |
| 24 | ‘ You have to motivate horses like these , but once I 've got Ghofar 's blood up , we should be cruising . |
| 25 | The dress is very nice but once I 've got it on I realize I 'm just not in the mood for it . |
| 26 | Yeah , that 's right well we 've got ta put them round anyway but once I 've got that on I can take the st steps in then no , I shall leave those there I 'll just go and have a look at the other frame . |
| 27 | But once I have passed my test , I am not allowed out on the road without insurance . |
| 28 | But once you 've gone down and turned left then turned right and gone ahead |
| 29 | The performances may sound hoarse , and limited in range ; but once you 've heard them , you find them running through your mind . |
| 30 | I love playing lead myself , but once you 've heard what Lloyd and Quine can do , there 's no way you ca n't use it ! |