Example sentences of "but [adv] they [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You might get a real bad one and then you had a rough time but mostly they gave way and very often , if you got a drunk , another policeman saw you were having some difficulty . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | But also they have guest speakers , so there 's motivational stuff there which you always will need in sales , yes , and also the awards . |
| 4 | But now they face eviction and the prospect of unemployment . |
| 5 | Bangers and mash is said to be the thing many newly converted vegetarians miss , but now they need pine no longer . |
| 6 | In church they kept to their own groups , but here they jostled shoulder to shoulder , watchful and sulky . |
| 7 | At Avenue Foch they used physical hurt to break their prisoners , but here they used humiliation . |
| 8 | but then they said work , they wo n't let them , the money that they 've got on council houses , they wo n't let them spend it you see that ? |
| 9 | As Morris explains , not only will the transactions themselves provide a remarkable resource , but how they took place ( i.e. their context ) will have historical significance ( 1993 : 307–308 ) . |