Example sentences of "but [conj] they [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | No I think , I reckon that if you knew that the bloke was an easy pull , they would n't do it if they , if they knew they could n't get the girl cos otherwise it would be embarrassing for them , but if they knew that she was an easy pull they 'd do it for a joke . |
| 2 | He had supported Pennethorne 's design because it was the cheapest and did not encroach on the park , but if they abandoned that design they were bound to take the first prize design , ‘ but as there was some difficulty about that ’ , it should go to the second prize-winners . |
| 3 | But if they leave that record out , suddenly the playlist is ‘ unfair , monstrous and corrupt ’ . |
| 4 | The Gods , in his opinion , chase after ‘ Daphne ’ and ‘ Syrinx ’ not because they were women but because they anticipated that they would turn into trees . |
| 5 | But the claims of programmes must be scrutinized carefully , not because they offer wrong answers but because they assume that there are answers . |
| 6 | It was a private lair , and though they 'd often wished to have a fire they 'd never done so — not because they feared for the dry wood of the spinney but because they knew that rising smoke would sooner or later be investigated . |
| 7 | Socialists and feminists oppose this move , not only because it enables landlords to evict tenants easily and raise rents , but because they recognise that the demise of this sector is , broadly speaking , a result of the decreasing profitability of investment in this sector ( Merrett , 1979 , p.281 ) , not of legislation concerning rent control and tenants ' rights . |
| 8 | They have taken this position not because they are resistant to change , but because they believe that these proposals will politicise the British Police Service and they are in my view entirely right to have that view . |
| 9 | Not just because of who he is , but because they think that he understands and cares , and may be able to intercede . |
| 10 | Bernadette Devlin recalled that in its early stages ‘ the whole thing had a sort of good-natured holiday atmosphere ’ , but when they realised that the police had re-routed the march |
| 11 | Then they beat him with the pipes once again , but when they realized that he had managed to keep his secrets from them , that this small Englishman was not for talking , they turned on him in their fury and kicked and beat him until they feared they had killed him . |
| 12 | They went into hiding immediately after , but when they heard that a warrant had been issued for their arrest , Waddell told Gentle he was going to give himself up . |
| 13 | But when they say that ‘ the agenda shifted on to health ’ , this may just mean ‘ Mr Kinnock talked a lot about health this morning ’ , or ‘ Mr Major tried to talk about taxes this morning , but we had that yesterday , so we kept asking him about health instead . ’ |