Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [verb] [indef pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I knew nothing at all about Tohoku University , or about the city of Sendai . |
| 2 | ‘ I read about it at the time , but I heard none of the details . |
| 3 | But I remember something about Don Airey ( Colosseum , Bernie Marsden , Cozy Powell etc. ) playing keyboards in a band of that very name just a couple of years back . |
| 4 | I thought it was a bit of a cheek seeing as I 'm due here mornings but I 've nothing against Mrs. Schofield and if she wanted me I was n't above obliging . |
| 5 | Well , I tried to turn it into a joke — not a very good one , I admit — but I said something about that party game called consequences , you know where everyone writes down innocent things that get strung together because nobody knows what the others have written and it gets all mixed up so you get a silly story with a stupid ending . |
| 6 | Well I 'm , I 'm the same , I was talking to Rob the other day and er , I forget how I mentioned it , but I said something about , oh I think it 's because I was saying why do n't you come up like this week because he 's off this week , and er , he was making some excuse or other , oh I 've got three weeks off in the summer , oh I 'd sooner come up when I 've got this longest spell off , you know , and I want to get this chimney done and blah , blah |
| 7 | I know how to build those damned weapons but I know nothing about those fancy triggering devices . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I think I may have some , who are very poor , but I know nothing about them , ’ I answered . |
| 9 | But I know one in question who said , to hell , or words to the effect ’ — he grinned — ‘ that he could n't gag her if he tried . |
| 10 | I still went to the US though , and caddied for Andy North , but I got plenty of chance to talk to Sandy that year ( 1980 ) and struck up an acquaintance with him . |
| 11 | In my second year I did n't do very much work , but I did lots of acting and directing . |
| 12 | But I want somebody in every one of those companies . |
| 13 | My final choice will doubtless find few supporters elsewhere , but I want someone with the dynamism to ensure that no winning opportunity is missed . |
| 14 | We must have done because they talked , as we drove , of common friends we had had at that time , but I remembered none of them — or only a name , here and there . |
| 15 | But I have nothing at all to complain about . |
| 16 | But I have nothing in common with the other new acts there . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Mike Phelan is fit again and could come into the reckoning , but I have plenty of options , ’ said the United manager . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm extremely sorry , Monsieur de Chavigny , but I have someone on the line who wants to speak to you personally . |
| 19 | BELVILLE : O , she may be your favourite as a waiting maid but I see nothing but clumsy curtseys and awkward airs about her . |
| 20 | But I think everything in moderation , but you do n't eat as much butter now as what you used to . |
| 21 | Hobbs v. Clark was considered and followed in two further driver 's option cases , Director of Public Prosecutions v. Magill [ 1988 ] R.T.R. 337 and Regan v. Director of Public Prosecutions [ 1990 ] R.T.R. 102 , but I find nothing in the judgments in these cases which provides independent support for what I have called the doctrine of driver 's preference . |
| 22 | ‘ No ; but … but I guessed something like that had happened from what you said a while back . ’ |
| 23 | Might deal with this present moment , but I need something for tomorrow , and the next day , and week next week , and next year . |
| 24 | ‘ But you dislike everything about me , ’ she breathed . |
| 25 | ‘ You may think you do , but you know nothing about me ! ’ |
| 26 | ‘ But you know nothing of any kidnap ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ But you know nothing of her , ’ he pointed out . |
| 28 | ‘ But you 've plenty of milk . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ But you had something like two feet of snow in New York , you said ! ’ laughed Caro . |
| 30 | I know but you had something in front of it so I moved it back . |