Example sentences of "but [adv] [subord] we [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We buy clothes because we like them , are inspired by them , ca n't ( supposedly ) live without them … but rarely because we will otherwise die of exposure . |
| 2 | But only so we could do our work . |
| 3 | They like beer , but only as we 'd drink champagne — a treat . |
| 4 | ‘ All right , but only if we can come back here . |
| 5 | Granted all that richness and diversity , to talk of language as screen may well seem simply perverse , even ungrateful , but just as we ca n't attend to the patterning without also seeing the patterns , the scenes , so the whole virtuoso performance is counterpointed by a performance of a different kind , the intricately woven language screen . |
| 6 | From this perspective , political power in Britain is in the hands of the Prime Minister not just because she controls the agenda but also because we would never question her right to do so . |
| 7 | I shall therefore look more closely at their teachings , partly because of the ecumenical value of an awareness of their doctrine , but mainly because we can thereby focus much more clearly upon what religions mean by ‘ God ’ . |
| 8 | But even if we ca n't breed this beautiful little tetra in the vast numbers accounted for by the Far-Eastern fish farmers , we can still breed enough to have a fine shoal of Neons for our own tanks . |
| 9 | Similarly , we could follow up people 20 years on to assess the results of our child care work , but even if we could successfully trace them , is it right to contact them after all that time when their spouses and children may not know of their earlier histories ? |
| 10 | But even if we can not harness the emission from these primordial black holes , what are our chances of observing them ? |
| 11 | But even when we can interpret the signals , we can not predict whether they will fall in love at first sight , remain indifferent , or loathe each other . |
| 12 | We read our lines together for the first time — but never as we would do them on the actual recording . |
| 13 | so I think we 're inerent , inherently , er , unlikely to be able to predict that very well , but certainly if we can get the jurisdictional outs , and the clear no injustices and those to Sarah , then I think we should do that across the four teams , what we 've got at the moment is quite distorting as well , in other ways , look at my |