Example sentences of "but [subord] [pron] [verb] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean , as a guitar player you always tend to listen to other guitar players , and you can spend a lifetime just doing that , but once you start translating from other instruments , then that 's a whole other thing . |
| 2 | Well , there is a lot of food about , but once you start trying to live in a world of nothing but food , you 're going wrong . ’ |
| 3 | But once you start charging for things , people do have the right to ask : is this good value ? |
| 4 | I would say something along the lines of you 've had several , talking about several ways of energy production , but once you start talking about energy transfer and storage one seems to get to electricity fairly quickly and do you want to say anything about that ? |
| 5 | But once he started descending , it was a different matter entirely . |
| 6 | ‘ Dierdriu was on her feet , summoning the Fiana and the Palace guard , but although they came running , it was already too late . |
| 7 | I accept that there have always been some problems , but if one keeps filling the pot with water it will overflow . |
| 8 | People complain about City prices and Leicester University class lists , but if we started printing all these digits even our most faithful readers would complain . |
| 9 | I mean it 's not gon na be , it 's not gon na be easy but if we start developing it erm there 's no reason |
| 10 | Oh no , but if we start banging on here is n't it going to reverberate ? |
| 11 | Q My problem is that I 've got very bad split ends but if I keep having my hair cut it wo n't grow . |
| 12 | Erm it 's not working quite how I wanted it to but if I keep putting stuff on then |
| 13 | ‘ She always goes back to the attraction , but if I keep saying ‘ no ’ she will eventually learn not to do it . ’ |
| 14 | and then the first day I stop , I 've usually got flu , I 'm exhausted , I ca n't get out of bed , I feel rotten , but if I keep going for like , three weeks to a month , just on six hours , that 's fine , but the first day I stop I 'm like , in bed for a week ill usually . |
| 15 | ‘ But if I start looking up my own arsehole and acting differently when people parody me , I do n't think that 's a good way for me to live . |
| 16 | But if I start putting pressure on myself , saying ‘ Man , I am the No 1 and I 'm going to do it again ’ , that would be a load of garbage . ’ |
| 17 | and six pound fifty then week cos I wo n't , you wo n't have them on Monday but if she keeps working it 'll be most Mondays anyway |
| 18 | Steve Kerton says it 's good to be back racing in this country and he has n't had a brilliant start but if he keeps picking up points might be in with a chance of winning |
| 19 | Steve Kerton says it 's good to be back racing in this country and he has n't had a brilliant start but if he keeps picking up points might be in with a chance of winning |
| 20 | But if he went stomping by without saying anything it was a clear indication of trouble ahead . |
| 21 | But if he started talking Buddhism at them , they may well have taken fright . ’ |
| 22 | No , but if you stay sitting down |
| 23 | Not only will this make the boat difficult to steer but if you try doing it too far , you 'll start sailing straight under water . |
| 24 | It took me a very long time because I do n't have the kind of face which people immediately commit to memory , but if you keep popping up for thirty-five years , then inevitably people are going to say , ‘ Do n't I know you ? ’ |
| 25 | But if you keep pulling on the reins he 'll get cross . ’ |
| 26 | anybody who does fancy it , just but if you fancy popping round my house Christmas morning |
| 27 | I said but if you intend sending people there I should n't bother |
| 28 | A lot of people thought that it was n't commercial , but if you start pandering to that sort of stuff … ’ |
| 29 | A lot of people thought that it was n't commercial , but if you start pandering to that sort of stuff … ’ |
| 30 | But if you start talking about taking some of the cash from the fund , you 've got to tell the clients it could affect the cover that they 've got , because it is n't a savings policy . |