Example sentences of "but [subord] they come [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Danish invaders found their way to Lough Neagh between AD 849 and AD 1014 but whether they came up the Bann is uncertain . |
| 2 | But whether they came out knowing of the Welsh camp , and with some plan of attack , which the Lord Owen by his own stratagem forestalled , or whether they were on other business and would have passed by but for this lure , I tell you honestly , I do not know . |
| 3 | ‘ But when they come back , I 'll ask them ! ’ |
| 4 | In the shadow between the houses Owen could not see what it was but when they came up to it he saw that it was a man . |
| 5 | with me , you play the rule , but when they came in and they said all this |
| 6 | ‘ I would n't kick out anyone who did n't perform , but when they came back I would make sure I put them in a safe place , ’ he says . |
| 7 | But when they came back into court on 14 February it was obvious what they were going to say — I had watched these people for a year , I could read them . |
| 8 | Well I used to do , what you 're doing see , you 're in charge of loading the ship , see but they did , first of all they , they , we had er , we had a foreman stevedore , then we had , and then erm we had the stevedores and the dockers they went away on these courses , down to ones , they used to go to Southampton and some went to Hull , but when they came back , they called theirselves stevedores , so course our harbourmaster , he say that 's not right , they 're stevedores , well you got ta be all called foremen stevedores , so Captain come to me , he said , what are we gon na call you ? |
| 9 | ‘ But when they came back from New York , Edward was quite different . |