Example sentences of "but [pron] [verb] that [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They say that they have nowhere else to go , but I know that facing the world on their own would be even more frightening . ’ |
| 2 | I had never done anything like that in my life , but I found that having to do it was in the end very exciting because you have to rely on the Lord and he supplies help in unforgettable ways . |
| 3 | But she knew that telling things the way you wanted them to be rather than the way they were did n't change anything for longer than the moment of the lie . |
| 4 | But we know that buying a carpet is n't something you do every day , and some general advice before you shop might be welcome . |
| 5 | Either alternative would have worked , but we believe that aligning with Novell in the proposed merger is the best way to go . |
| 6 | But they stressed that bringing civil servants to Canary Wharf would not necessarily save the project and added that the Government wanted Canary Wharf or any future owner to pay the £400m needed for an extension of London Underground 's Jubilee Line to Docklands . |
| 7 | But they appreciated that getting wet was all part of the thrills and spills . |
| 8 | But he admitted that clearing his name was going to be ‘ the hardest battle of my life ’ . |
| 9 | He welcomes the thinking behind the changes , particularly the idea that people who use community care should take part in planning services , but he warns that implementing the new philosophy might prove very difficult . |
| 10 | But he warned that correcting the mistakes of the present administration would not be easy . |
| 11 | And plainly Peirce does not deny that we have some common sense grasp of it ; but he holds that taking it seriously transforms the character of inquiry . |
| 12 | But it appears that following the fall of the town of Jajce to the Serbs peace has been restored . |