Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb mod] [verb] something " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I 'll manage something . |
| 2 | I do n't know how much but I 'll get something . |
| 3 | ‘ Not yet , ’ she admitted , ‘ but I 'll find something . |
| 4 | But I shall find something all right . |
| 5 | no completely void because you ca n't severe the good from the bad in section fourteen , your Lordship could n't take a blue pencil and , and , and find some words in section fourteen which say erm , you know , I can take out an article eighty five claim or I can allow an article eighty five claim but I can leave something else in |
| 6 | It was still dark , middle-of-the-nightish , but I 'd scribble something — I had to put it in my possession , take away the terror of it , put it under my control . |
| 7 | ‘ I know , but I must do something more creative . |
| 8 | I 'm not keen but I must do something . " |
| 9 | ooh but your head still on the pillows , I 'm not too bad on the , on the mattress , but I must have something |
| 10 | This is not a book about theoretical astronomy , but I must say something about the way in which a star radiates , because it is very much part of the overall story . |
| 11 | I think that the tour around the factory will be quick , but you may see something that will set your mental cogs turning again . |
| 12 | ‘ But you must do something , you ca n't just take it . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ You wo n't have time for a proper meal but you must eat something — we do n't want you fainting at a crucial moment , do we ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ But you must have something to eat . ’ |
| 15 | That what happens after the first ten minutes , you have to go and do something else , then what happens , you physically get up and do , but you will do something else . |
| 16 | I mean , well if you have n't got gauze in your first aid box , but you could have something like a Mediwipe or you might be able to use , open up your bandage and you can use , you know , several pieces of this , just keep going down the bandage and then you know clean it and get rid of that bit , okay , another clean bit okay , so you can adapt with whatever you 've got in your first aid box , yes , and you wo n't necessarily have scissors to hand so you 'll have to do whatever you 've got and the little Mediwipes are very useful for that , but do n't use one Mediwipe for seventy five grazes , okay , one Mediwipe for one wipe and then discard , okay ? |
| 17 | Yeah but you could put something with it if you wanted . |
| 18 | ‘ The past is the past , and you can do nothing about it , but you can do something about the future , and I am very optimistic . |
| 19 | I had few worries that she would suddenly take an interest in American history , but she might notice something out of place and the combination lock looked much more sophisticated than it actually was . |
| 20 | Ah but she will get something from the State wo n't she ? |
| 21 | I would not pander to it but she must have something to make her life special . ’ |
| 22 | But we 'll manage something — he 's going to write — I 've given him your address , Bina — when you get a letter from Spain it 'll be to me from him — you will hide them from your parents , wo n't you ? |
| 23 | You 've got a bit of an infection bubbling away in there , but we 'll prescribe something that should clear it up fairly quickly . |
| 24 | But we ought to have something about having a second reading in it anyway |
| 25 | ‘ But we must do something . ’ |
| 26 | As human beings we can choose to believe anything , but we must believe something . |
| 27 | We ca n't get rid of the horror and the fears , but we can do something to increase our competence in dealing with it and facing it , which I think is a healthier way than freezing , flying away from it , or fighting it . |
| 28 | Er that they are changing a whole range o of non-economic variables which allow the peasant the world to see the world does n't have to be like this we can actually question the landlord and not only can we get away with it but we can get something out of it . |
| 29 | The new directions to be taken may not be indicated by the diagram , or be unclassifiable by present terminology anyway — but they may have something in common with what is gathered here : ambition and invention , perseverance , independence , wit . |
| 30 | ‘ With her background it 'll be referred to Special Branch and Five … and that fiddled telephone … and Praeger without any background — we should have left his wallet , but they 'll trace something about him anyway — and then we can admit we went to see her — once — and what we talked about and there we are . ’ |