Example sentences of "but [conj] they [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These Rules may be disapplied by agreement in the case of non-private investors but where they apply they require that money is only held with certain approved banks and that the money in the account is , to the bank 's knowledge , a trust fund . |
| 2 | The point about studies on non-human animals is not that they replace studies on humans but that they provide us with pointers to what we should study in people and how we should study it . |
| 3 | They stand outside , fidgeting and fighting but once they get it they 're okay . |
| 4 | They stand outside , fidgeting and fighting but once they get it they 're okay . |
| 5 | but once they knew it meant going to India |
| 6 | Rocks do n't come into existence at a high rate , but once they exist they are hard and durable . |
| 7 | ‘ But if they take 'er I swear I 'll not lose sight of 'er . |
| 8 | But if they had her there , d' you think they would let him know ? |
| 9 | No one quite ascended to poster cliché heaven and declared that ‘ Michelle Pfeiffer is so sexy it 's a crime ’ , but if they had it would have emphasised some of the ironies that underly Michelle Pfeiffer 's striking star profile . |
| 10 | But if they get it wrong they have the consolation that , for all the recriminations , it probably wo n't have made much difference to the outcome of the election . |
| 11 | When Yellow Bull visited his detained chief , Joseph told him , ‘ I do not know what they mean to do with me , but if they kill me , you must not kill the officer . |
| 12 | The people did not see the two youths — but if they saw them now they say they would lynch them . |
| 13 | But if they try it and they like it then it 's their life , they can do what they want . |
| 14 | But if they win it , the prize goes to their school and not to them . |
| 15 | We carry no weapons , the guns are all in Taymouth Castle , but if they threaten us or fire on us ’ ( behind the yew the minister listened harder than ever ) , ‘ then we will reply in kind . |
| 16 | But if they tell us it is ‘ better ’ to be tall , or British , or artistic , or shop at Harrods , we just might take them seriously — yet such ideas are just as meaningless . |
| 17 | Well things that they the actually say anything which is sort of a sign that you listening , understanding but if they delay it , it 's say it 's the women that pauses , wanting some sort of suddenly realizes |
| 18 | But if they needed it , they knew they could always get work with him . |
| 19 | But if they suspected you of double-crossing them , that could be a different story . |
| 20 | England are at present near the top of the rugby world , but if they feel they can not keep finding a world-beating XV from 24 of 26 clubs in their top two leagues , my heart bleeds for them . |
| 21 | But if they gave you a toy made in Japan , you wondered . ’ |
| 22 | Some might choose to describe these persons as " temporary workers " , but if they did they would have to recognise that they are also " voluntary " temporary workers . |
| 23 | ‘ They do n't often go wrong , but if they do they must be replaced . ’ |
| 24 | Companies do not have to list their directors on their stationery , but if they do they must list the full name ( or the surname and initials of forenames ) of every individual and corporate director . |
| 25 | It 's probable they will come back , but if they do they 'll have to bid an awful lot more a second time |
| 26 | It is not easy for them to get a meal , but if they do it is likely to be a big one . |
| 27 | But if they set it off without , without noticing that you 've gone like . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm not going to worry about it now , ’ said Pam , resolutely , ‘ but if they leave it like last time , I 'll kill them . ’ |
| 29 | Circumstances had obliged him to sell out to three younger partners , but until they came he never had a telephone or typewriter . |
| 30 | And here were people who wanted him not just for the name on the letter-head , but because they thought he could make a positive contribution . |