Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [vb base] that [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm i but surely it 's a , i it 's an awkward in a sense it 's two o it 's great , it 's alright this end it 's two o'clock sailing from here , but I mean that means |
| 2 | But I mean that makes a difference Ann does n't it ? |
| 3 | " But I know that kid you 've been testing . |
| 4 | ‘ They say that they have nowhere else to go , but I know that facing the world on their own would be even more frightening . ’ |
| 5 | He had a girl here too , but I doubt that meant too much , as wild as him . ’ |
| 6 | Angie Bowie : ‘ I never realized and had never been involved in who did what , but I suppose that amounts to , if one wants to look at it from Ken 's point of view , being the fly in the ointment , or of one wants to look at it from a real point of view as , in terms of property settlement and management , that I was being David 's manager at that particular time , because it was possible for me to advise him to do something about the things that really troubled him artistically . |
| 7 | But I expect that goes for millions of unnecessary car owners ! |
| 8 | ‘ Unfortunately my wife could n't come because she teaches , but I expect that has curtailed my sightseeing and increased my output . ’ |
| 9 | I say I usually use celery but I say that grows wild in the school , so we use that |
| 10 | ‘ Of course , ’ he said , ‘ she has only come in to die , but I think that had she been removed before , much of her suffering would have been saved . ’ |
| 11 | I mean the fact you can do things and , alright you have n't got the upkeep if repairs need doing but I think that keeps you going . |
| 12 | But I think that came through in this morning 's conversation . |
| 13 | Since most people still live within a mundane world view , we also need to keep a foot in both worlds , to stay grounded in common-sense reality , to acknowledge that ‘ This might sound crazy , but I think that blocked sink ( or flock of seagulls , or broken light bulb ) was a message to myself . ’ |
| 14 | But I think that has now been tightened up and indeed the log of which I speak , and the audit manual has indeed increased the awareness of officers , increased their care in the handling of personal data , and the number of complaints is in fact reducing . |
| 15 | erm , right okay , well I 'll look into that , but I think that serves a good point , right moving back to the agenda , erm , note of meeting fifth of August , erm , anything for those of you who were there , that Cath had to run away , that was one of your crises you were having |
| 16 | I would n't call last season debacle making the right decisions , my own personal opinion of him is that he was the right manager to get us out of the second divsion , but I feel that given the players and money avail able to him he maybe could have done better . |
| 17 | He 's not the first gentleman to turn to crime to pay off his debts , but I suspect that had we brought him before a court he would have been declared insane . ’ |
| 18 | we went in , you know , and that was the place an'all even the carpet that 's twelve hundred pound , cos they showed us the bill , you know er it 's been a it 's dirty and that but you know that wants , wants a good washing you know |
| 19 | Which we have n't picked up on and perhaps , right so but you need that firmed up that 's all I can say to you . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Either alternative would have worked , but we believe that aligning with Novell in the proposed merger is the best way to go . |
| 22 | But we say that needs challenging . ’ |
| 23 | Governors admit they knew of an association between the 2 men , but they say that gave them no cause for concern . |