Example sentences of "but we [verb] [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But we know are going on to double shift on Monday |
| 2 | The 135 hp engine was used to operating on 80 octane fuel but we had been using 130 octane avgas . |
| 3 | Yes , the hindquarter double-muscled trait is important and is the breed 's main attribute , but we 've been looking too for stock with good overall conformation , with loin and fleshing that we feel is vital to any successful terminal sire breed . |
| 4 | Well so much for the sea surface temperatures of the past , but we 've been looking at our records of the compounds in the sediments even more carefully and what we 've seen in there are molecular fingerprints which do not match those of the marine organisms . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't know if Alexandra has told you , but we 've been hoping very much to feature your next collection in our spring bumper issue , ’ Felicity said . |
| 6 | It 's one we normally keep in the attic but we 've been keeping it down here |
| 7 | ‘ But we 've been scoring as well , and that 's what we 've got to do . ’ |
| 8 | But we 've been talking about it for three four months . |
| 9 | Not that she 'll recognize ye , her sight 's none too good , but we 've been tellin' her for days ye 'd be coming . ’ |
| 10 | But we 've been asking during this programme will the real John Major please stand up . |
| 11 | But we have been using the term ‘ performing ’ for what the actor does — an act of describing to non-participants who are present as spectators . |
| 12 | In we 've had a menopause clinic in Glasgow for the last twenty four years erm , it 's run by a male doctor erm but we have been treating patients for that length time . |
| 13 | ‘ But we have been working on a few things , just as we did before the first leg . |
| 14 | We must , surely , eventually get to recovery , but we have been waiting for it for a long time . |
| 15 | ‘ We were n't expecting this but we have been campaigning to get rid of the car tax for 20 years . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's all very well people telling us we are a really attractive side to watch , ’ he said , ‘ but we have been conceding the odd soft goal and that 's got to stop . |
| 17 | Corden added : ‘ Tuesday 's result was very disappointing but we have been carrying a few injuries . |