Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [verb] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We have a very demanding crowd but I hope people feel that it is money well spent , ’ added Brady , who feels that the recent events have been too frantic to risk Slater against Dundee United today . |
| 2 | There 's a small bonus there at four and a half but I ask people to fix in their mind |
| 3 | But I get people to the fishing here asking if the boat 's built there . |
| 4 | Its amazing how you , you came down here , but I mean duck never managed it did he ? |
| 5 | yes but I mean people do n't give up what they have , that 's human nature . |
| 6 | But I mean people are very kind on the whole . |
| 7 | But I mean people lived in those days you know I mean , you know where the is do n't you ? |
| 8 | I mean but I mean people are still flooding into this country today . |
| 9 | his his delivery I found very solid , I mean I did n't find it particularly humorous but I mean people were n't laughing that much were they ? |
| 10 | Yeah but I mean fish we we used to consider fish |
| 11 | Well I know it 's wrong , since I had n't put it down but I had Heron down . |
| 12 | ‘ But I wish people would stop saying I 'm anorexic . |
| 13 | But I know somebody who is like it That 's the sort of thing you say , no I 'm not like that , but I know people that I work with who are like it . |
| 14 | But I know people are not given any time in F1 . |
| 15 | But I hate people I , I hate people that are , I hate people that are biased , like the new Madonna book . |
| 16 | ( We inevitably got the ‘ you fancy each other ’ spiel but I ignore people like that — I would like to hit them very hard ! ) |
| 17 | He said : ‘ We have a lot of old people who will benefit from the pedestrianisation of the High Street but I fear people will come round on bikes and pinch bags from poor defenceless old ladies . |
| 18 | ‘ But I overhear people 's conversations , and sometimes I 'll get off a bus and follow them if I 'm interested ; or I 'll stand beside people pretending to be looking at something or reading , but actually listening to them . |
| 19 | The food there did n't taste too different and we were spared a cabaret but I reckon £30 is n't too high a price for eating in a beautiful , traditional-style Moroccan room with the well heeled jet set , being served by obsequious waiters in costumes that would put to shame Aladdin 's chorus at the Palladium . |
| 20 | But I think fruit was better in them than in these bo cardboard boxes too . |
| 21 | … the minimum rate should remain at £6 for pensioners and those not at work , but I think £20 is not too much for those in employment . |
| 22 | But I think people just react to what is around them . |
| 23 | I think fashions have changed but I think people 's attitude 's have n't really changed , people have always been striving to improve their , their appearance , even like in Roman times when they used coal and , and |
| 24 | But I think people do get carried away with traditions and the occasion and this grand affair and really , it could be a very small low-key affair , but it 's , it 's meant to be a very romantic special day for two people . |
| 25 | ‘ But I think people here are n't into heavy complaining . |
| 26 | Well that , that could be an idea but I think people would put up with that I , I think it was just because they were , then old fashioned . |
| 27 | Er but I think people can live with that understand sort of Americanisms now . |
| 28 | To be fair , there are some sharpish lines , such as Frye 's indignant response to being told to keep his expenses down to £300 a week : ‘ But I spill £300 a week . ’ |
| 29 | I did n't well I , and I took the labels off the plastic bottles as well , but I notice people do n't . |
| 30 | So a conductor 's duty were n't very very nice then , probably three piece duties , which were spread duties but you know people thought they were bringing in a wonderful thing to be one man operated but it was before the war that we had one man operated buses . |