Example sentences of "but of [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was no longer a question of looking for a path to follow but of choosing which , for they rarely went a mile without being faced with the need to choose . |
| 2 | But of Callanish itself , which Creggan most wanted to know about , she hat refused to speak , saying that the time was not right and she would speak only when it was . |
| 3 | The number systems we use as yardsticks should be thought of as being made not of wood but of elastic which can be stretched or shrunk to our convenience . |
| 4 | ‘ But of course everyone 's forgotten it by now ? ’ |
| 5 | But of course nothing 's ever that straightforward , and we had our share of hiccups along the way . |
| 6 | But of course nothing is a hundred percent safe in in obstetrics or the medical profession . |
| 7 | Those meetings have n't taken place but of course no-one believes it because mis-information is much more exciting than the truth . |
| 8 | Noble Lord , Lord Callaghan says and I might say so , slightly mischievously , well after all he 's going to appoint the appointers and going to make the short list , short list for the Right My Right Honourable Friend to appoint , but of course somebody 's got to appoint the appointers and er that would be done by the by my Right Honourable Friend , but that does n't mean to say for goodness sake that they 're in his pocket . |
| 9 | But of course one can form one 's own relationship with one 's god or with mankind in general . |
| 10 | I hope the work will be interesting , I was a bit disappointed not to have the chance to tackle my own book as the main editor at last but of course one does n't want to rock the boat too much — there are too many people who 'd happily fill my shoes . |
| 11 | We had a real good time but of course me dad had to spoil it when I got home . |
| 12 | Well , I say that , but of course me and my sore back got up to all kinds of stuff . |
| 13 | But of course nobody had cars you see , in them days . |
| 14 | ‘ But of course we know something about it , do n't we ? ’ |
| 15 | When I got there he was pleased to see me ; he seemed to expect us to be able to do something about his leg but of course we could n't . |
| 16 | ‘ My poor little boy certainly resembles a frog , but of course we are Catholics , so he should be alright . |
| 17 | ‘ But of course we d come back for Fenella , ’ said Floy . |
| 18 | The Gnome , whose name was Pumlumon said , ‘ But of course we have , ’ and the Gnomes all shook their heads sadly , and did not know what things were coming to when Humans did not remember about Gnomes having any magic . |
| 19 | But of course we were very strongly against it really but er , because th you know we 'd been inundated with all these marvellous ideas of this progress and it 's all for the best and everything , but it does n't seemed to have work does it really ? |
| 20 | ‘ But of course we 'll know more when Professor Bearden has had a look . ’ |
| 21 | But of course we wo n't , he told himself . |
| 22 | One or two of someone else , probably Paviour himself , but of course we have n't got him on file , and these are where you 'd expect ‘ em , on the door , where you might well finger it if you just looked in to have a word with the incumbent , so to speak . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ How it has come about I can not think , but of course we must set things right . ’ |
| 24 | We think that we are so good and do everything absolutely correctly , but of course we do not . |
| 25 | All that does , in effect , as you know is i i is reduce the unit price share price , it has no other effect erm a and I think it 's purely cosmetic myself and nowadays I think a share price of around seven hundred P which is , er where the shares are currently hovering , is not e enormously disproportionate but of course we 'll keep it under consideration . |
| 26 | But of course we were you know crossing our fingers and she went to her every time . |
| 27 | There is a plan , the start of one , but of course we need co-operation , guidance . |
| 28 | PP : You had every right to retire if you wanted to , but of course we also had the right to try and persuade you not to . |
| 29 | and then you start of cou then you say right erm er let's keep hold of this information so these are retained and there 's also a benefit to the estate agent , and there 's the G A one which of course is er by coincidence is the Aberdeen one but of course we er you know we have them all around the country . |
| 30 | So erm but of course we had er a buying and selling guide if you like . |