Example sentences of "a [noun] but [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you ca n't remember something , that can be a bit of a trial but you can get used to that . |
| 2 | He did have a sister but he thought that , poor though his family was , it would not be very keen on her marrying a beggar . |
| 3 | Yes , she used to live with her mum and dad and she ha I know she had a sister but I do n't know if her sister name was Betty . |
| 4 | It is our human duty and pleasure to understand the locust as a locust but we are equally morally compelled to find ways to control their self-destructive rampages . |
| 5 | Er as a end result that number , that 's a function but you have to do something with it . |
| 6 | The committee would be likely to consider a suggestion by Lord Donaldson that case separation might be needed where the public had an interest in the outcome of a case but it would also play a role as representative of those who actually used legal services , he said . |
| 7 | And then it was erm erm which was er battered about a bit but we were preparing for the , the next move you see . |
| 8 | They like to do it a bit but they really ca n't sustain it because ultimately there 's a , there 's a call for action , a demand for action . |
| 9 | Endless cups of coffee helped a bit but what a relief it was to see the first pale streaks of dawn creeping across the sky . |
| 10 | ‘ I might scream a bit but he just shrugs and says , ‘ It does n't matter ’ no matter what it is . ’ |
| 11 | He goes on a bit but he 's basically very good-hearted and kind . |
| 12 | she said who , I said Joy , she said oh blimey is she , I said yeah , so he hung on a bit but he 'd |
| 13 | I used to follow a bit but I had to give it up . |
| 14 | ‘ It hurt a bit but I 'll recover , ’ he said . |
| 15 | I had an actor once who was condemned to hang for stealing a sheep — or a lamb , I forget which — so I got permission to have him hanged in the middle of a play — had to change the plot a bit but I thought it would be effective , you know — and you would n't believe it , he just was n't convincing ! |
| 16 | I may be getting on a bit but I still know a thing or two . ’ |
| 17 | As as I said we 're we 're not very formal but er you know that also has its especially if people that er maybe erm , how can I put it , are not used t taking everything back to a meeting and you know they maybe make a decision and go ahead with it and then it gets shouted at a bit but I think we we can all take being shouted at a bit as well . |
| 18 | Should be more than a bit but I got Marg . |
| 19 | You 've got to keep up with it a bit but I think that all those at the same |
| 20 | Well I thought I thought he was a bit but I do n't know |
| 21 | No that 's part of the the windows washing but I 'll quickly washed over them just to spruce them up a bit but I thought if I put Mrs in that , is she driving , or is she not ? |
| 22 | But I I , I mean really and truly I 'm moaning a bit but I , it 's not quite so bad being near there . |
| 23 | ‘ Yes , yes , but , well , you 'll excuse me if I frown a bit but you and Van Gelder are the two most important people on this ship . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ It 's getting to us a bit but it 's making us even more determined . |
| 25 | I cough a bit but it still tastes good . |
| 26 | Gesner fought a bit but it did n't work . |
| 27 | I mean it may have pleased the Irish government a bit but it 's got implications both domestically and internationally . |
| 28 | She is a bit but it 's . |
| 29 | You can you can apply statistics to it a bit but it 's very unlikely the statis st statistics and what really happens will always add up in fact . |
| 30 | Yeah , there is a bit but it 's , it 's like somebody broke it , broke it , so it 's half |