Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [verb] something " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have tried the Cotherstone cheese made today but I prefer something a little drier . |
| 2 | But I remember something about Don Airey ( Colosseum , Bernie Marsden , Cozy Powell etc. ) playing keyboards in a band of that very name just a couple of years back . |
| 3 | But I remember something a counsellor said on one of the courses . |
| 4 | I could still have easily called in if I 'd wanted to but I saw something advertised in a village saw the board took the number down and phoned them up . |
| 5 | as it is at the Lyceum that there is kind of historically a certain amount of , not exactly friction , but I mean something that has |
| 6 | I did n't own a pair of binoculars , so I could n't observe the birds as closely as I 'd have wished , but I had something much closer to watch . |
| 7 | But I detect something sinister behind the showbiz front , the big cigar . ’ |
| 8 | Well , I tried to turn it into a joke — not a very good one , I admit — but I said something about that party game called consequences , you know where everyone writes down innocent things that get strung together because nobody knows what the others have written and it gets all mixed up so you get a silly story with a stupid ending . |
| 9 | Well I 'm , I 'm the same , I was talking to Rob the other day and er , I forget how I mentioned it , but I said something about , oh I think it 's because I was saying why do n't you come up like this week because he 's off this week , and er , he was making some excuse or other , oh I 've got three weeks off in the summer , oh I 'd sooner come up when I 've got this longest spell off , you know , and I want to get this chimney done and blah , blah |
| 10 | I 've be I was using what do you call it ? tablet but I 'd something . |
| 11 | It suits her cos her face is more , but I 'd something a bit longer . |
| 12 | But I know something else — you ca n't kill everyone . |
| 13 | I did n't take in all he said , but I learned something . |
| 14 | But I grabbed something to stay the pangs of hunger on the way down . |
| 15 | Oh ’ — he jerked his big head to the side — ‘ I never open me mouth but I say something . ’ |
| 16 | Most ‘ Oddballs are secretive species , but I wanted something that would be seen so there had to be a midwater swimmer in the selection . |
| 17 | so but I wanted something bright in there you know . |
| 18 | But I did something that I m- , should have done before , coming from umm Volkspares |
| 19 | But I have something wonderful to tell you . |
| 20 | ‘ Yes — but I have something to do on the way . |
| 21 | ‘ No ; but … but I guessed something like that had happened from what you said a while back . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I know full well that , frankly speaking , prostitutes are bad , but I feel something human in them which prevents me from feeling the slightest scruple about associating with them … . |
| 23 | So she said it would n't be done till tomorrow morning , but I need something , |
| 24 | slim , I 'm still involved with the prison service thing but I need something else |
| 25 | bits and pieces but I need something else of the same size , you know |
| 26 | Might deal with this present moment , but I need something for tomorrow , and the next day , and week next week , and next year . |
| 27 | But you know something ? |
| 28 | But you know something ? |
| 29 | ‘ Yes , yes , I know what you mean , but you know something ? ’ |
| 30 | But you know something , Mother ? ’ |