Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [verb] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But I hope and pray they will be the first of many . ’ |
| 2 | Miss T. being an adult , it is doubtful whether we have power to make a restraining order of the kind which is often made in the case of children whose medical treatment is in issue before the courts , but I hope and believe that it is in any event unnecessary . |
| 3 | And I ha I was n't very familiar with Nottingham , then , but I went and erm we crossed this park , and it was at a big house , there , tailors were always in rather out of the way places , and er he 'd just got fixed up . |
| 4 | The journey to Calcutta took some hours , and when we arrived the Army met us and wanted to put us all in to some barracks , but I protested and rang up the Bishop , Foss Westcott , and asked if he could advise me what to do as Margaret by this time was very ill . |
| 5 | Mala sniffed , but I grinned and opened the airlock . |
| 6 | I 'm scared that sometimes I go over the top with too many solos in the one song , but I try and keep them as simple as I can . |
| 7 | So , you know , I , I do n't want to be too jolly , because er , er that , that , that 's er , as bad as being morbid , is n't it and miserable , but I try and strike er , a happy balance . |
| 8 | People say all sorts of things about me , they say I 'm eccentric and off-centre but I try and ignore all that . ’ |
| 9 | I could not forget the footprint , but I saw and heard nothing more , and slowly I began to feel happier . |
| 10 | but I looked and it was actually |
| 11 | But he But I know and he got a petition up and |
| 12 | but I like and make sure it 's alright . |
| 13 | ‘ But I persevered and believe it was a worthwhile education . |
| 14 | And er , but I felt and I feel looking back on that particular er decade between nineteen sixty and nineteen seventy , that the work which the shop steward 's movement did er even in a preliminary way , prior to the Donovan Report coming out , was based on reason and fair play . |
| 15 | I was badly hurt , but I escaped and ran into the open country . |
| 16 | But I drop and stand square in it , against it , |
| 17 | But I accept and understand that there are some feelings today that the old system dated back from those Victorian days as it did , is in need of reform and should be brought up-to-date . |
| 18 | I have n't got to smoke pot , but I do and I think that 's more security than anything , knowing that you 've got a bit of pot which you can put down and you can say : ‘ Oh , I do n't want none of that today , I 'm not in the mood for it . ’ |
| 19 | I hope that I might have undertaken work of this kind without the experience of working for North Tyneside Community Development Project ( CDP ) from 1974 to 1977 , but I did and that experience shaped both the conceptualizing and the carrying out of this project . |
| 20 | No blinking Sam goes to me , cos we were , we were , we turned Arachnophobia off because people needed the toilet and erm there was Songs of Praise or , you know , something like that and they were talking about all this terrorism , somebody said oh I 'm glad you did n't go to London said but I did and she goes oh no you did n't did you ? worried about me going to London |
| 21 | She stretches out a hand and strokes my backside , but I stand and move away from the bed , dropping a wad of screwed-up tissue on the worn carpet . |
| 22 | But I smiled and said , ‘ I ’ m happy to see you , my lord . ’ |
| 23 | Uncle was always wanting to have that tail cut shorter and we had quite a few battles about it , but I won and Prince kept his long tail . |
| 24 | I have always understood , and believed , that you just can not " dance at two weddings ' , but I admired and respected Cochrane as the most efficient serving officer I had encountered in my short 33 years in uniform . |
| 25 | ‘ I should have paid it , but I forgot and heard nothing for ages . |
| 26 | and I was meant to be taking it in today , but I forgot and so I just |
| 27 | So he went at me , but I ducked and he hit the shelf — he broke his thumb in two places ! |
| 28 | But I dillied and dallied , dallied and dillied , |
| 29 | But I turned and ran out of the room . |
| 30 | The others had potential , but I bathed and groomed her as if for Crufts and made my way to the hospital . |