Example sentences of "but [verb] [pers pn] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jack dropped a couple of shots with poor putts but got them both back with a superb eagle at the sixteenth — an uphill par five with a difficult green , long and narrow and well protected with bunkers . |
| 2 | Oor goats hev hed that green sickness lately but whativver they all say oor cheese is n't that much affected . ’ |
| 3 | Did you know Jehovah 's organizations always changes , not with it , but to combat it that way it comes to work , it keeps us alive , it keeps us on our toes , and so we could go on and on in saying well look keep away , stay awake and do everything that we should and , and we can stand here for the rest of the talk saying well do it , do it , do it but that 's easy for me to do that is n't it ? |
| 4 | Instead , they got themselves into a thoroughly embarrassing mess , saying they accepted Gatting 's statement that nothing improper had taken place but sacking him all the same . |
| 5 | Besides having confidence in his artistic and physical abilities , he had a great passion for Nature as she showed herself in the Lake District which not only initiated his venture but maintained it all his life . |
| 6 | The Peavey ( retailing at £315 ) has a definite price advantage over the Crate , but has it any other advantages ? |
| 7 | Most of them complained about the taste of lactulose and the amount of the pancake but consumed it all . |
| 8 | ITN 's political match-summariser says that ‘ individually the polls are all over the place , but put them all together and you get a message you can trust ’ — not a science graduate , presumably . |
| 9 | But put it this way |
| 10 | For the time being you will retain hands-on responsibility for the operation but afford us any assistance we require . |
| 11 | ‘ You can say what you like , ’ she said , ‘ but show me another way it can be done . |
| 12 | Undoubtedly the more controlled damping comes from the Corrado , which copes admirably with undulations at speed , but show it some sharper bumps and , like the Calibra , it jolts and shudders through the shell . |
| 13 | Sweet little dairy-maid who 'd enchant the customers but give them all the wrong change ? |
| 14 | No you keep all that paraphernalia but give me that . |
| 15 | I realize you 're a trained psychologist but give me some details . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ But give me this any time , ’ he laughed . |
| 17 | But give it another hour . |
| 18 | ‘ But give us all a chance and we will soon repay such faith . ’ |
| 19 | The former National Party leader and Prime Minister Sir Robert Muldoon , also an outspoken opponent of free market economics , was offered several minor posts outside the Cabinet , but turned them all down as " insulting " and expressed his intention to remain on the back benches , from where he would be free to criticize the new government . |
| 20 | At one time , the Club went as far as refusing to allow juveniles a reduced entrance price for the London Road terrace but allowed them half price for other areas . |
| 21 | ‘ You dream about scoring at Anfield — but to do it both ends and to silence the Kop is a fantastic feeling . ’ |
| 22 | I thought that was marvellous — not the titles but getting it all listed in five seconds on a screen . |
| 23 | But tell me all about it later . |
| 24 | ‘ Here you are talking and holding forth , ’ says the latter , ‘ but tell me this : are you going to kill the old woman yourself ? ’ |
| 25 | But tell me this — is Sung a good man ? |
| 26 | But tell me this , Lewis ! |
| 27 | Do n't normally get two singers with the same name but tell me another singer with the same name . |
| 28 | The route of divorce may ultimately be open to him , but to give him more may , in the context of this argument , be unfair . |
| 29 | Yeah , my objective was not actually to start a debate but to give you some indication of where we were going to go this afternoon . |
| 30 | This is to certify that Color Serjeant Nicholl served in the Grenadier Company of the King 's Regiment for twenty one years , and being myself one of the Officers of the Company during the greatest part of that period , I have consequently had an opportunity for closely observing his character and conduct , therefore it is but doing him that justice which his uniformly good behaviour merits , to state that I have never ( in his station in life ) met with a more truly steady or strictly honest a man . |