Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 31 | But I fancy thy wife is the fair Quaker . |
| 32 | Sir Denis he may be but I fancy the measures being poured in the big rooms have been even more liberal ( small ‘ l ’ , of course ) than before . |
| 33 | But I fancy that England is content to get on with the war , and that things take a more practical turn at home . |
| 34 | But I fancy MPRP is unlikely to change my character . ’ |
| 35 | But I fancy that if I found myself on the field of Waterloo with a foot missing , or in a dentist 's chair without benefit of anaesthetic — a future form of laudanum — or faced with a work-situation in which my family were slowly being starved and degraded , then my conclusions might reasonably be the same . ) |
| 36 | I belong to the species that believes in replicated nuclear power stations , but I remain obstinately unconvinced by the pressurised water reactor option . |
| 37 | It may be that TNC proposals will raise standards by increased accountability ; but I remain convinced that the creation of a true teacher-parent partnership has even more to contribute . |
| 38 | ‘ Yes , I am now a German citizen but I remain a Russian , all ups and downs . |
| 39 | Publishers grow thick skins against negative reviewing , but I remain puzzled at the volume of abuse directed at this particular book , by an author who has spent many years working on his subject , opening up new areas of research , and who has arguably contributed more in recent years ( viz Orwell : The War Broadcasts , Orwell : The War Commentaries and The Larger Evils ) to the study of Orwell 's work than any other scholar . |
| 40 | I would like to hope that these are teething troubles , but I remain to be convinced . |
| 41 | Now I am filled with remorse , loathing and longing , because I love my wife and children but I remain attracted to this girl and ca n't get her out of my mind . |
| 42 | Now I am filled with remorse , loathing and longing , because I love my wife and children but I remain attracted to this girl and ca n't get her out of my mind . |
| 43 | But I use a lot meself . |
| 44 | The intertidal zone is sometimes referred to as the littoral zone , but I use the term eulittoral . |
| 45 | Mr Evans does n't use it , of course , it would n't be dignified for him to be seen going there , not a man in his position , when all the neighbours know he 's got one indoors , but I use it , and though it 's an earth closet it 's quite nice and clean . ’ |
| 46 | These pieces speak to me of boundless beauty and passion and I rejoice in my tears but I use them too , intuitively , when I feel depressed or despairing , to release tears . |
| 47 | These four categories admittedly overlap in theory and in practice , but I use them since they correspond to real differences of approach in the study of literary language , and help to show in what way stylistic and linguistic studies differ . |
| 48 | The Minister may think that that is a strong expression , but I use it carefully . |
| 49 | that Mothercare but I use this as a spare one . |
| 50 | But I use a paint scraper . |
| 51 | But I , I mean I use it as a , that may be the psychology behind it , but I use it as a bad example of , for obvious reasons , and there 's a real bad example , and there may be some politics behind it , there 's What I think is a good example : ‘ Southeast Arts ’ sorry , ‘ Southeast Tourist Board , South of England Board . ’ |
| 52 | There are fairy rings of eight-inch-diameter horse-mushrooms and of shaggy parasols ( no good for eating raw , but I pick a bagful for later . ) |
| 53 | But I tell you Minnie , for all the independence , I had rather have my old job back and be in service with Mrs Browning . |
| 54 | But I tell you , you need a good pair of legs and a good pair of lungs . ’ |
| 55 | But I tell you , sir , day in day out we have a view of the steeple from here . |
| 56 | You 've been to Glasgow and seen the tenements there , the filth and the meanness of the streets but I tell you Glasgow is nothing compared with this place . |
| 57 | But I tell myself it will come . |
| 58 | Anyway , I 'm goin' fer a job now , but I tell yer , Annie , if they turn me down that 's me lot . |
| 59 | But I tell you , James , before God , I did nothing wrong . |
| 60 | Well , and then I went on to Rome to look at a Goldoni production and I had to see the Pope , but I tell you — I hope you 're not Catholic — the sight of the old pullet being cheered up the aisle of St. Peter 's … |