Example sentences of "but [pron] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | its not , you ca n't , the thing is you ca n't defend them without how you die , you ca n't train people how to avo to die , you can only train them how to avoid it , so it does n't really matter if you get fired or not , but they show you the drills and you have to do them to the best of your ability the blank rounds are only there to the conditions , now this is why they 've got these laser got laser sights all over the body , helmet and torso and the actual weapons got a laser on top and you get , if you get near one of these things you go dead and your out , and you can actually simulate |
| 32 | ‘ There always seems so much to do — but they like everything the way it 's always been . |
| 33 | But they called him the un-canny Scot . |
| 34 | But they do it the other way as well . |
| 35 | In 1686 he became a London alderman , sitting for Broad Street ; but he discharged himself the following year , probably in anticipation of the purging of Anglicans from the bench . |
| 36 | ‘ But he gave me the car … . ’ |
| 37 | I do n't quite know why , but he gave me the impression , without uttering more than a few words , that he had much more than superficial knowledge , and an amusing touch of the sardonic as well . |
| 38 | When he and his brothers left this world , I could not go with him , but he gave me the gift of never growing old . |
| 39 | General Robert Schweitzer , who told this story to the congressional lawyers , was a trifle envious that after 58 years of daily Mass and ‘ desperate messages to the Almighty ’ he himself had never been woken up at night ‘ with lights on the wall ’ and a vision of saving Nicaragua ; he was not sure Ms Studeley had either , but he gave her the benefit of the doubt . |
| 40 | Police were told and tailed Newall but he gave them the slip and fled from Britain on a yacht he inherited from his parents , a court in Gibraltar heard . |
| 41 | He came in with the ideas , give the drivers and conductors everything they asked for whereby my training had always been to only give them what they were really entitled to , not give them anything extra but he gave them the earth and that erm did n't sort of go very well for the new Manager who came in , he had a lot of undoing to do there , that this fella had given away , in his six or seven weeks there . |
| 42 | ‘ But he sees me the other way — he spoke of another photograph — he was telling me that … ’ |
| 43 | I did n't know quite what to answer , but he saved me the trouble . |
| 44 | But he accords them the right to boast , for they have returned with money and presents which are proof of their achievement . |
| 45 | But I 've I think it is a valid facility but it depends what the facilities for . |
| 46 | But it does please me that we fight back , I like that , but it displeases me the way we sort of go under a little bit . |
| 47 | No it does n't , but it gives them the means to promote it . |
| 48 | They use the idea for designing the interiors of buildings and so on ; essentially it 's a toy in its current form , but it gives you the idea . |
| 49 | But it gives you the peace of mind to know that , if the worst should happen , you could cope with the situation . |
| 50 | That 's a bit extreme but it gives you the idea . |
| 51 | Not only did this save the horses the pull up the hill through the village , but it gave them the occasion for one more glimpse of Tamar and the children , who stood on the steps , waving . |
| 52 | ‘ I ca n't explain , but it gave me the most terrible feeling . |
| 53 | Quite unwittingly you played right into my hands that night , Aurora — I knew you had n't been taking drugs , but it gave me the perfect excuse for sticking around . |
| 54 | ‘ You came to in the middle of it , unfortunately for you , but it gave me the opportunity to make a superficial examination . ’ |
| 55 | Hardly a baffling puzzle for Holmes , I agree , but it shows what the fever to own books , or just to have them around to consult , may drive someone to do . |
| 56 | Gloriana is a pageant opera , but it shows us the heartbreak behind the painted progress . |
| 57 | Try sitting the other side of your desk ; it may sound crazy but it shows you the world from another angle . |
| 58 | But what gives us the sequence ? |
| 59 | ‘ Yes — no doubt she is — but what gave you the idea that I have such a plan in mind ? ’ |