Example sentences of "[pers pn] but [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Did I but know it , it was the writing on the wall . |
| 2 | I but do n't forget she 's got your mother as well and I think you ca n't |
| 3 | Yeah I but think he gave me all his drink . |
| 4 | Now again I but give us as to the length of time that elapsed between flying the door door breaker and you radioing ? |
| 5 | As to Crescent Wharves Ltd. and Ship Link Terminals Ltd. , it was pointed out that most of the heavy goods vehicles are not theirs but belong to their customers or carriers and that in any event it would be wrong to aggregate their respective contributions in the circumstances of this case . |
| 6 | The idea , according to one report , was for the capital 's defenders to surrender their arms to the UN , for the Serbs to keep theirs but to pull back from the city , and for the UN to create a ‘ security belt ’ between . |
| 7 | Had she but known it I had already made up my mind to get better , and nothing in the world was further from my thoughts than death . ’ |
| 8 | Had she but known it , this was why Freddie , rightly suspecting the fact , had refrained from making any passes at her . |
| 9 | The sight of her had pierced him , making her the enterer , had she but known it , and him the entered . |
| 10 | Ballater , had she but known it , was far from complacent . |
| 11 | There is often a tendency to stand too far back in an attempt to approach footstraps : this makes lots of fast-sounding gurgling noises in the water behind you but does nothing for board speed . |
| 12 | If you have been sedentary for some time and are not used to physical exertion , then you should begin slowly , walking for no more than 20 minutes every other day , at a pace which stretches you but does not overtire you . |
| 13 | ‘ They 're all right if they 're getting the work out o' you but get sick an' it 's another kettle o' fish . ’ |
| 14 | and pick what they thought , was the best thing you could do , and then do n't , do n't tell you but get them made . |
| 15 | But how did you know that there was n't some big secret , some big , evil deal going down that involves you but had been kept secret from you ? |
| 16 | I do n't mind you talking to the person next to you but keep the noise down please . |
| 17 | I could lend it to you but got it at the moment you know . |
| 18 | We saw you but did you have to come running over |
| 19 | Morning and afternoon , seven days a week , Muscle Hustle or Kid 's Chaos … if you 're into aerobics , then there 's a class for you but do n't delay your booking . |
| 20 | I 'll leave it with you but do n't look at it . |
| 21 | There will be a barge waiting for you but do n't cross unless you see the lights . |
| 22 | Primitive I grant you but transport nonetheless . ’ |
| 23 | But you may not actually learn much , simply because the main object of the group will not be to help you but to get on and do the play , relying on the skills available and hoping that the audience will give adequate support . |
| 24 | ‘ I would fain write a long letter to each one of you but have no strength … |
| 25 | No , it 's it 's erm it 's somebody who , all they do is write your answers for you but dictated I m if you 've ever been an em especially I mean I used to be I usually end up doing the amanuensing for courses that I 've taught on students on my paper . |
| 26 | WILLIAMS : [ to PAMELA ] Mrs. Belville , I hope you will excuse the temerity of my current address to you but following the masquerade I have discovered news . |
| 27 | " I am writing not to denigrate you but to help you … |
| 28 | If you have a sympathetic employer and GP you could see whether the person you care for would like to come to work with you but spend one or two days a week on a regular basis in a day centre run by the DHA . |
| 29 | He did n't leave me but brought the covers over us both and closed his body around mine in a grip that was painful , miraculous , unceasing . |
| 30 | It was never going to be a career for me but kept me in beer money and taught me about how to deal with the public . ’ |