Example sentences of "[det] but [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I went to see them about this but they told me it was up to the social security people to make up the difference . |
| 2 | If it is you can not sue ( there are exceptions to this but they are rare ) . |
| 3 | Trainees should have at least a week to complete this but they can be helped with a list of the key components their responses should contain : |
| 4 | The irony is that the others sense this but they too cover up that they sense it , and they too cover up their cover up . |
| 5 | They was never strong in , you 'd think it would be in a place like this but they were n't . |
| 6 | ‘ They all know who is doing this but they just do n't want to get involved . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ The Labour group had an ideal opportunity to do this but they refused to do so . |
| 8 | He added : ‘ We have tried to tell them ( Mrs Shahidi and Mr Armand ) not to do this but they want to do it . |
| 9 | er you see my bedroom curtain windows they 're as wide as this but they 're not as deep |
| 10 | you see it 's got no , they 're telling you this and telling you that , it 's them that 's doing this but they 're creating more food , food by , to create more food they 're bombarding all your food with chemicals you know all sorts you know |
| 11 | she goes on about all this but they do n't say how much it 's gon na cost , never mind the storage heaters |
| 12 | It would have been quite interesting to get Juliet to expand on this but her secretary answered the call . |
| 13 | Normally senior staff have become separated from this but their own experience in the ranks ( if they had any ) leaves them fully aware of the emotional dynamics between landing staff and prisoners . |
| 14 | ‘ We were n't expecting this but we have been campaigning to get rid of the car tax for 20 years . |
| 15 | He will need the support of his colleagues — which he 'll get — to get over this but we believe it is get-overable , ’ he said . |
| 16 | IBM caught onto this but we do n't think it really understood what was going on . |
| 17 | So er as I say we do accept this but we have to er be careful just how much we undertake , and mercifully on this case there is no time limit , a and also I think we have the assurance from the board of world mission and unity , that they and any others who are , have something to offer , will help us . |
| 18 | Just say V is equal to this but we want to find out when nought is equal to it . |
| 19 | An article in All the World reported , " There is no money for this but we are going ahead in faith . " |
| 20 | He will need the support of his colleagues — which he 'll get — to get over this but we believe it is get-overable , ’ he said . |
| 21 | But I mean we 've always wanted to utilize this but we ca n't really we built that wall here and it 's just a this is the back of the disco . |
| 22 | France is the best-known example of this but there are plenty of others ; the riots in Tuscany in 1790 provoked by measures of this kind are a good example . |
| 23 | He was very friendly with erm who was in charge of the Extra Mural Board and erm then possibly because of this connection erm we were asked by the erm Ministry of Defence to provide lectures and courses for erm units of H M Forces stationed in the area and erm so a panel of lecturers was erm formed and erm they used to go out , the , the units used to have their own Education Officers , usually a sergeant or perhaps a second lieutenant and erm they used to come into the office and say that they 'd like somebody to go out to their Searchlight Unit or A A Unit stationed somewhere out in the sticks and er lecture on this that or the other and erm we were supposed to try and fix them up and erm the panel erm , it had quite a number of erm people on it that erm , I ca n't remember who they all were , I know that erm you 'd hardly believe this but there was a chap named Mr and another chap named Mr |
| 24 | what about the pantomime , I mean I do n't like to say this but there 's a society in Glasgow buying tickets for the children for pantomime |
| 25 | He says it 's very difficult living like this but there 's no other way . |
| 26 | I did n't understand what she meant by this but she smiled and asked if I would like to go to the ‘ flicks ’ the following Saturday . |
| 27 | Emmie saw that the whole operation had been directed towards this but she was only slightly disappointed . |
| 28 | You see this but she said , ooh , I 've had , did n't tell you , I 've had the burglars ! |
| 29 | Oi right erm do n't tell her I told you this but she 's doing the karate ! |
| 30 | ‘ Maggie , ’ she said firmly , ‘ I 'm sorry to make you do this but you have to . |