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Example sentences of "[to-vb] but [pers pn] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Because we 've got sixties all over the place so maybe it was n't a brilliant one to try but it gives us some indication of what 's going on .
2	The linkages are too numerous to relate but it is worthy of note that , in addition to acknowledging the help of Hobhouse , Wallas , Ginsberg , and Tawney in producing the Grammar , Laski also mentions Holmes , Frankfurter , and Pound .
3	We should arrange to meet but we 'll like
4	I do n't know how that man managed to get the two edges to meet but he did a wonderful job on it !
5	There were considerable differences within the country at all social levels about the new religious practices ; aristocrats like the Montagues tried to compromise but it became increasingly difficult .
6	I try to write but we have run out of words .
7	The reasons for this are difficult to establish but it may well be that the university expansion coincided with an even greater expansion of candidates with A levels , with the result that competition for university places did not ease .
8	They were always too busy to come but they sent their children .
9	‘ I 'll be honest with you , I did n't want to come but I 've got no choice . ’
10	It was n't vital to come but I thought I ought to .
11	I , I mean I 'm willing to come but I ca n't come each , every .
12	Van Der Meulen realised that change had to come but he was surely saddened by the way it happened .
13	He says it 's a bit far to come but he thinks they pay expenses , so it 's nice .
14	Not only were the funds difficult to find but it was becoming increasingly difficult to justify such expenditure on newspapers .
15	Rain wanted to persist but she had an appointment to keep .
16	Sandy drew breath to scream but she was stopped halfway by Alina 's clamped-down hand , which filled her mouth and lungs with the rank taste of stagnant water .
17	I tried to scream but he put his hand over my mouth .
18	A further acknowledgement on the video box is difficult for us to provide but I hope you will accept the two credits as specified as being sufficient .
19	It was a safe place to hide but she could not hide from herself and her imagination had made condemnation out of any unthinking word that Felipe uttered .
20	It 's about 45 feet to putt but he holes it .
21	The compromise of an extendible lead gives him some freedom to wander but it does give rise to ‘ incidents ’ .
22	Nice to know but they 're very important flick over a page Technology Host pack or Host training .
23	Chairman Andrew Wassell , who has been asked by the Takeover Panel to clarify his comments to the Guardian on Wednesday about the level of acceptances , said : ‘ It is much too soon to know but I am encouraged by the efforts we are making in winning support for our bid . ’ .
24	Chairman Andrew Wassell , who has been asked by the Takeover Panel to clarify his comments to the Guardian on Wednesday about the level of acceptances , said : ‘ It is much too soon to know but I am encouraged by the efforts we are making in winning support for our bid . ’ .
25	Yeah and the best bit about it is I have n't started to indicate but it was still a dangerous place to overtake .
26	I looked all around for the fandango dancer to appear but she kept well clear .
27	‘ We have no certain plans to sell but we are certainly open to offers , ’ says Steinar Draegebo , managing director .
28	‘ She had n't even been taught to talk but she was immediately drawn to me , and I to her .
29	He wanted her to talk but he was n't being very successful , her answers were as near monosyllabic as she could make them .
30	It must have been about the turn of the century the er Times newspaper ran a competition and it wa , the competition was a very simple one , difficult to answer but it was very simply put it was asking for people to write in letters and essays , and features and articles on , what was wrong with the world .