Example sentences of "but [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah but nothing cookers cheapest in town actually if you can find a er er the same make elsewhere |
| 2 | But them ones Bob erm Pam bought me last year was it last year or the year before ? |
| 3 | But them Cocodamol things what I take |
| 4 | But them boys ! ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm sorry but them things hurt like hell , whereas giving birth … it 's nothing . |
| 6 | ‘ Nay , I know lasses do all that lads do nowadays , but them boxes weigh heavy . |
| 7 | Perhaps it er you do n't know where the stairs and what kind of stairs it is but them kind of units usually come to bits ours does . |
| 8 | But me ma 's no fool . |
| 9 | But me Mum were n't there , so them nurses had to invent it themselves . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm sorry , ma'am , but me stepmother 's got a sickly baby and she ai n't well enough to look after 'erself , never mind him . |
| 11 | I had some paper dolls one time , but me landlady got rid of them , said they were messing the place up . |
| 12 | ‘ But you know ’ , she turned to Ira Dilworth , ‘ I do n't smoke , but me 'usband does , so I 'll just keep it for him ! hope you do n't mind . |
| 13 | But me mam got suspicious . |
| 14 | During his teens , the newly emerging rock ‘ n ’ roll also influenced him , his favourite singers being Bill Haley , Elvis Presley , Gene Vincent , Pat Boone and Frank Sinatra , but his No 1 was Buddy Holly , who had hits with songs such as ‘ Peggy Sue ’ but died at the age of twenty in a plane crash . |
| 15 | No because no but I Colin , let me say it . |
| 16 | But I kind of like it anyway . |
| 17 | And do n't you dare tell anybody this , not anybody , even Mary-Catherine , ’ commands Rainbow , ‘ but I kind of like having her around . |
| 18 | It 's funny , but I sort of recognise the baby . |
| 19 | I find I 've got to make excuses for myself if I do n't , but I sort of think I 've got this to do for the children , and that to do — and I 'll have a grand old clean up next week , sort of thing . |
| 20 | I 've got on the tape here a song which is by Manny Fryer he used to sing in Steel Ice Band er now I know that that 's sort of very old hat , I 'm sorry , but I sort of live in the past and er this er I I believe also that these days so that er you know I can sort of justify that but this is a song that er she has sung which er reminds us that each of us has the potential to commit the crime I 'll try not to play it fast forward , let's see how we go . |
| 21 | Well it is but I mus n't let it annoy me Brenda because in a way he must know what he 's doing . |
| 22 | Eh , yeah regular army pay , great that 's really what made me decide to join the army , that was in the T A but I regulars . |
| 23 | No , but I Shangri Las . |
| 24 | Anyway , they walked orf all sheepish when she started ravin' at 'em , an' then she goes marchin' in the yard would yer believe ter see ole Galloway. 'E was n't there by all accounts but 'is son Frank was . |
| 25 | They tried to attract me by offering tempting morsels — one offered me a Rolls-Royce with a personalised number plate — but my loyalties belonged to John . |
| 26 | But my suit 's a total write-off . |
| 27 | But my periods were very few and far between and I also had excessive and embarrassing hair growth . |
| 28 | But my ignorance was not only mental torture , but my body seemed to suffer the intensest agony . |
| 29 | But my boss is a resilient character and when we met in the late afternoon he was bursting with his old spirit . |
| 30 | But my film is not like any other film , black , white or whatever , that 's been made . |