Example sentences of "[verb] but [pers pn] be [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The flaw in this disposition was that the advancing Germans were not only more numerous than the Allies had supposed but they were also moving in a more extended arc than had been expected . |
| 2 | Team sizes can be varied but they are always made up of an odd number of competitors . |
| 3 | Well I do n't know but it 's still going . |
| 4 | If , if you look in your books page one seven seven , you 'll see a beautifully illustrated instruction on how to do it , which you can refer to yourself this evening or later on in the course if you forget but I 'm now gon na show you how to do one as well , you , if you want to know it 's there for you to look up you take the bandage and fold it into your narrow fold band and put it round your leg , you 've got something to tie a reef knot round , okay ? if you know how to do a reef knot already fine , just do it , if you do n't , follow instructions . |
| 5 | Van Der Meulen realised that change had to come but he was surely saddened by the way it happened . |
| 6 | Excuse me for swearing but I 'm just repeating what she said … |
| 7 | ‘ She had n't even been taught to talk but she was immediately drawn to me , and I to her . |
| 8 | I mean you buy it you 're not gon na , I mean alright you 're gon na have a bit more grown but you 're only gon na get a bit more muscly . |
| 9 | I know what I 've got ta do but it 's just doing it |
| 10 | Oh yes I appreciate but I were just wondering what branches they were in , you 've explained that , that . |
| 11 | The value of T g depends on the way in which it is measured but it is also found to be a function of the polymer chain length . |
| 12 | Questionnaires and achievement scores may be used but they are rarely given high priority . |
| 13 | When lost-wax casting came in , tin-bronze was used but it was gradually replaced by zinc-brass . |
| 14 | Once it was my turn to hit but I was just sitting on the ground and was thinking about something else . ’ |
| 15 | The lines of the formerly integrated drainage systems can be traced but they are only used by present-day floods in their upper tracts , so forming a characteristically disintegrated pattern . |
| 16 | I know but it 's only giving you one |
| 17 | ‘ You can check with whoever you like but I was totally exonerated of any blame at the time , and I resent you and your family 's implications that I was responsible for Eddie 's death ! |
| 18 | The farm worker still remains socially and geographically isolated but he is also becoming less bound by custom and habit . |
| 19 | To tell you what to do but it 's also knowing how to do it , because sometimes especially if we knew in the truth , we do n't always know what to do and if we 're very young you see , we 're , it 's , it 's one |
| 20 | ‘ It 's odd kissing someone you do n't want to kiss but you 're just creating something as an actor for your audience , ’ she explains , admitting there are still times when she feels awkward . |
| 21 | Nepal 's climbing permits , for example , require an undertaking that rubbish will be adequately disposed but it is rarely enforced . |
| 22 | We have been told that finances for health and safety will be found but we were never told from where that money would come from . |
| 23 | For a few seconds I was left shell shocked but I was quickly brought to my senses after seeing the broken rig . |
| 24 | He had hoped to find him attempting to dress but he was still propped up under the shower , hands against the wall . |
| 25 | If we have recently lost sleep ( after a week of trying to sleep in the daytime , for example ) or have been awake for an unusually long time , then the amount of deep sleep is increased but it is still concentrated in the earlier part of sleep . |
| 26 | I 've tried , I 've tried but he 's always worn briefs . ’ |
| 27 | Younger students did participate but they were less represented . |
| 28 | She says er but she said but they 're just trying to work it out . |
| 29 | and then last year we did Peter Pan and I said right I 'm leaving but she 's always wanted |
| 30 | We have tried numerous toddler catches but they are invariably pulled off by over-enthusiastic visitors who do not understand them . |