Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] but [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yussuf tried to urge her away but she resisted his efforts . |
| 2 | He caught them and tried to hold her still but she fought him like a spitting cat . |
| 3 | I can see it You know so I 'll take him home but I promised him er Jaffa Cake when we get home |
| 4 | There was nobody more glad than him really but I suppose he thought I 'd go into debt or something but I d would n't do that . |
| 5 | Well I 've , I 've seen her today but she said she 'd er get me some socks and that out for , out for Lianne . |
| 6 | She called him again but he ignored her . |
| 7 | For one terrifying moment she thought he was going to subdue her again but she threw him off with a shove . |
| 8 | Dad simply pushed her forward but I heard him whisper , ‘ Move along , yer 'olding up the service . ’ |
| 9 | I 'm not saying we all had it together but you say you can er say that about four of 'em would then as that as that they got rid of it the other the others 'd get it you know eventually and th we 'd all have it in the end . |
| 10 | yes , it was in a bloody scrap yard and this Jack come to me we had he had mentioned it before but he said we said we 're not bothered , you know , he wo n't er that was in there . |
| 11 | It was a painful decision to leave it behind but they thought it would be safest in one of the tin trunks in the box-room at The Tamarisks . |
| 12 | ha , ha , I bet you will , it wo n't take that long to unpick it though but I mean you 've got a , quite a selection there to choose have n't you ? |
| 13 | I think he is off of it now but I think he must be quite a leading light |
| 14 | I think he is off of it now but I think he must be quite a leading light |
| 15 | We did n't use it often but I know what you mean . |