Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] but [conj] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had hoped you would be able to help me but since you say you ca n't I shall have to pursue other avenues . |
| 2 | That she 'd done what she 'd done — made this Will , that is — not to spite him but because it seemed the right thing . |
| 3 | Yeah that would cut it down would n't it ? on their own you can say they 'd be able to afford it but if you consider the outgoings as well eighty pound a |
| 4 | Okay it 's easy if you know how to do it , it is obvious when you know how to do it but if you do n't know how to do it it 's not that easy and it 's definitely not obvious . |
| 5 | So , perhaps it was her or and er tend to like her but but I think he , what he says he means . |
| 6 | You bozos do n't seem to realise it but if we had n't been there at that Florence Conference , would not be in the leading position it currently holds with the commission to guarantee further funds and to create a positive role for Britain in Europe with the commission to wuk look at the issues that are gon na come up in 1993 . |