Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] but [pron] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've learnt my lines but I have n't really . |
| 2 | Jeffrey : When I first recognized that I was homosexual , I could recognize my feelings but I did n't know actually what you were supposed to do — not just to meet people , that was difficult enough , but I did n't know what to do physically . |
| 3 | I 've got my glasses but I have n't got the . |
| 4 | I think the committee has already indicated its views but I do n't think that is its views where they may not have entirely coincided with a particular District Health Authority are really part of a dialogue towards consensus rather than any fundamental difference put it that way . |
| 5 | Craig made to put his arm around her shoulders but she held up her hand . |
| 6 | She smacks her lips but she does n't say anything . |
| 7 | For a moment , Donna felt tears welling up in her eyes but she fought back the pain , forced the thoughts away . |
| 8 | Coxes have a sizable effect on their crews but they do n't dictate whether they win or lose . |
| 9 | At present , Josephson is unable to offer an explanation of psychic energy and its effects but he does not doubt that it is ‘ positive , a genuine phenomenon ’ . |
| 10 | He says local people put forward put forward very striongly their viewpoints but I do n't think the inspector upheld their views . |
| 11 | You may say the Americans were wonderful with their ambulances but they did n't pay for the dairy and half the animals were dead already or had to be slaughtered . |
| 12 | She missed her friends but she did n't envy them — though she thought Albert Sandwich probably did : he was the sort of boy who would prefer to be taught in a proper school . |
| 13 | Jack took hold of her arms but she stood there limply , staring at him with her wet eyes , opening her wet mouth . |
| 14 | Judges have occasionally commented on her melanomas but it has never affected her placing in the show ring . |
| 15 | v. Lowthian the defendants knew of the existence of the contract between the plaintiffs and their co-contractors but they did not know its precise terms and said that they assumed from their experience in other cases that it could be terminated at short notice . |
| 16 | Like in the Trossachs , the mountain bikes leave their marks but I did not meet any . |
| 17 | He was able to live quite comfortably from the fruits of his labours but he had always wanted just a little more land . |
| 18 | There was some colour back in his cheeks but he looked very sick . |
| 19 | You know he 's entitled to his holidays but I do n't want to sit |
| 20 | Grammar school rock may give Morrissey the perfect adoring audience for his ramblings but it does not help the wider case of rock or rock 's present stagnance . |
| 21 | He had never struck his children but he felt suddenly that he would like to shake this sullen brat until her teeth rattled . |
| 22 | He raised his eyebrows but he did n't actually skewer my hand to his desk with his favourite kris . |
| 23 | She thought we had the riff raff at our openings but she attracted just a much riff raff . |
| 24 | ‘ There is tight security at our homes but we do not want to have to put bars over the windows . ’ |
| 25 | I had a phobia about going to the dentist , and the doctor wanted to give me tranquillizers but I did n't want to take them , so I actually went for hypnotherapy which helped . |
| 26 | Erm I thought that you lost er I thought that you 'd forgotten about your referrals but you did actually come back to them erm and I 'm not quite sure whether you actually tackled all of ANNA , I know that you got the authority , I 'm not qu |
| 27 | I took , wait till I tell you come here , I I was gon na make Kelly and me sandwiches but I had n't enough for Dee and his girl and er I was n't gon na make tea for , for |