Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] but [pron] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Antoine might have been blind on all normal frequencies but he knew how to assemble his do-it-yourself rig by touch and she marvelled at his deftness . |
| 2 | They 're putting parts into used cars but there 's also been a slight upturn in the vehicle market and they 're benefitting from that as well |
| 3 | She had tried separating them to eat in different places but it had not worked as they tried to run around while eating . |
| 4 | You 've ticked the wrong things but it does n't matter cos we can probably use those anyway . |
| 5 | It might strengthen my case to appeal to apparently neutral , non-political standards but I do not suppose that I would be saying anything useful about the nature of cognition . |
| 6 | The Hawick policeman told me it was a very serious accident in which Moira , Rachel , Fiona and Alastair had all been involved : they had been taken to different hospitals but he did not know the extent of their injuries or any other details . |
| 7 | We know that black elderly people , for example , have very little contact with formal social services but we know far too little about the reasons for this . |
| 8 | Now people will listen to you and they 'll have had , had their own personal goals but they feel not worthy of expressing it anyway because they think , well I 've had this idea , I 'm probably up the creek , and they never say anything . |
| 9 | Talei said later : ‘ I was thrilled to have found my real parents but I did n't know how I could possibly get out there . ’ |
| 10 | Hence we might find instances of accuracy in the production of such formulas as fixed phrases but it does not follow that the learner can transfer the accurate production of forms to a wider range of constructions and contexts . |
| 11 | The side is full of skilful individuals but they do not seem to be able to function as a side . |
| 12 | She finished her letter by saying that this must seem a very small matter to people suffering serious illnesses but she resented not feeling able to complain because of her fear of being seen as childish or neurotic . |
| 13 | Some of these recordings are now being used by the YCCC as evidence in the legal actions which they are taking out against the city and tannery , and some of the recordings have been played back to other community groups in similar situations but who have not developed their thinking to the extent of the YCCC . |
| 14 | The clearest example of considerations which affect authoritative decisions but which do not apply to individuals acting on their own are considerations arising out of the needs and limitations of bureaucracies . |
| 15 | ‘ They said it would be all right if I had the serial numbers but I do n't think they expected me back , ’ she said . |
| 16 | Yeah well we 've got set jobs but I mean like we 'll say look I 'll do post for you today if you do it for me like whenever |
| 17 | That might seem like the wackiest of wacky ideas but it becomes ever more fascinating as it is explored in a barrage of speculation , invective and anecdotes , all designed to prove that money , in a practical rather than puritanical sense , is the root of all evil . |
| 18 | I thought I had sent him some that were very good , but I received a most snarky letter from him saying " They may be very fine artists but they do n't know anything about teaching , and I 'm not interested in any of your geniuses unless they really take trouble about the job in hand " . |
| 19 | The nuts were always available for the little animals but we watched intently as the farmer poured the milk into the buckets and the calves started to drink . |
| 20 | I do n't like the cold snaps but they have n't been for long have they ? |
| 21 | I 'm not sure of the exact figures but we have not declared any more than the 700 that we 've er announced in the last 12 months . |
| 22 | So I thought well they had some white napkins but they did n't go , the did n't go with it . |
| 23 | I do n't think they can get away with it with little girls but they get away with it with little boys . |
| 24 | She was teasing him as if he were one of the little ones but he did n't mind because she was looking happy again . |
| 25 | He has gone missing on previous occasions but he has always returned within a short time . |
| 26 | A colleague at the Maze , said : ‘ We all knew Susan had matrimonial problems but we did n't suspect she was so depressed . |
| 27 | Most important was the fact that personal circumstances and creative needs of each man had impelled him to be , in a phrase which Eliot applies to Lawrence in After Strange Gods but which applies equally well to himself , a ‘ restless seeker for myths ’ . |
| 28 | The press reflected the living culture of the people ; it could influence opinion and reinforce existing attitudes but it did not create new forms of entertainment and rarely attempted to alter the habits or loyalties of its readership . |
| 29 | There are so many others who have good reasons but who do n't hate like you do , who do n't keep it up , who can forget , do something else , or even use it to achieve something . |
| 30 | I 'm trying to explain to you that there was a different atmosphere about it , the whole situation , I know they were hard times , I know that some people had some really rough times but it did n't show very much , and when I come to think of all my parents ' friends I do n't remember anybody having a wife bashing episode or they all seemed to be very contented with their lot somehow except one , and that was a little bit dicey when I was a little kid , but the man died and the Observer the next week the er obituary notice was put in the paper and underneath they 'd got , with Christ which is far better and my father said and they she could n't have said anything better words |