Example sentences of "[pers pn] but [conj] [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I want it like yours but like you said I 'd have to buy erm Artex and get Chris to do it . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | An O S one to fifty thousand and that 's what I thought I 'd picked up this morning to take with me but when I looked it was Chester and Wrexham so it did n't do me much good . |
| 4 | I only hope that you will never have to read this letter — not because my life is worth anything to me but because it breaks my heart to think of you alone in a world which I have found to be so harsh and unforgiving . |
| 5 | So , perhaps it was her or and er tend to like her but but I think he , what he says he means . |
| 6 | The advice sounded incomprehensible to her but when he handed her the phone receiver back , the car man said , ‘ OK , I 've got that . |
| 7 | They had looked forward to seeing her but when she came they did n't know what to say . |
| 8 | At first Carrie hardly dared look at her but when she did she saw nothing alarming or sinister , just an old lady with silvery hair piled up high and a pale , invalid 's face . |
| 9 | I mean this is something that we could maybe be of help to in fact maybe something that I could be of help to them on because I actually do lectures on public relations how to assess what I mean at a very basic level you want to communicate with press how do you do it but before you do it why do you want to do it . |
| 10 | I mean we have to work very hard in our own er relationship we 've had our ups and downs we 've gone through many difficult times like unemployment and even homelessness and you know we we 've gone through it but when you make your promises you say you 'll stay together for richer for poorer in sickness and in health and so on . |
| 11 | I lit another cigarette from the stub of the first ( unheard-of for me ) — not because I wanted it but because I felt it might give an illusion of poise to walk into the Presence with a cigarette dangling carelessly from my lips . |
| 12 | Andy has got a job to do and so have I. But if I lose he will be gutted for me at the end and if I lose I will be gutted for him . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ At first he did n't believe us but when he realised we really had found a baby and came back with us to have a look . ’ |