Example sentences of "but [pron] [verb] [pron] [vb past] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I think we were very lucky at the start that were were just starting up in England and they were actually more into what we were doing than er to the extent that I think that maybe other record companies might have laughed at them and said they 've no hope of surviving but I mean they had the Furies with er Sweet Sixteen and then they had er about six hit singles from Foster and Allen and about six or seven albums and then they went down to Daniel O'Donald which became an enormous success so I think when that happened then all record companies kind of said well maybe there is something here . |
| 2 | Well yeah , but I mean I got the si it 's another you ca n't afford it to live then ! |
| 3 | a lot of them were too complicated for me to explain to you but I mean I appreciated the the miracle of it all , like they could actually take the thing to pieces |
| 4 | " It 's acute gastritis , Mr Billings , but I wish I knew the cause . |
| 5 | The EVA wedge at the heel gives good shock absorption , but I wish it travelled the whole length of the boot as I find the balls of my feet get sore after a long day on the hill . |
| 6 | but I thought you knew the site |
| 7 | I wish he would give me some too , but I suppose he brought the bread just for the birds . |
| 8 | But I suppose it kept the bikes off the top bit . |
| 9 | ‘ There used to be a load of deer up there , but I expect they ate the buggers during the war . |
| 10 | But I believe he missed the plane . |
| 11 | so er that 's old is it Shepherd and Metzler No it 's not in this case but I think they invented the task , yes they did good old Shepherd and Metzler |
| 12 | ‘ Yes , but I think he felt the peacekeeping mission was very worthwhile . ’ |
| 13 | But she said it re-emphasised the need for the spaying of bitches to avoid litters of unwanted puppies facing a cruel death . |
| 14 | Yeah , you said , that 's Mrs 's boy , but she said I thought the two big ones wherever |
| 15 | ‘ But she knew you owned the ski-shop . ’ |
| 16 | Exactly how many ‘ teeth ’ such a fish has to ‘ sink into the mild mannered moggy ’ is doubtful , but we bet it gave the cat 's foot a nasty suck … |
| 17 | ‘ A lot of crews can try and win outright , but we knew we had the boat speed to move it through , ’ she said . |
| 18 | And they said May which we thought was it a bit really but they said it had the the Spring wood but not the Summer wood on it . |
| 19 | But he said he hoped the assurances from BC deputy chairman , Albert Wheeler , would provide ‘ a seedbed for the re-growth of at least some trust ’ . |
| 20 | but , but he said he paid the way she must have worked it so that he |
| 21 | His audience was the crew , and the language their own , but he knew we sensed the content of the canisters of venom dropped into our claustrophobic sanctum . |
| 22 | But he thought he knew the answer to that one already . |
| 23 | ‘ I have changed my appearance considerably since I was with the Black June but it seems I made the right decision after all . ’ |