Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb mod] [verb] that [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I would suggest that part of sustaining the conditions for women working today and ensuring both a livelihood and acknowledgement through publication , or preservation in museums and galleries , is a radical rewriting of the existing stories of art . |
| 2 | Teacher : I have not come across such blatant attitudes amongst other members of staff but I would get that feeling and if I can , being white , feel an atmosphere like that then the children can too , especially if their skins are black . |
| 3 | → No : but I 'll agree that portion of the Metheny interview was ambiguous ! |
| 4 | ‘ I never met them but I 'll keep that ring all my life . ’ |
| 5 | I want to first of all express our extreme pleasure for having the arrangements that were made by our good English friends , especially those associated with the Three-Ninetieth missile , well I 'm sorry but I 'll get that missile straightened out , Three-Ninetieth Memorial Air Museum . |
| 6 | But I could go that day . |
| 7 | That is welcome , but I should like that element of the contributions to be kept in line with income tax to minimise compliance costs for employers . |
| 8 | The Americans are world champions and half a second faster than the British best — but I can redress that balance just by telling Christie he has only a dog 's chance . |
| 9 | It is ridiculous to be vindictive towards a fictional character but I must admit that contemplation of some of the available illnesses was a not altogether unpleasant preliminary to beginning this present work . |
| 10 | It might seem long-winded , but dependent upon er if you get it right at the start with it , it might mean that one of the things we 're suggesting er you might say no , it 's not for me this , but you might think that job analysis is a good way of identifying training . |
| 11 | But you 'll burn that hair , wo n't you , Frank , to please me ? ’ |
| 12 | Because if you do n't , if do n't do a word by word translation , as some of you did , you , you may miss the meaning of certain words , and that might totally alter your perception of what 's being said , and then what you should , wh when you 've done a literal translation , you will have a very stiff erm , u unusual version of it , written in modern English vocabulary but you 'll find that word ordering and things like that wo n't be appropriate , and sometimes the vocabulary are n't the kind of words that would normally be used now . |
| 13 | But you must get that portable done cos then that reaches over there I can |
| 14 | But you could get that tanker gradually creeping along and moving . |
| 15 | But you can overcome that problem and assemble enough free associations . |
| 16 | The girls at work admired her for living with a man and not being married to him , but she could forgo that pleasure , she thought , for the baby 's sake . |
| 17 | ( It is arguable that life expectancy in 1984 would respond to the prevailing GNP sometime in the past , but we shall ignore that refinement here . ) |
| 18 | ( In fact we will use only a dichotomy of age by crudely grouping people above and below 45 , but we shall ignore that complication for the time being . ) |
| 19 | But we can reduce that complexity by answering the question — how do I win my battle ? ’ |
| 20 | But they would agree that anxiety , tension or depression can make the physical symptoms worse . |
| 21 | But they can seem that way . |
| 22 | Lewis , 54 , is chairman of Glamorgan but he will quit that job next week . |
| 23 | We ca n't see much in this dark gulley , but he can feel that barrel . |
| 24 | He was n't able to remember many details , but he could remember that feeling , the sickening slump of the heart that was Sunday in his boyhood , a day his parents kept holy with somnolence , dullness and decorum . |
| 25 | He probably is n't the only man in London with a cut on his face , but it 'll feel that way to him . |
| 26 | can not be denied , but it would seem that man 's instinctive awareness of his mastery of his own destiny , is influenced by an equally instinctive awareness that he can not peacefully and successfully control that destiny unless he can locate , or himself create some supreme form of guiding influence which is recognised by all . |