Example sentences of "but [adv] [verb] [pron] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having observed his or her own former situation by means of regression , the patent will then during the course of a counselling session have the opportunity to discuss what happened ( something that may never have been done before ) , to express anger at the perpetrator and possibly at others who may have guessed what was going on but perhaps did nothing to prevent it , and to understand that he or she was in no way to blame for what occurred . |
| 2 | This does not stop motorists damaging the environment but only stops them destroying it quite so violently . |
| 3 | in fact the girl who did the mailing for them did n't do it properly so in fact it 's unlikely to happen erm they asked me because I know that since she 's now leaving the Vice-Principal through network erm and and they were thinking of getting something together like that , I did n't write this that 's not my writing but just let me tell you I do n't write a twenty- four clock , twenty-four hour clock with full stops in it |
| 4 | But just to have you near me I was willing to give it all to you . |
| 5 | Dolphins not only guided the god of the sea , Poseidon , to his lover Amphitrite , but also persuaded her to marry him . |
| 6 | ‘ T is true that I came to warn you , but also to beg you to take me with you . ’ |
| 7 | The Greeks sold wine to the Celts , but also taught them to produce it . |
| 8 | But how had he discovered her whereabouts ? |
| 9 | So Steve took on the singer 's mantle , but how does he think he 's shaping up as a guitarist/vocalist ? |
| 10 | ‘ Very well , but how does he contact you if you 're on the run ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ But how did she know it was you ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ But how did she catch you that time ? ’ |
| 13 | when , when , when we went to meet Terry and Paul from the cinema , eh and she went , she went oh but how did you loose it in there ? , |
| 14 | But how did you do it yourself , and clear something deep in your chest ? |
| 15 | But how did you do it ? |
| 16 | ‘ But how did you know I was here ? ’ |
| 17 | But how did you find me here ? ’ |
| 18 | But how did you get it into place ? |
| 19 | But how did he redeem you ? |
| 20 | But how did he do it ? |
| 21 | ‘ Yes , but how did he know they would stay on that course ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ But how do we do it ? ’ |
| 23 | Now a daft question in a way but how do we know it 's Tower Bridge ? |
| 24 | ‘ But how do we get it to him ? ’ |
| 25 | But how do we find it ? |
| 26 | But how do they do it ? |
| 27 | But how do they perceive it ? |
| 28 | But how do they vet it ? |
| 29 | At the baker 's I offered to exchange my leather gloves for a small cake , but the baker 's wife looked at my dirty clothes and said , ‘ I 'm sorry , but how do I know you have n't stolen them ? ’ |
| 30 | I 'd like to take it on holiday but how do I pack it without ruining the pleats ? |