Example sentences of "but [conj] [pron] [verb] [adv] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suppose that I claimed yesterday to know that it would rain in the afternoon , on the normal grounds ( weather forecast , gathering clouds , etc. ) , but that it turns out that I was wrong . |
| 2 | But if he paid off that someone else , why would they kill him ? |
| 3 | You can not , for instance , turn someone into a surfing champion just because he 's at the seaside , but if it turns out that he has a genuine interest in fishing and some skills as a fisherman you can centre pictures and film on that . |
| 4 | But if it turns out that the units make an independent contribution , then there is a further level-of-analysis problem . |
| 5 | This is the usual case , but if it turns out that a particular file is very volatile the less restrictive system should be used . |
| 6 | I know , but if it works out that we have n't got the flat then what the fuck are we gon na do ? |
| 7 | I thing recently the bus service has got dreadful since they brought in er private buses to their local areas , it was good for the first few months , but when they find out that its not paying at all , they take them off , they do n't tell you , the bus just disappears so your left with the usual one that used to be on . |
| 8 | ‘ We also enquired about painting the LP sleeve on the side of the plane , but when we found out that it would cost another two and a half grand for the paint job we drew the line . ’ |
| 9 | erm that then do n't come on either , but when it clicks like that they flash together and they both light up , and then when you start it up they go up and then they come back on again |
| 10 | ( The meeting started in a vegetarian restaurant but when it turned out that the table was already booked , we carried on outside , in a freezing wind . |
| 11 | But as we said earlier that some of us who have been in the truth for a long time we were like that years ago , but somewhere along the line we 've become drowsy and a little sort of halfhearted and maybe dozing a little bit as we go down that sort of motorway er of spirituality and that , that the longer you go it can become more difficult because other things come along do n't they ? |