Example sentences of "but [conj] [pron] [verb] [adv prt] [conj] " 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 | Yeah I know but if everyone went out if you 're allowed |
| 3 | But if we abandon UP as it stands , we have no means of deriving MP . |
| 4 | ‘ Hunt is a legend here but if I go on and beat his all-time record I think it 'll take some bettering . |
| 5 | But if I write back and say I have n't actually had any wages since the seventeenth of January I might get it backdated from then . |
| 6 | But if he paid off that someone else , why would they kill him ? |
| 7 | But if you get up and give me a hand |
| 8 | You know , I mean even at these diet clubs , oh well , you know do n't stop going out just eat what you , but if you go out and you 're eating sweets for you know , after your dinner |
| 9 | But if you come on when it 's the British news you tend to get a , a more in-depth programme , it lasts longer |
| 10 | Later on you can start slacking off , but if you come in and you 're all weak and everything else like that , then they 'll think , oh , we can play this person up , and that 's it , you 've had it , you know . |
| 11 | When the suit is wet , it traps a thin layer of water between the body and the suit and your body quickly warms that up to a comfortable working temperature but if you fall in when the suit is dry , the cold water can be quite a shock and so a good trick in cold weather is to put the wet suit on in a hot shower and then over the top you wear a spray suit again to keep off the wind and to protect the wetsuit . |
| 12 | But if you phone up and they 've got one they reserve it for you but you have to get it that day , were n't it Bev ? |
| 13 | But if you turned round and said to them all right with the consent of the people and with the consent of the Planning Authority we will authorize a site , we would get on and provide it , and they would n't spend four hundred thousand pounds of the taxpayers money in doing it , and it does n't stop there because having spent the four hundred thousand pounds you 've then got to provide the wardening of the site and the constant maintenance , which is a drain . |
| 14 | While its hindquarters are towards you there is no real danger , but if it turns round and you can see its head you can bet that a bid to escape is pending . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | But if it turns out that the units make an independent contribution , then there is a further level-of-analysis problem . |
| 17 | This is the usual case , but if it turns out that a particular file is very volatile the less restrictive system should be used . |
| 18 | I know , but if it works out that we have n't got the flat then what the fuck are we gon na do ? |
| 19 | and , well no it 's not sociable but because you come out and it , it gets you away from here because you 've got so many things on during the day you want some time to yourself and because you , we 've found us a place that we wo n't get busted and we know we wo n't we go in and have it but I can guarantee that if we were , like walking into this room , if it was full of smoke it would put me off straight away . |
| 20 | A new cooker or whatever can be a tremendous boon and investment but before you go out and spend money ask yourself questions about the way you live : is the pace hectic or leisurely ? how many and what sort of meals do you have to provide ? are you far from a good supermarket or freezer centre ? how much time do you have for shopping ? are you out at work all day ? do you grow your own vegetables ? how often do you entertain ? can you spend time on cooking and food preparation or is it always meals in a hurry ? |
| 21 | But before you rush off and spend your savings on a weaver or crib biter , think ahead . |
| 22 | They 're both at All Saints at present but whether she goes back or not is |
| 23 | But after he sat down and thought about it he came in and apologised to the lads . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ But after he sat down and thought about it he has come in and apologised to the lads and realised he maybe should not have said it . |
| 25 | with me , you play the rule , but when they came in and they said all this |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 28 | ( 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 . |
| 29 | But when I looked up and saw you , all I could think of was holding you , kissing you — ’ |
| 30 | The thing that , you see I was going to send off for a pair of gloves cos I ca n't find my thermal , but when I looked on and saw all the bits and bobs of paper that come , there was n't erm , little slip you get with a pound off , for postage and packing , which I 've been getting recently have n't you ? for erm |