Example sentences of "but [conj] [pron] [verb] that [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I did think about it but the Careers Officer advised me no cos he thought that you have to be really really good before y get in and he asked me if I thought I was really good and I said that well I was not too bad but and he said that he thought it would be better to concentrate on something else . |
| 2 | No I think , I reckon that if you knew that the bloke was an easy pull , they would n't do it if they , if they knew they could n't get the girl cos otherwise it would be embarrassing for them , but if they knew that she was an easy pull they 'd do it for a joke . |
| 3 | But if he thought that he could goad a reaction out of her then he was sorely mistaken . |
| 4 | You may think that I want to destroy the milk boards , but if you believe that you will believe anything . ’ |
| 5 | For our part , we wish to step back from philosophical issues , not because they are totally irrelevant but because we believe that it is not necessary , from a sociological research point of view , to take them up . |
| 6 | The Gods , in his opinion , chase after ‘ Daphne ’ and ‘ Syrinx ’ not because they were women but because they anticipated that they would turn into trees . |
| 7 | Not just because of who he is , but because they think that he understands and cares , and may be able to intercede . |
| 8 | But because he knew that I and my group would be careful he happily let me use his basic materials — boards , palettes , etc. — and we brought our own paints and dyes and drawing materials . |
| 9 | There must be some affinity between you and the man or woman on the printed page — something that you recognise not because you are ‘ just like that ’ but because you feel that you can interpret the situation with those words . |
| 10 | –This is the fourth annual report which I have presented to the Village Association in the last five years and it is for me the most pleasing , not because I am standing down as chairman but because I feel that it is the most positive report that I have been able to give . |
| 11 | ‘ This is the fourth annual report which I have presented to the Village Association in the last five years and it is for me the most pleasing , not because I am standing down as chairman but because I feel that it is the most positive report that I have been able to give . |
| 12 | She agreed to one glass of the port , not because she was feeling at all drunk but because she knew that she ought to be . |
| 13 | But since he acknowledges that he has no expertise in the field of language teaching , there is no reason to take his remarks as authoritative . |
| 14 | But since I agree that it is your duty to enquire as to the welfare of your wedded lord , and as … ’ |
| 15 | Woodie put his hand at once , as he invariably could , on his set of pocket screwdrivers , but before he felt that it was quite tactful to offer help , Willis had lit an Aladdin , which presumably he always kept ready , no wonder . |
| 16 | having problems today cos she 's got the two girls there from school and they 're supposed to go to the school , the doctor , for an examination but whether she realized that I do n't know . |
| 17 | It 'd take me a while to learn how to drive it , but after I learned that I reckon I could do it . |
| 18 | Then they beat him with the pipes once again , but when they realized that he had managed to keep his secrets from them , that this small Englishman was not for talking , they turned on him in their fury and kicked and beat him until they feared they had killed him . |
| 19 | We were a little discomfited by the request , but agreed to accede to it this once ; but when we realised that it was to be a regular arrangement , we knew that we should have to move again , for over and above the inconvenience of being put out of our room , we were sure that our landlady did not even change the sheets . |
| 20 | She rather spoilt him now and again ; but when it showed that he was n't intelligent like Constanza she did n't like it . |
| 21 | But when I suggested that she smile , another young man interrupted to answer for her . |
| 22 | I , I , I would like to but I have n't thought it seriously enough about it , but when I smelt that I thought |
| 23 | But when you know that she 's safely tucked up in bed , you come out with a towel around you . |
| 24 | ‘ It was certainly a very fated combination — a destined match , but when you get that it 's a fixed reaction to do with planets and the fixed signs . |
| 25 | But when he realised that we both wanted to do all we could to encourage the best art education for the pupils in the West Riding schools the barriers were down and we became friends . |
| 26 | With his splendid physique and proud , noble head his presence is such as to give him an instant advantage over any bowler , and he has rarely failed to put that advantage to use ; spinners in particular have suffered at his hands , but when he decides that he wants to score runs it is virtually impossible to bowl to him . |
| 27 | But as I say that I recommend them because they were er excellent . |