Example sentences of "but [pers pn] 's [adv] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Emily has a quick temper , ’ Craig said , ‘ but she 's fair minded and she 'll reconsider the situation , I 'm sure . ’
2 Johnny , but he 's since insisted that he be addressed as John . ’
3 He 's known as a bit of a trouble-maker but he 's really helping and striving to make things work well .
4 But it 's also fears that the Party itself is becoming too radical too , they always want to control two elements and I mean on the last page , point number sixteen it says that how that erm tt that how that the Communist Party members ought to refrain from securing undue benefits by taking advantage of their leading position .
5 There 's been plenty of speculation about what will be cut and what will be taxed , but it 's widely expected that there 'll be a big increase in the scope of VAT .
6 Oh that 's what you told me , I know , but it 's easier said than done , in n it ?
7 And years ago I used to have sciatica , round the nerve and but it 's only happens when I sit and then the last thing so I went to the doctors the other day and what they do , they see us around bash on , on the knee on the nerve and she said , all my muscles have gone !
8 And that 's true , but it 's often forgotten that some of us on this side of the fence also play professionally — they say teachers are failed musicians and I suppose many people see music journalists as those not good enough even to teach !
9 It took some time for all the records to be checked , but it 's now agreed that IBM Corp 's full year net loss for 1992 of $4,965m goes down in history as the largest corporate loss on record , taking the baton from General Motors Corp .
10 But it 's now known that Mrs Law was last seen alive just after lunchtime on Sunday .
11 But it 's still considered that Balcerowicz 's reforms have been a success .
12 It 's project engineering Roger but it 's actually saying that the project manager needs to be trained to ferret out certain information .
13 ‘ You have got to accept it but it 's absolutely maddening that 30,000 people saw a good tackle but the referee gave a foul .
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