Example sentences of "but they [vb mod] [vb infin] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er and if if they would work they did n't want money for it but they would stay a while with you so that they would get their bed for the night and they would get their grub . |
| 2 | The laws of Hlothhere and Eadric appear in their extant version as a single code issued jointly by Hlothhere and Eadric as kings of Kent , but they may represent a conflation of two originally separate sets of laws or even a confirmation by Eadric of the dooms of his uncle . |
| 3 | Coronation Street 's 20 million viewers would , for instance , be unlikely to be deprived — but they may need a satellite dish if Granada sold the show to BSB . |
| 4 | I hope I 'm not being facetious , but they 'll have a hell of a time with him … |
| 5 | But they will make a charge for disconnecting and reconnecting which may negate the saving unless you are out of the country for several months . |
| 6 | But they will take a lot of convincing that any county has had better value from their ‘ foreign ’ recruit this season than they had out of Dean Jones before his early departure to join the Australian party to tour Sri Lanka . |
| 7 | But they can send a letter home sending her home . |
| 8 | But they can discuss a range of ideas which include their own thinking , scientists ' ideas and those held by earlier generations . |
| 9 | Not every school will be able to travel down to Portsmouth to see the wreck of the Mary Rose for themselves , but they could watch a video about the discovery and raising of the wreck , and carry out a computer simulation to search for the wreck . |
| 10 | But they must feel a bit stupid to er |
| 11 | Aphorisms do n't have to be right , but they must have a snap to them . |
| 12 | K. R. I 've been in tough houses — they would n't come out to help us but they 'd form a ring and let you fight — they would n't just all join in to back somebody up . |