Example sentences of "but they [vb base] [pron] [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They know that protests to the foreign office wo n't bring their daughter back , but they hope it may help prevent a similar tragedy occuring again . |
| 2 | When st when staff ca n't all receive that information at the same time but they y'know they can read but they need the information but that ca n't all receive it simultaneously they as many staff many staff , one more and the last one is one you like computer stuff like that where you 've got a lot of detailed information you know that you want detailed information |
| 3 | But they say they 'll think long and hard before they deciding whether or not to accept the offer . |
| 4 | But they say they can do nothing . |
| 5 | But they say you must leave it running for two days . |
| 6 | But they think they can run everything from Detroit and that 's the way the organisation is going to be restructured . |
| 7 | Detetives still have n't been able to build up a description of the attacker but they believe he may have worked with horses in the past . |