Example sentences of "but [verb] [pron] [vb mod] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He acknowledges that the band have an élitist following that generally does n't buy chart records , but thinks he can expand their fan base by getting in the charts . |
| 2 | City of London magistrates fined him for the refusal but ruled he could keep his licence . |
| 3 | could not temper itself , but needs she must bewray her outrageous lust , and in an inconvenient time of the year , despising all discommodities of the way and weather , and all danger of thieves , she betook herself headlong to her journey with such a company as no man of any honest degree would have adventured his life and his goods among them . |
| 4 | Mrs Hill does n't know if it will work , but says she 'll try anything to try to save her daughter 's life . |
| 5 | Tonight , he insisted he 's NOT a hero — but says he 'd do it all again if he had to . |
| 6 | ‘ For the moment , farewell , but remember I will ask you to give an account of your stewardship here . ’ |
| 7 | It 's entirely voluntary but displaying it would put your organisation in very good company alongside Barclays Bank , Boots , THF , Unigate and many others . |
| 8 | Guttersnipe could not summon up the enthusiasm required to wade through sufficient of this turgid stuff to find out what the ‘ bizarre test ’ was but suspects it might have something to do with explaining the meaning of the words ‘ Do-be-do-be-do ’ at the end of his popular tune ‘ Strangers In The Night ’ . |
| 9 | Mungo wanted to put an arm round her shoulder , but knew he would embarrass her . |
| 10 | She agreed but thought she 'd record it anyway , just in case . |
| 11 | I vowed to have no more to do with her but thought I ought to return her shoes and her key , so I snatched Frankie 's comic and tried to persuade him to come with me . |
| 12 | Fenella , hardly daring to speak , but knowing she must raise her voice above the treadmills , said , ‘ Where is — ’ And saw his eyes smile , as if to say : he is not here for the moment . |
| 13 | I do n't know how to approach this , but this is me , Sarah , your pathetically vile big sister , not able to find the words , but hoping you can see what I 'm trying to do — what I 'm trying to say — and please , please believe me when I say that I 'm not trying to run away from what I 've done , but if I could change somehow — obliterate — one thing I 've done in my life , one truly awful thing that I have done , it would be this . |
| 14 | She knew how dispirited he must feel , but wished he would help her a bit more with the housework . |
| 15 | Not thinking he could see them , but thinking he would see something . |
| 16 | ‘ But thinking I could orchestrate us like that was pretty high-handed . ’ |
| 17 | That puppy-dog expression of one who has been up to mischief and is worried you will find out but knows you will forgive him anyway . |