Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb base] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I liken it to an opposition party in a parliament , or a critical press ; acting as a consclence and a brake , but not in power and unlikely to assume it . |
| 2 | I have not discussed the essays by d " Auzac , Asher , Frowe , McGonigal , Seitz and Gibson , but I recommend them to the reader 's attention . |
| 3 | But I , I mean I use it as a , that may be the psychology behind it , but I use it as a bad example of , for obvious reasons , and there 's a real bad example , and there may be some politics behind it , there 's What I think is a good example : ‘ Southeast Arts ’ sorry , ‘ Southeast Tourist Board , South of England Board . ’ |
| 4 | The Jolly Farmers has been demolished , but I remember it as a brick and pantile structure at the top end of the town . |
| 5 | ‘ I never thought it would be so , but I miss her like the devil ! ’ |
| 6 | It could be just down to good digestion and calm dreams , of course ; but I take it as a sign of happiness . |
| 7 | I disagreed with much of what he had to say , but I welcome him to the House from this Bench and look forward to debating these issues with him on many occasions . |
| 8 | But I put it at the bottom of the list and consider it can really be done without . |
| 9 | But I put it on the table because it is a risk . |
| 10 | I was bringing my own but I put it in the wrong pocket of my coat and it fell through the lining and smashed . " |
| 11 | ‘ But I regard it as a penance . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's a great personal honour but I regard it as an honour for the club and the city of Leeds as well . ’ |
| 13 | I am still very critical of my own shape but I console myself with the fact that while it is far from perfect , it is better than it used to be . |
| 14 | She struggles , eyes widening further , but I pin her to the sheets with my weight and keep the glove firmly over her mouth even though she is n't making any noise . |
| 15 | " I know you come over a little shy when I talk about you this way , Chuck , but I do it for a good reason , " continued the senator , lighting a Havana cigar with elaborate care . |
| 16 | But I want somebody in every one of those companies . |
| 17 | Yeah but I want it for the men that 's going to alter the gas . |
| 18 | My final choice will doubtless find few supporters elsewhere , but I want someone with the dynamism to ensure that no winning opportunity is missed . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm extremely sorry , Monsieur de Chavigny , but I have someone on the line who wants to speak to you personally . |
| 20 | No , but I hang it in the garage which is |
| 21 | But I think I 'll stay here but I see myself as a internationalist as well . |
| 22 | But I see myself in a different life |
| 23 | He is certainly all that , but I see him as the new Jasper Johns — that great transformer of icons — with sex , shopping and the detritus of the suburbs in place of Johns 's targets , beer cans and flags . |
| 24 | But I think we with the wet stuff we 've had going through , the chute is blocking up . |
| 25 | Tough shit really , but I soften it for the sake of the delicacies of future interaction . |
| 26 | Hobbs v. Clark was considered and followed in two further driver 's option cases , Director of Public Prosecutions v. Magill [ 1988 ] R.T.R. 337 and Regan v. Director of Public Prosecutions [ 1990 ] R.T.R. 102 , but I find nothing in the judgments in these cases which provides independent support for what I have called the doctrine of driver 's preference . |
| 27 | Lasswell ( 1960 , p. 195 ) sums up this scepticism about the rule of law : ‘ The number of statutes which pass the legislature , or the number of decrees which are handed down by the executive , but which change nothing in the permanent politics of society , is a rough index of the role of magic in politics ’ . |
| 28 | But you pat me on the bottom and send me home , and hope I 'll ‘ keep in touch ’ ! |
| 29 | ‘ But you tell them about the crucifixion of Jesus Christ . ’ |
| 30 | Clovis 's campaigns and ruses against other Frankish rulers should perhaps be seen as power struggles within a small kin-group , and therefore as precursors of the civil wars that were to follow , but we know nothing about the connections between the petty kings of the years prior to 511 . |