Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb mod] [verb] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was one of the most accomplished debaters in the Government but nothing would have saved him from the mauling . |
| 2 | But nothing could have prepared her for the intimacy of the pictures . |
| 3 | Mandy had warned her that storms came up fast on the lake , but nothing could have prepared her for blue skies being annihilated by black storm-clouds in just a matter of minutes . |
| 4 | We expected a big postbag but nothing could have prepared us for the fantastic response we received ! |
| 5 | Her head and heart were in turmoil but no-one would have guessed it when later that evening she and Charles entertained 800 of their friends and family at a ball inside Buckingham Palace . |
| 6 | To Giles I 'm a ‘ Jeremiah ’ who should be capable of ‘ an act of faith ’ — act of lunacy , more like ; to Hans Haenlein and others I 've got incredibly deep pockets ; to Peter Davey , for whom I voted and who is now so far removed from ‘ the cultural gangsters ’ as to be a cultural kamikaze pilot , I need ‘ a heroic proposal ’ ; to Mervyn Miller I should n't ‘ surrender my birthright ’ — but I may have to sell it . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'll leave it at that for the moment but I may have to ask you that question again . |
| 8 | ‘ All right , we 'll leave it at that for the moment , but I may have to see you again . ’ |
| 9 | Erm it 's in Leeds erm and they know that I 'm going but I may need to call them and say that I 'm sending somebody else because I ca n't possibly go anywhere during the day on Wednesday . |
| 10 | I see that the title is down as Historical Memory , but I would prefer to call it , if it must have a title , Memory of History . |
| 11 | I mean I 've had Fife College on the phone as well saying you know why ca n't we do it and Alec we 're really now we can do no more until Napier come up if for some reason Napier fell down on the job then I think I 've got enough knowledge about what we 're doing now but I would start running it round the other colleges including Telford who are doing a distance learning course |
| 12 | Hopefully they will go there as champions but I would love to see them win the Irish Cup , ’ said Flanagan . |
| 13 | But I would like to reassure him that everything possible is being done . |
| 14 | But I would like to refer you to the erm notice of approval of the nineteen eighty structure plan where I think erm there there is a phrase to the effect that a policy of broad restraint of development is erm erm er accepted by the was accepted by the then Secretary of State on the basis of the high environmental quality of the county . |
| 15 | ‘ But I would like to thank them and let them know how very grateful I am and how much it helps to know his grave is being cared for . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ But I would like to thank you for one thing — ’ |
| 17 | This is something we must come back to — the whole question of how young conductors are best trained and developed — but I would like to ask you about your years in Aachen . |
| 18 | ‘ He 's not expecting me , but I would like to see him . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Wales have made enormous strides , but I would like to see them being more creative before I would say they are a real force again . ’ |
| 20 | I 'm not suggesting that we should n't care about these little games and trifling details of life , for God wants us to practise on them in this world ; but I would like to see us not so strained and frantic in our concern about them . |
| 21 | ‘ But I would like to see you again this evening to take a fuller statement . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Gentlemen , and lady , ’ he said with a gracious nod in the direction of the only woman present , a journalist with one of the golf magazines , ‘ I do n't wish to spoil your enjoyment , but I would like to give you a brief tour , and I promise it will be brief … . ’ |
| 23 | They do n't tell you why you are given honours but I would like to think it was because of Minder . |
| 24 | ‘ Mikhail … we are still comparative strangers , but I would have hoped you already knew me better than that . |
| 25 | ‘ But I would have guessed she had a good head for holding her drink . |
| 26 | But I would have thought it 's best to put it on there if we can . |
| 27 | But I would have thought you could have got away with banking once a week . |
| 28 | But I would have thought you 'd expect him to be faithful to you for a day or two at least . ’ |
| 29 | But I would have bought them one each . |
| 30 | No I would but I would have told you that on the phone . |