Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb mod] [verb] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But no-one can offer any hope of a proper home for Heidi . |
| 2 | But I would suggest that part of sustaining the conditions for women working today and ensuring both a livelihood and acknowledgement through publication , or preservation in museums and galleries , is a radical rewriting of the existing stories of art . |
| 3 | ‘ But I would like enough money to have a nice home of my own — and to be able to set my mother and my brothers up somewhere else . |
| 4 | Teacher : I have not come across such blatant attitudes amongst other members of staff but I would get that feeling and if I can , being white , feel an atmosphere like that then the children can too , especially if their skins are black . |
| 5 | → No : but I 'll agree that portion of the Metheny interview was ambiguous ! |
| 6 | ‘ I never met them but I 'll keep that ring all my life . ’ |
| 7 | I want to first of all express our extreme pleasure for having the arrangements that were made by our good English friends , especially those associated with the Three-Ninetieth missile , well I 'm sorry but I 'll get that missile straightened out , Three-Ninetieth Memorial Air Museum . |
| 8 | ‘ But I 'll need some support if I am to give him the service he wants . |
| 9 | But I 'll need some time . |
| 10 | But I 'll come another time , please . ’ |
| 11 | Miss Jennifer Honey was a mild and quiet person who never raised her voice and was seldom seen to describe , but I shall make some attempt to do so a little later on . |
| 12 | But I shall offer another line of argument against conventionalism , because exposing each flaw in that conception helps point our way to a more successful one . |
| 13 | I was thinking of going round the time , but I shall go this afternoon , it 's |
| 14 | But I could go that day . |
| 15 | That is welcome , but I should like that element of the contributions to be kept in line with income tax to minimise compliance costs for employers . |
| 16 | It 'll be a pot of potatoes but I should put some onion in there though . |
| 17 | ‘ But I will need some money . ’ |
| 18 | I ca n't give you a figure now , on how many American firms there are in the county , erm , but I can do some work on it and come back to you . |
| 19 | The Americans are world champions and half a second faster than the British best — but I can redress that balance just by telling Christie he has only a dog 's chance . |
| 20 | B : [ pragmatically interpreted particle ] the milkman came at some time prior to the time of speaking Yet it is clear to native speakers that what would ordinarily be communicated by such an exchange involves considerably more , along the lines of the italicized material in ( 3 ) : ( 3 ) A : Do you have the ability to tell me the time of the present moment , as standardly indicated on a watch , and if so please do so tell me B : No I do n't know the exact time of the present moment , but I can provide some information from which you may be able to deduce the approximate time , namely the milkman has come ( see R. Lakoff , 1973a ; Smith & Wilson , 1979 : 172ff for a discussion of such examples ) . |
| 21 | I 'll retire , of course , but I 'd like more time to lay my plans . |
| 22 | I congratulate Yarrow on its good fortune in securing a contract for three ships at once , but I must express some dismay on behalf of Vosper Thornycroft , Southampton , which has built many naval ships in the past . |
| 23 | It is ridiculous to be vindictive towards a fictional character but I must admit that contemplation of some of the available illnesses was a not altogether unpleasant preliminary to beginning this present work . |
| 24 | But I must say this business of bantering is not a duty I feel I can ever discharge with enthusiasm . |
| 25 | ‘ But I must get this package to you . |
| 26 | ‘ It sounds so silly when I think about it now , ’ says a disappointed daughter in Pitkeathley 's book , ‘ but I used to have this image of us sitting together in the afternoons . |
| 27 | It might seem long-winded , but dependent upon er if you get it right at the start with it , it might mean that one of the things we 're suggesting er you might say no , it 's not for me this , but you might think that job analysis is a good way of identifying training . |
| 28 | But you 'll burn that hair , wo n't you , Frank , to please me ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ But you 'll do this job before you leave ? ’ |
| 30 | Because if you do n't , if do n't do a word by word translation , as some of you did , you , you may miss the meaning of certain words , and that might totally alter your perception of what 's being said , and then what you should , wh when you 've done a literal translation , you will have a very stiff erm , u unusual version of it , written in modern English vocabulary but you 'll find that word ordering and things like that wo n't be appropriate , and sometimes the vocabulary are n't the kind of words that would normally be used now . |