Example sentences of "but [conj] [pron] [verb] [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if I tell her the truth and insist upon it , I shall be disobeying my husband and causing his mother unnecessary worry , she reflected , and was forced to accept that having made a cross for her back , she would have to bear it . |
| 2 | All he wants to do is to get his hand inside my blouse or up my skirt , but if I gave him the chance to do anything more he 'd be so scared he 'd wet his pants . ’ |
| 3 | But if he gives you the s exactly the same numbers even , same exercise , same number |
| 4 | Cooke says : ‘ Egg pasta is certainly preferred by many chefs not only because of its excellent colour and flavour , but because it offers them the possibility of upgrading their pasta menus , thus increasing their profits . ’ |
| 5 | You 've thought about it — for maybe a whole five seconds — but before you give him the thumbs up , runs these ten questions by him — it 's better to be safe than sorry . |
| 6 | The vehicle was originally a petrol but before I bought it the engine was replaced with a Gold Seal factory rebuilt diesel unit . |
| 7 | But before I give you the assignment sheet , erm , how are you getting on ? |
| 8 | ‘ He says he 's interested in building up a representative collection of primitive and tribal art , but when we tell him the best place to look is in his own back yard , as it were , he tells us he does n't want Abo art , ’ James said , trying unsuccessfully to pronounce the last two words of his sentence with what he imagined was an Australian accent . |
| 9 | Yeah , but when I took her the toilet she wanted to go toilet |
| 10 | That 's what I thought it was at first but when he said it the next time it sounded different , it was nymph , rag nymph , that 's what he called me . |
| 11 | The advice sounded incomprehensible to her but when he handed her the phone receiver back , the car man said , ‘ OK , I 've got that . |
| 12 | She acknowledged this with a raised thumb , but when she showed me the assortment of charts on the bed-table pushed against the wall she gave a thumbs-down over his fluid-intake . |
| 13 | But as I handed him the money the room grew quiet again . |
| 14 | But as she reached him the vision shimmered and disappeared and she was alone , stumbling as she tried to find her way through the shadows of a forest , mist cloaking the branches of the trees . |