Example sentences of "but [adv] [pron] [vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He worked for Bonanza some of the time , but mostly you 'd find him lounging around the green tables . |
| 2 | But mostly I would think it would be |
| 3 | This may take her some time to really believe ( probably not until she 's around three ) , but eventually it 'll give her a healthier respect for the pain of others . |
| 4 | ‘ I can hardly wait , ’ he said drily , ‘ but perhaps we could leave it for a couple of years ? ’ |
| 5 | But perhaps I can help you now . |
| 6 | Jane Saren would seem to be the obvious person , but perhaps you would let me know whether you would like me to approach Jane to see if she is willing take this on , or if you would like it handled in some other way ? |
| 7 | ‘ Somebody will be asking you questions more formally but perhaps you could tell me if you went out at all last evening ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ My prevailing power with Harry seems to be rather limited , but perhaps you could try him with some straight questions . ’ |
| 9 | I realise that before making any commitment you 'll want to take advice , but perhaps you could let me have your initial response ? ’ |
| 10 | That he 'd do that in the morning as a little part time job for 'em , and all he 'd do is erm , the Pool Manager , which is at Lock Gates , he know what ships come in the day before and he really know the man and then in the morning they 'd say well so and so ship has arrived but perhaps he might know it , then he 'd send , he 'd know what men to send and this , cos I , I used to get the latest information , they did n't worry him , they worried me about lates latest information and of course we knew what ships was due for the next day so we knew what allocation we wanted . |
| 11 | Its good reception encouraged Boyle to set pen to paper , publishing his results in June 1663 , at which time he observed , ‘ Nor is it only by dissection of various animals that the naturalist may promote the anatomist 's knowledge , but perhaps he may do it by devising ways to make the dead bodies of man and other animals keep longer than naturally they would do . ’ |
| 12 | Singly , the leopard would defeat them , but together they can drive it away . |
| 13 | Scanlon 's successor as President of the Engineers ' Union , Terry Duffy , was , in fact , a strongly right-wing figure anxious to reach an accommodation with the government , but naturally it would take him time to build up his authority . |
| 14 | But only I can say I did n't know before , I thought I was happy . |
| 15 | But anyway you can make it |
| 16 | But somehow she would manage it . |
| 17 | the basis of this fifteen grand , is using the fifteen grand but like we can see you using that |
| 18 | And that means we do n't give out the Toy Dogs magazine , but hopefully we 'll offer it a surprise tomorrow to the postal er to the postal winners . |
| 19 | He knew that they came from two different worlds , but still nothing would deter him . |
| 20 | But still he might accept it . |
| 21 | It is part of a drive towards ‘ ability ’ in computer systems , a belated acknowledgement that designers should address not just what the system should do but also who will use it , how frequently , what tasks they must perform , what environment it will be used in ( eg quiet or noisy , light or dark ) , and what the critical success factors are ( eg speed or accuracy ) . |
| 22 | " That plan did n't work , but now we 'll find him something really impossible to do . |
| 23 | But now we must tell you some things about the Baskerville family . ’ |
| 24 | It had thrown her when Luke Calder had made that seemingly wild guess about her , but now she could understand it . |
| 25 | WorldView 2 adds improved support for the Standardised Generalised Mark-up Language , SMGL : the software has always been able to import SMGL documents but now it can export them too , and make use of the plethora of information that SMGL buries in a document . |
| 26 | Westonbirt Arboretum has many trees and shrubs which are not found elsewhere in Britain , but now anyone can grow them . |
| 27 | But now you must forget you are wearing new clothes and relax into what I know is your natural grace . ’ |
| 28 | Your weight 's on your back foot , same as before , but now you can brace it better against the step . ’ |
| 29 | But now you can get them from different places , but then they were Spanish . |
| 30 | Maybe you have read of gold being found in a particular locality , but now you can see it . |