Example sentences of "[adj] but [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the sentence context , Henry is n't Scottish but he wears a … , this function may not be important . |
| 2 | ( Her accent is very French but she speaks English fluently . ) |
| 3 | At some stage during her crisis-strewn life Emily had gone to the University of Lancaster to study French but she 'd never completed her course . |
| 4 | I went to see them about this but they told me it was up to the social security people to make up the difference . |
| 5 | she goes on about all this but they do n't say how much it 's gon na cost , never mind the storage heaters |
| 6 | ‘ The Labour group had an ideal opportunity to do this but they refused to do so . |
| 7 | He added : ‘ We have tried to tell them ( Mrs Shahidi and Mr Armand ) not to do this but they want to do it . |
| 8 | IBM caught onto this but we do n't think it really understood what was going on . |
| 9 | ‘ We were n't expecting this but we have been campaigning to get rid of the car tax for 20 years . |
| 10 | So er as I say we do accept this but we have to er be careful just how much we undertake , and mercifully on this case there is no time limit , a and also I think we have the assurance from the board of world mission and unity , that they and any others who are , have something to offer , will help us . |
| 11 | Just say V is equal to this but we want to find out when nought is equal to it . |
| 12 | He will need the support of his colleagues — which he 'll get — to get over this but we believe it is get-overable , ’ he said . |
| 13 | He will need the support of his colleagues — which he 'll get — to get over this but we believe it is get-overable , ’ he said . |
| 14 | You see this but she said , ooh , I 've had , did n't tell you , I 've had the burglars ! |
| 15 | I did n't understand what she meant by this but she smiled and asked if I would like to go to the ‘ flicks ’ the following Saturday . |
| 16 | It does n't show it on this but you see there 's two zeros , there 's your freezing mark there right ? |
| 17 | learning all this but you did n't know all the |
| 18 | ‘ Maggie , ’ she said firmly , ‘ I 'm sorry to make you do this but you have to . |
| 19 | ‘ I hope you do n't mind me arriving without an appointment like this but I understood you had an Open Door policy . ’ |
| 20 | And course we 're doing a lot of counting today this wrist is a you know I do n't mind that you see what did that wrist was that elbow I had to have a second operation on it , in the arm up here because er I had to have some bone taken away in the elbow course it stretched guiders but they also erm disturbed the wrist joint because it was in plaster like that stretched round and disturbed the wrist joint and I ke it 's it weakened it and it 's only just it 's only just this what last nine months that it 's that it 's really started to effect this but I know what it is that 's because I keep going out doing the odd jobs |
| 21 | So you see I could n't fight with them too much cos I thought they 'd take it out on dad , so I said look I do n't want him here , I do n't need all this but I said another thing that got my goat , you asked my mum to help turn my dad , they asked my mum if she could help turn him because they did n't have enough staff or he could n't be turned and when my mum turned him she come out and was sick and cried her eyes out cos he had no skin from the top of his spine to the bottom , and he had a water blister like that Joy yellow on his arm , his penis was nearly the width of my arm pouring with blood , and septic from the catheter , oh and the smell , you 've never smelled nothing like it from the sores and the wounds , cos he was cut from here right the way down to here and they had a , all his legs were festering and gangrene in his legs |
| 22 | In the end I agreed to do this but I remember leaving the meeting literally , I am afraid , in tears and saying that although I would obey the majority I would resign from the Government afterwards as quietly as I could because I should have failed to uphold an almost lifelong conviction … |
| 23 | It is too early to quantify this but I hope that as before any redundancies can be managed as far as possible on a voluntary basis . |
| 24 | Ring them up and say ‘ I hope you do n't mind me messing you about like this but I 've been thinking over your kind offer , and I realize I could fit it in after all because of a sudden change of circumstances at home and my mother 's coming down to help me out — oh , and if there 's a spare ticket — ’ |
| 25 | Dear Helena , I do n't really rea really know how to put this but I 've had I 'll have a go . |
| 26 | And you doing it and sometimes I have to say , I 'm sorry about this but I 've , I 've , I 've , I 've got ta go to the ! |
| 27 | Was it you probably wo n't believe this but I 've never seen a programme of Spitting Image . |
| 28 | I 've heard this but I 've forgotten it . |
| 29 | again , I mean I maybe should n't do this but I tend to take a very relaxed attitude to these things and if somebody wants to bring a pal or if somebody that would be interested I see it as P R for the B A I E you know |
| 30 | Derbyshire folk may query the authenticity of this but I defy them not to enjoy the results . |