Example sentences of "[adj] but [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trainees should have at least a week to complete this but they can be helped with a list of the key components their responses should contain : |
| 2 | But I mean we 've always wanted to utilize this but we ca n't really we built that wall here and it 's just a this is the back of the disco . |
| 3 | Because you might start from nought or something I mean they do n't often do this but you might start from nought , and then they ask you What is it at minus ten ? |
| 4 | you can do this but you ca n't do that and and really they 're , they 're like children in a way , they will sort of try it on as much as they can get away with it ! |
| 5 | But then he mentioned , when we wen to see him , he says we will deal with this but you must get somebody for civil |
| 6 | I c I , I wo n't be able to do any of this but you can have a quick go . |
| 7 | ‘ I did n't want to burden you with this but you 'd soon have wondered why Mackie did n't come . ’ |
| 8 | I know I 've been a long time on this but I 'll I think it 's nearly there . |
| 9 | Oh I could tell you a lot about this but I 'll I 'll just tell you a little bit that 's all . |
| 10 | A man goes into the pub , you 've all heard this but I 'll tell you it again . |
| 11 | That rudder movement equals braking and so it 's slowing you down , it may look impressive being heeled over like this but I 'd sail a lot faster if the boat were flat . |
| 12 | I 'm sorry to be here like this but I could n't get through to anyone . |
| 13 | Her father was explaining something to her in that overloud , careful voice which he used to her mother , the voice which said : ‘ I know you are too stupid to understand this but I will talk slowly and loudly and hope that you wo n't try my patience too far . ’ |
| 14 | I 'll give you that guarantee myself the company do n't like me doing this but I will guarantee . |
| 15 | where did I , I 'm not sure whether I ought to be getting into this but I will . |
| 16 | Collingwood was unable to locate this but it might , perhaps , have been a working on the Kernal Vein , at a point just above the Levers Water Waterfall/Red Dell " water-race , at N.G.R. SD 29 NE 2843.9900 . |
| 17 | It might be tempting to make a small charge for this but it may be even more advantageous to offer this as a free service with the profit being goodwill . |
| 18 | Mr Fowler conceded that a union might not always be able to do this but it would have to show that it had used its best endeavours . |
| 19 | I 'm rather surprised that but there you are this this er this stuff this is coming they were both being one and another er put here and er um um I suppose the idea is that the er two people should be fairly good but I think it 's going somewhere and as I say it 's down again … let's see what else has gone er the the this is just I do n't know how she di ’ how they did this but it must have been fairly hard when they did it and er I think there is n't v-very much there I think . ’ |
| 20 | His sonorous voice and deliberate utterance may to a great extent account for this but it should also be remarked that as Highbury Quadrant was the first church to introduce the Electrophone , perfection has been probably acquired by long practice in the details requisite to success . ’ |
| 21 | You guys are gon na sponsor this but it will bring the the trade buying price , not the retail because that 's there is n't there 's no such thing in in as a retail price for that sort of industry . |
| 22 | All that is rather peculiar but it can be digested and lived with . |
| 23 | All these agencies make sending out mailings much easier but they can be very expensive , and unless you give very precise and detailed instructions about which journalists in each category of the media should receive the release you may still be sending to media which can not use the story . |
| 24 | Well it would have been easier but I would have , I would n't find |
| 25 | The thought of risk and high danger was exciting but it must also have been distorting . |
| 26 | It was very exciting but I shall be very careful next time . |
| 27 | Something may be wrong but they may not realise it . |
| 28 | I mean it might be wrong but I ca n't see |
| 29 | I knew it was wrong but I could n't stop doing it . |
| 30 | ‘ I will not say that they are wrong but I will say that I think they are definitely unwise in the present climate of opinion … . |