Example sentences of "[noun sg] but they [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're in love with rhythm but they still believe in songs . |
| 2 | Leicester 's Geordie boss Brian Little , in contrast , paraded his strongest side but they rarely threatened Newcastle . |
| 3 | the pink bits the bit that fits onto ridge , they 've got three screws in each piece but they only need two to hold them , so I 've taken the centre one out of each one and used it to do the |
| 4 | There were modest alternatives available to an antislavery readership but they either propounded the outlook of a minority tendency as did the Anti-Slavery Advocate , edited by the Irish Garrisonian Richard Webb in the 1850s , or had a predominantly local circulation as was likely with the short-lived Anti-Slavery Watchman of Manchester produced by the Garrisonian group around George Thompson and his son-in-law F. W. Chesson , or propounded a particular remedy for slavery in the case of the Quaker Richardson family in Newcastle through the Slave 's stress on the free produce movement . |
| 5 | The sounds were muffled from up on the roof but they still bugged me so I went indoors . |
| 6 | Men in love may offer a great deal but they seldom make such a full commitment . |
| 7 | And it 's not , you know , it 's not really much chemistry in it , especially if they do n't ask you f for this er equation but they just give it to you . |
| 8 | The 1970 treaties with Russia and Poland included the mutual renunciation of force but they also marked an acceptance of the status quo in Europe ( including Germany 's division ) and of the Oder-Neisse border . |
| 9 | Not only were dancing masters expected to follow their own rules of dance but they also had to conform to the rules of the Académie Royale de Musique . |
| 10 | and people who are prepared to discuss the issue but they just do n't come out the door to where erm , the people are that need the information . |
| 11 | The great Fangio ( Arg ) was also in the Maserati team but they only had one race together as team-mates before Fangio moved on to Mercedes . |
| 12 | As far as APEX is concerned they are OK up to a point but they just want to follow the legal procedures and we want them to take some kind of militant action . |
| 13 | So but I think with this I mean this homework , that 's the only thing I do n't believe in because they 've got ta revise it which is brilliant , I mean , at the moment but they also give them three hours homework a night ! |
| 14 | By the 1920s , the zaibatsu had come to dominate the newer manufacturing sectors like steel , machinery or shipbuilding but they also dominated the financial sector , owning two-thirds of banking and insurance institutions . |
| 15 | They represent a status group but they also represent class interests . |
| 16 | They also acknowledge the possibility that high education levels may well be the result of economic affluence but they still feel that a certain minimum level of education is a necessary prerequisite to the take-off stage of industrialisation . |
| 17 | They would do you on one charge but they always laid three against you and you would have no escape . |
| 18 | Their response has been to greatly enlarge the present building but they still feel they must plan to plant churches . |
| 19 | They like to do it a bit but they really ca n't sustain it because ultimately there 's a , there 's a call for action , a demand for action . |
| 20 | Had a word with Vic about the script and he says not to worry but they always say that at this stage , do n't they ? |
| 21 | Bruce Tigwell says … the skill of it he says is being able to read the ground and go over bumps as quickly as you can … there are more skills in this than any other form of motoring … he says it 's fun motor sport and very friendly but the competition is still high … you can not buy the vehicles off the shelf you have to make them … top speed is 115 miles an hour but they rarely get the chance to go that fast |
| 22 | Their music is too harsh for a crossover of the REM variety but they still offer a major label reasonably strong record sales and , more importantly , a fair degree of earthy , musical chic . |
| 23 | Some of them were closely connected with those already in existence but they also sprang from advances in science and technology . |
| 24 | erm so er it 's sometimes possible to borrow from the university but they usually , they usually make it very difficult for one so er oh thanks , erm so erm anyway because with a thing like people 's accounts of dreams you may want to sort of go back and look at them , you know , sort of how people have expressed them in their own words , they may have er you know produced some nice interesting quotes or something like that |
| 25 | The experiments just mentioned not only introduce a much-needed control procedure but they also extend the generality of the effect . |
| 26 | If you go along to a good quality golf course they have the score card a planner but they also have a little script that tells you about the hole . |
| 27 | Oh no , they could have a sho , er they have , they agree they 've got a say but they just feel that everything is decided so what is the point ? |
| 28 | Many can forage above ground at night but they laboriously shield themselves from predators by constructing covered run-ways , and thin crusts of mud all over the vegetation they are plundering . |
| 29 | ‘ Hirst is not for sale at any price but they just do n't seem to want to accept that . |
| 30 | They are a lottery but they probably waste less of your money than gambling on horses , and , as vices go , will not wreck your health as smoking or alcohol will . |