Example sentences of "[noun pl] but [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean no was ringing in my ears but I could n't say that . |
| 2 | ‘ It would be easy to spend heavily to appease fans but we wo n't do that . |
| 3 | There are occasional references to fullers during the 13th and 14th centuries but theirs must have been a small scale operation compared to that encountered further downstream around Cirencester . |
| 4 | I could see through ( men 's ) eyes but I could feel with her body . |
| 5 | She might close her eyes but she could n't blot out what had happened the night before . |
| 6 | He said : ‘ We ca n't jam the signals but we can make the advertising and sale of decoders illegal after this date . ’ |
| 7 | Shop manager Mohammed Afzal is angry that newsagents can sell groceries but he can do the same with papers . |
| 8 | Oh yes and and then it got too big for them they are no longer able to control it they 're not big enough for a big power two very big big brothers but they could n't run a company the size they built it . |
| 9 | It wo n't cut your premiums but it may cut the risk of theft . |
| 10 | On the livestock side Stuart Ashworth warned that beef producers should brace themselves for a cut in the Beef Special Premium ‘ the base for Scotland is 244,000 male animals but there will be at least 300,000 head this year so we can anticipate a cut of somewhere in the region of 20-25 per cent in BSP payments . |
| 11 | Not only must we limit the scope of animal goals but we must also limit the sense of the claim that animals act for the sake of goals . |
| 12 | Norwich tend to concede too many goals but they 'll be up there at the finish and we 'll be up there with them . ’ |
| 13 | Normally , a discount of at least 10% would be expected from traders but it should be possible to obtain discounts of up to 30% from jewellers . |
| 14 | Local authorities have the power to register and inspect residential and nursing homes but they ca n't touch home care services . |
| 15 | We all know the grave problems in some of our children 's homes but we ca n't run away with the fact that er they 're unique to or the problems do n't exist elsewhere because we all know they do . |
| 16 | There were obvious problems resulting from the overcrowding of working-class homes but we may speculate that the social-purity agitation over incest reflected middle-class anxieties and tensions concerning the sanctity of the family rather than the objective reality of working-class conditions . |
| 17 | What he was saying made sense in some respects but she would never , ever forgive Lizzy for the charade of the last eighteen months . |
| 18 | There must have been some great stars and some ecstatic moments in those cosy halls but there must also have been many second- and third-rate performers , constant recourse to stereotypes , excessive repetition , and buckets of sentimentality . |
| 19 | I know there 's no frost on the cars but it must still be cold . |
| 20 | Yet our soaps are top of the ratings but they could increase their viewers even more if they eased-up a little and balanced things out . |
| 21 | If your footwear is uncomfortable you will not only end up with sore feet or blisters but you could become a danger to yourself or , worse , still , to others who might have to come and rescue you . |
| 22 | The Mind assesses their relative importance , and thus not only is it capable of analysis and disassociation of individual sensations but it can also synthesize a series of sensations into a single whole . |
| 23 | I ca , I do n't I do like these shops but I ca n't go in them . |
| 24 | There is likely to be a far greater appreciation of home comforts but there may also be a reluctance to answer the barrage of questions or to say much about the new life . |
| 25 | I know it 's just laid down as as sheet as to what you 're supposed to put down and all sorts but I ca n't remember exactly how detailed it 's got ta be . |
| 26 | He was beginning to get to know them as individuals and to glimpse their relationships but he could never be more than the outsider looking in . |
| 27 | The chapters of this book switch erratically between these two aspects but they must come to blend in readers ' minds so that their practical implications control the course of an investigation . |
| 28 | These items are usually words but they may be , say , groups or other units . |
| 29 | A picture may be worth a thousand words but you 'll still need some text to explain what the pictures are about ! |
| 30 | It may be described using the statistics of random walks but it must be noted that even this can not be exactly true , since by its very nature the chain must avoid itself . |