Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] but [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a song or a poem — I do n't know which but to my knowledge it has never been published — which was called ‘ Beautiful Angie ’ , and I clicked immediately and realised there had been another woman about the house . |
| 2 | After reading Jones I still do n't know him but at least begin to recognise the sort of person he was . |
| 3 | I 'm sure he 'd enjoy it but with us all upstairs he 'd have to go downstairs on his own , and he 's not pushy like our Terry and Stephen . ’ |
| 4 | Indeed , a popular view amongst community relations police in the area is that many more schools would welcome them but for intimidation , a factor which the community relations police have to be very sensitive towards if they are not to threaten the safety of children and teachers . |
| 5 | ‘ I know all the hype will surround myself but to me it 's about the Rovers lads who have got us where we are . ’ |
| 6 | True , there was a mixed Italian and German team climbing not far away , heading for the Traverse of the Gods ; he could see them but for some reason they could n't see him . |
| 7 | I do not mean it in any ideological sense or historical sense or to be provocative but it 's very , it 's with very deep feelings that I speak to you today because you may not understand it but for me , after thirty three years in exile I was able to return to South Africa in nineteen ninety one and one of the first activities to which I was invited was the annual meeting of Cosatu And so when we say comrades in that sense , and thank you as comrades we mean it as comrades in arms . |
| 8 | Which I really I went to Amos and I did n't like it but of course I had to stick it . |
| 9 | You may not like it but under the new licences , ITV is mandated to be a popular channel that gets an audience , earns revenue and sustains business . |
| 10 | Apparently he did use it but with a different he did n't put nutrients in it did he . |
| 11 | They liquidize but you can liquidize things by heating them up that would liquidize them but in this particular case you just mix them with some water what 's the process called ? |
| 12 | She said the Sports Council would not abandon us but in order to qualify for full Grant Aid in future we must show great improvements in these areas . |
| 13 | Disraeli comments favourably on an exception to this rule at Beaumanoir : ‘ How delightful was the morning room … from which gentlemen were not excluded with that assumed suspicion that they can never enter it but for felonious purposes . ’ |
| 14 | Do n't force it but with repetition it will get easier . |
| 15 | I did find a place that would take us but for Holmes there were too many interesting species of humans and dogs , for him to get involved in being trained . |
| 16 | Well Nick , Nick , Nick phoned me up and said do n't tell anybody but within a week Jaz knew cos Nick had actually told Jaz . |
| 17 | And er you know he was I mean for instance at Salisbury Park he probably did n't mean anything but on Saturday when I was saying goodbye to him he said now I hope there 'll be somebody here at ten past ten to open this church tomorrow . |
| 18 | She might lose him but for now he was as enslaved as she was and Maggie caressed him as he caressed her until his kisses grew more demanding and he turned her beneath him again . |
| 19 | On odd nights that would worry me but in time I realised they were the kind of neighbours who never caused a disturbance . |