Example sentences of "[to-vb] but [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because we 've got sixties all over the place so maybe it was n't a brilliant one to try but it gives us some indication of what 's going on . |
| 2 | I do n't know how that man managed to get the two edges to meet but he did a wonderful job on it ! |
| 3 | There were considerable differences within the country at all social levels about the new religious practices ; aristocrats like the Montagues tried to compromise but it became increasingly difficult . |
| 4 | I try to write but we have run out of words . |
| 5 | They were always too busy to come but they sent their children . |
| 6 | It was n't vital to come but I thought I ought to . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'll be honest with you , I did n't want to come but I 've got no choice . ’ |
| 8 | He says it 's a bit far to come but he thinks they pay expenses , so it 's nice . |
| 9 | Rain wanted to persist but she had an appointment to keep . |
| 10 | I tried to scream but he put his hand over my mouth . |
| 11 | A further acknowledgement on the video box is difficult for us to provide but I hope you will accept the two credits as specified as being sufficient . |
| 12 | The compromise of an extendible lead gives him some freedom to wander but it does give rise to ‘ incidents ’ . |
| 13 | I looked all around for the fandango dancer to appear but she kept well clear . |
| 14 | She was not going to answer but he remained , so she said , ‘ It 's all right , David . |
| 15 | Of course , we had a good time and there was plenty to drink but nobody got silly as far as I can remember . ’ |
| 16 | She said ; He was self seeking He talked a lot about a leader being able to lead but he dictated . |
| 17 | So , I mean these are the supporters that they , they 've got to sort of focus on erm even i he does say that some of the erm er leaders of the associations are n't actually up to scratch but he says eighty five percent of them are and it would be wrong to attack or to arrest , you know , the other fifteen percent and it 's got to come from their own discipline of the association , you let the movement grow together , do n't try and er become er , you know , resisting forces because er these are the people who we 've got to erm s stay with and to look after , to harness erm to work for and er so that 's basically , is his conclusion . |
| 18 | Charisma — difficult to define but it attracts others . |
| 19 | Maybe I 'm a bit young to remember but I do n't recall those two playing for Leeds at any time ! |
| 20 | I am too young to remember but I think he began his career as a supervisor in the turquoise mines of the Northern Desert , towards the end of the reign of Nebmare Amenophis . |
| 21 | In this case and if the time constant RC also happens to equal the pulse duration τ Thus As anticipated , this integral is difficult to evaluate but it does reduce to the solution expected from chapter 4 of when when when Help with difficult inverse Fourier transforms is often available from special tables . |
| 22 | Now , that 's really great to me because I mean , you 're really stimulating the youngsters at that age , and quite obviously I could tell you loads of stories the way this neighbourhood engineers er er , scheme works at the moment but as I say we are embarrassed at the moment because , quite obviously , loads of school want us to participate but we got a very shortage of engineers . |
| 23 | Well you 've got to get them to participate but I suppose you would do if you question them |
| 24 | He thought that his school was perhaps not quite as civilised as his mother cared to imagine but he remained silent . |
| 25 | I 've done that on trains , I 've done that on a tour bus quite recently , and of course the response you get can be very , very aggressive and that 's sometimes quite hard to handle but I take the precaution of always checking before I go somewhere that I 'm going to , I 'm going to be backed up , for example , erm before I go I purchase my holiday , I actually checked with the tour company that they did n't allow smoking on the buses |
| 26 | ‘ This is much harder to handle but I know what is required because I have been here before . ’ |
| 27 | Using logic it would be easy to fit but they do n't mention that you 've got to unplug the old keyboard or that the Spectrum 's PCB must go in the right way round . |
| 28 | It avoids the pitfalls of other so-called green guides which might tell you which lead-free BMW to buy but which neglect to deliver the most essential message of all about consuming less . |
| 29 | Clarke had said the same thing and she had tried desperately to comply but it had been like trying to lay hold of darting butterflies . |
| 30 | It was impossible to hurry but they moved at a steady pace , pausing seldom . |