Example sentences of "[to-vb] but [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We should arrange to meet but we 'll like |
| 2 | The reasons for this are difficult to establish but it may well be that the university expansion coincided with an even greater expansion of candidates with A levels , with the result that competition for university places did not ease . |
| 3 | I , I mean I 'm willing to come but I ca n't come each , every . |
| 4 | It was a safe place to hide but she could not hide from herself and her imagination had made condemnation out of any unthinking word that Felipe uttered . |
| 5 | She might pretend to listen but she would n't hear . |
| 6 | I want to build a plane to escape but I ca n't find the books I need . |
| 7 | Tradition maintains that many of the Campbells warned Macdonalds in time for them to escape but it can not be denied that on that winter morning in Glencoe many of the Clan Campbell plumbed the depths of treachery and horror . |
| 8 | Erm I 've been out as on the er line three this morning and I think there 's another little bit we ought to buy but we 'll discuss that as we 're going on eh ? |
| 9 | Some times you go into supermarkets and you see food you 'd like to buy but you ca n't . |
| 10 | Dot tried to smile but it would n't come . |
| 11 | He tried to smile but he could n't smile properly : one side of his mouth seemed dragged down . |
| 12 | Each of them has a value and a part to play but they should serve us ; we should not be their slaves . |
| 13 | Now , many of the other items are also sound and have a part to play but they could be improved upon . |
| 14 | ‘ Of course we want him to play but we ca n't do any more than wait . |
| 15 | No doubt he will want to play but we will have to check on whether his injury restricts his movement . |
| 16 | Mark says , ‘ I 'd given my consent to AID but I could n't have told you how I might feel if Wendy did conceive . |
| 17 | Wickham recognized the type : willing enough to help but he must be allowed to go back to his friends with the news that his information was so valuable he had been allowed to talk to the man heading the inquiry , and if he could throw in a description of a place as exciting as a newspaper office so much to his credit . |
| 18 | Close friends and family — those who really care about you — will be happy to comply but you must remember to tell them that you would like them to indicate what they think are your weaknesses as well as your strengths or they will simply say nice things about you . |
| 19 | I tried to tell Philippa to hurry but I could n't get my words together . |
| 20 | We need to hurry but it 'll take an hour or so and I do n't want the papers on to it before the next of kin know . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'll have to keep them open tonight ; we 're expected to win but we ca n't take anything for granted in World Cup football . ’ |
| 22 | Clearly they have some way to go but they can still look back on 1989 with a glimmer of pride . |
| 23 | He says my mum used to take me everywhere I wanted to go but she ca n't anymore so I 've got to get there by bus or by bike . |
| 24 | Aubrey 's keen to go but I 'll probably be bored . |
| 25 | I 'm tempted to get another box and put several of the small bags in it , so it 'd be less to carry but I could n't get a box that was big enough . |
| 26 | The dispute between the volunteer and the professional is likely to continue but it should not be allowed to obscure the fact that the skills of the good adviser are not necessarily professional skills , nor are they especially lawyerly skills . |
| 27 | Well I did learn to drive but I could n't nee pass the test |
| 28 | My own personal favourite mountain biking route is a permissive route which I 'm authorised to use but I would n't like to advertise it . |
| 29 | I try to sleep but I can only doze , and I am frequently aware of a pulse , a rattle , a rustiness rippling through me . |
| 30 | ‘ I have no rich things to give but I will take my black bread for they say it is the best in the whole world . ’ |