Example sentences of "[to-vb] but [subord] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her explanation : ‘ He was going to tour but when it got closer he realised he did n't want to . |
| 2 | Control at this level is likely to be difficult to establish but when it is achieved it will be deep and self-sustaining . |
| 3 | Shana was going to come but because she was pregnant decided not to risk it . |
| 4 | I mean the w the pelican crossing case started with , when I was a councillor before nineteen eighty eight an and it 's a difficult one to detect but if you have n't occasionally come back late at night and there 's no traffic that you can spot it because no vehicle d detect vehicles when there are n't any . |
| 5 | They say that it 's easy to denigrate but when you hate as much as JOHN BITUMEN the problem is one of selection . |
| 6 | They 're just nice and comfortable at the end of the day when your feet are really swollen but nice and easy to wear but if it 's tight |
| 7 | It 's a game of chance in n it I mean you pay your money , you you you come here to lose but if you win it' a bonus . |
| 8 | Turkey on its own is easy to accommodate but once you have piled on the stuffing , sausages , bacon and cranberry sauce , your poor old wine is struggling to hold its own . |
| 9 | I know exactly what words to use but when I 'm with him I ca n't get them out . |
| 10 | ‘ I know it 's a terribly Yank thing to do but while I 'm here , perhaps we could go and do some antique shops , yes ? ’ |
| 11 | erm because that 's like a continuous thing erm with with some other stuff , if it 's just like essays or projects due in at the end of this term or beginning of next , you know get , get the light stuff out of the way first erm and try you may find it easier if you , if you , what I used to do was sort of try and , you know , pace it out a little bit and not try and write an essay all at once because I found that very difficult to do but if you just sort of write a paragraph and do , do something else for a bit and you know kind of write another paragraph a bit later on in the day and , and , you know , kind of erm you know work , you know do n't , do n't try and write an essay all in one evening but try and sort of , you know , if you 've managed to spread it out over the course of a few days so that you do n't have to do too much at once I mean it 's difficult to concentrate on one thing |
| 12 | A bit slow to start but when it got going it was outstanding . ’ |
| 13 | So it 's a very great honour and privilege for me to address you today because at the end it may be difficult for you to understand but when I return to South Africa , and forgive me for speaking personally I also realize the full meaning of the support of British trade unions and the labour movement and the churches because it was because of your political material and particularly in the case of the G M B , financial and material support that it gave us the means to do what some of us wanted to do about our country and our situation , and bring about change if we could peacefully . |
| 14 | I feel that this is a difficult poem to understand but when it has been read a few times the meaning becomes clear . |
| 15 | The psychologist commented that Balbinder had liked having a reading book and clearly wanted to read but when it came to reading he did not understand what he was doing but relied on guessing . |
| 16 | Inexorably her thoughts turned to suicide , not because she wanted to die but because she desperately wanted help . |
| 17 | It is usually assumed that teachers and heads are held to account but whether they are accountable to resource providers ( ratepayers , taxpayers , policy makers , administrators ) , customers ( pupils , parents , employers ) , or their professional colleagues , is ill-defined . |
| 18 | It 's not my job to decide but if we do well hopefully it ( his captaincy ) might continue . ’ |
| 19 | You will say I ought to have informed you I would not part with the boy in such circumstances as you had taken trouble to describe but until I saw the girl I was not sure in my own mind what to do and only made it up when confronted with her and not taking to her at all . |
| 20 | If ‘ the Court ’ is an expression scarcely ever heard in everyday conversation , it is not because it has ceased to exist but because it no longer wields overt influence . |
| 21 | This was not because I did n't want to dance but because I had not yet learned how to do it properly . |
| 22 | Not only will this make the boat difficult to steer but if you try doing it too far , you 'll start sailing straight under water . |
| 23 | In most cases of detinue there would be a concurrent liability in conversion based upon a demand and refusal to return but as we have seen conversion required a positive act and had never lain where the defendant once had the plaintiff 's goods but was unable to return them because they had been lost or negligently destroyed . |
| 24 | There was only the I was going to say but when they had w oh when I was in the I went to evening classes to learn Pitman 's Shorthand . |
| 25 | There are some targets which we never expect to achieve but as we move towards them they give us a sense of direction . |
| 26 | Which is a nice promise to make but when you 've got so many thousand houses to get through it took about six months to set the scheme up . |
| 27 | Yes when you go up there you 'll have to register but if you I mean I presume the university term 's what ten weeks ? |
| 28 | ‘ Tomorrow we will look for a house to rent but as I only arrived in London this morning I have not had the time . |