Example sentences of "[pron] be [adv] [verb] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | It used to get to the point where I was completely shattered but I would n't ask her to take over and yet she would n't offer . |
| 2 | I was just looking but there 's no wrestling on telly at the mom , it 's foot er |
| 3 | I 'm sorry I was late getting but I got held up by another lesson . |
| 4 | We are used to it ’ , I was often told but their susceptibility to colds and other illnesses indicated otherwise . |
| 5 | And er but it was only about half past five I did n't I never stopped till the I just kept going now tha well about half past four , I started to pack up and I realized my sandwiches were still in my snack box so I I 'd I 'd had one one earlier on whilst I was still working but yes the lady there she made us a couple of cups in the morning , er cu cup of coffee , I think about what yeah about half ten time but the time I painted a little bit and I thought oh I 'll stop and have a fag , with my coffee and I had a cup of tea later on in the afternoon but er I did n't stop , I kept going , you know and then course by time I got to my drink , it was cold it was cool , so you drink it straight down |
| 6 | Words which are correctly spelt but not identified as such by the program may be added to a user dictionary . |
| 7 | Design management is an extensive subject but there are small points of technique about the information needed for control and the control of design information which are seldom discussed but deserve to be mentioned . |
| 8 | The ‘ adaptive ’ function is based on the proposition that what we call crime today includes forms of behaviour that will be crucially necessary to future society — Durkheim 's ( 1938 ) examples , are the ideas of Socrates and liberal philosophy which were once criminalised but which he sees as vital for contemporary society . |
| 9 | Lifestyle is a term which is often used but very rarely defined . |
| 10 | Nearby is the site of the cathedral which is now destroyed but whose narthex still remains , with its original entrance ( 409 ) . |
| 11 | Nobody 's ever said but with Kelly , people have said things to me . |
| 12 | For each martyr well known , there are thousands who are little remembered but who suffered death because they were disciples of Christ . |
| 13 | The novels of writers who are almost forgotten but who were popular in their day have also been particularly useful . |
| 14 | It 's one thing if you 're fully staffed but if you think that whichever of my boys is on guard duty for the day is responsible for the shopping as well as the cooking , and I have to put another boy on guard as substitute to him and another at the disposition of the local magistrate , and I 've two out on motor-bike patrol — where am I when a case like this comes up and I 've got to be out ? ’ |
| 15 | Beyond the rape victims , the names of everybody else was disclosed , including the names of women who were indecently assaulted but not raped and the names of relatives of those whom The Fox had accosted . |
| 16 | Sows were brought from miles around for mating , while settings of eggs were supplied for broody village hens , who were never fed but had to pick up their food from the village or the rice field . |
| 17 | She is modestly draped but wears jewellery , and in one vignette she applies perfume to her hair with a pin dipped in a flask . |
| 18 | I am going to supper with my former Port Manager colleague , , and a lifelong friend of his called , who is also retired but spend her working life dedicated to teaching and helping spastics . |
| 19 | ‘ There are so many more cross-border deals today , and if you can speak German or French or Japanese and you go for a job against somebody who is equally qualified but only speaks English , you will get hired . ’ |
| 20 | who is never led but stands on his own ground , |
| 21 | Instead of the audit , FRAG proposes that the accounts should contain a compilation report on their preparation , which would be furnished by an accountant who is suitably qualified but not necessarily independent of the company . |
| 22 | She was still trembling but wore her defiant look again . |
| 23 | She was severely injured but made a full recovery . |
| 24 | She was almost shouting but it was the week before Christmas and we were in the Three Tuns and there were at least six different parties going on , so nobody noticed . |
| 25 | He had the impression that she was fully dressed but told himself that it must be a trick of the light . |
| 26 | its really cold , yeah oh that was good , I enjoyed that she 's still there , she 's a Lance Corporal now as well and I must admit well I , I did n't think she 'd ev , she was always crying but I never thought she 'd actually do very well in the T A , did n't seem to have the get up and go about it but she obviously sorted herself out and got , Spambo Man they called me . |
| 27 | Ironically , Johnson 's lawless image endeared as much as it repelled. he was obviously a player who was easily unhinged but in the odd chemistry of Scotland 's footballing psyche , his recklessness made him a dangerous but likeable rogue . |
| 28 | At this point Mark alone includes the strange story of the young man who was also seized but who slipped out of his ‘ linen cloth ’ and escaped naked . |
| 29 | He replaces Hartlepool 's Graeme Bell , who was originally selected but is unavailable . |
| 30 | ‘ We are competitively priced but we market the service on quality . ’ |