Example sentences of "[verb] but [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr Steel said it was difficult to estimate when the gene would be located but he thought it would be months rather than years . |
| 2 | I try to pretend it is not happening but I know it is . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He said well I do n't really know but I know he lives local somewhere . |
| 5 | And I said I do n't know but I said I should n't think it would be too late . |
| 6 | Oh I do n't know but I mean I would n't have thought so . |
| 7 | Aye it 's yeah it 's well I do n't know but I think it 's it is definitely coming on Friday . |
| 8 | I do n't know but I think I 'm supposed to , yeah that 'll do . |
| 9 | cos he did n't know but you did he said and you have to ge , when yo can you come round is tha |
| 10 | Whether it 's slipped again I do n't know but he said he 'll look . |
| 11 | But whether he really was a s time served one or not I do n't know but he did it then . |
| 12 | I do n't know but she likes his name . |
| 13 | She said , she did n't know but she getting somebody down here now ! |
| 14 | Well he drinks brandy I expect but you know he does n't really drink spirits . |
| 15 | it always starts but I feel there must have been fuel evaporation . |
| 16 | Mair sometimes grudged the work and time it involved but he knew its importance . |
| 17 | They were always too busy to come but they sent their children . |
| 18 | It was n't vital to come but I thought I ought to . |
| 19 | He says it 's a bit far to come but he thinks they pay expenses , so it 's nice . |
| 20 | Mr Wolski did not want the eagle caught but he knew its chances of escape were very low . |
| 21 | I do n't know where she lives but I believe she spends a lot of her time around one of the farms along the road . " |
| 22 | I tried to scream but he put his hand over my mouth . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | I tried but she sensed my revulsion . |
| 25 | The kids were mortified but I thought it was a real hoot . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Jerry and I joust but I think she 's great , she 's got a lovely Texas accent and she 's a smart girl . ’ |
| 27 | We 've slightly digressed but I take your , I take your point . |
| 28 | Ah just a couple of people that 's all two people and er they 'll just have to get round it somehow but we do n't yeah well you speak to him right yeah well they can have they can have what they want but I mean it might be just a short term thing . |
| 29 | You should not find yourself saying , ‘ I do n't know what I want but I think I 'll recognize it when I see it ’ . |
| 30 | Look , if , if somebody charges you three hundred pound , and you say that 's too much and you complain and they knock it down to two fifty , but they say but we want you to pay fifty pounds on something else , extra , do you think the two fifty 's fair , eh ? |