Example sentences of "[adj] but [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I went to see them about this but they told me it was up to the social security people to make up the difference . |
| 2 | He will need the support of his colleagues — which he 'll get — to get over this but we believe it is get-overable , ’ he said . |
| 3 | He will need the support of his colleagues — which he 'll get — to get over this but we believe it is get-overable , ’ he said . |
| 4 | It does n't show it on this but you see there 's two zeros , there 's your freezing mark there right ? |
| 5 | ‘ I hope you do n't mind me arriving without an appointment like this but I understood you had an Open Door policy . ’ |
| 6 | And course we 're doing a lot of counting today this wrist is a you know I do n't mind that you see what did that wrist was that elbow I had to have a second operation on it , in the arm up here because er I had to have some bone taken away in the elbow course it stretched guiders but they also erm disturbed the wrist joint because it was in plaster like that stretched round and disturbed the wrist joint and I ke it 's it weakened it and it 's only just it 's only just this what last nine months that it 's that it 's really started to effect this but I know what it is that 's because I keep going out doing the odd jobs |
| 7 | Derbyshire folk may query the authenticity of this but I defy them not to enjoy the results . |
| 8 | Especially when you 're not gon na like me for this because , you 're not gon na like me for this but I think one think about Foxy is he is two faced . |
| 9 | I think , I think Council is accepting this but I think it 's |
| 10 | ‘ Sorry about having to rush off like this but I promise I 'll be free tomorrow . ’ |
| 11 | A complaint from George er in the pre-packs this morning , reference er going through the U V A. Apparently , I do n't understand this but he says it 's wearing out erm belts at a cost of a hundred and forty a pair every fortnight . |
| 12 | Harvey was certainly reliable but I think he was also capable of pulling off the classic save ( as in the Leeds-Arsenal Cup final ) . |
| 13 | One that I thought wrong but I think I 've got it right . |
| 14 | May be I 'm wrong but I think it 's in a block . |
| 15 | Cos I used this look , I said that erm I 'd re I had represented his father in an accident case some years before and I was acquainted with the family in a casual way , and I said this may suggest , because he was saying you can make up and you can , this is a bit when you can use your imagination , and I said this may suggest that his father , you know he 'd like , because it the way he says that , I 'd represented his father , I was acquainted , you know maybe that he knows he 's used to that kind of erm behaviour from the family , you know , and he knows what Eddie 's like his fa I do n't know I might be completely wrong but I used my imagination there . |
| 16 | ‘ Her qualifications were adequate but what hooked us was the photo she included . |
| 17 | erm you know like for instance I mean erm I mean I suppose I feel British but I mean I do n't feel I have any very strong identification with with other British people because there are so many other people in the world speak English and erm often people from other countries who in many ways you identify with them more . |
| 18 | Nigel 's comment after first viewing the interior was , ‘ Well , it 's a trifle Hollywood baronial but I like it . ’ |
| 19 | I was at once interested but I did my best to suppress the instant flicker in my eyes . |
| 20 | He looked offended but I guessed his idea of discretion was swapping his length of lead pipe for a rubber truncheon . |
| 21 | I was gon na buy some but I thought you usually buy some so |
| 22 | I indicated that Bunny 's glass was empty but he shook his head . |
| 23 | Rosita was a bit old but she kept her body in good condition and the men liked her the best . |
| 24 | She continued : ‘ I am 70 years old but I felt I must make this sacrifice for them , even though the constraints on me in the future are very great . ’ |
| 25 | Erm I 'm not saying that er there were n't problems in security and using public transport and fear of using public transport after dark , but we were quite surprised that compared with the rest of the U K it was erm not acceptable but it gave us an indication on , on where to go from there on , erm and also I think er the important factor that in the lower in Strathclyde that we 've actually consulted women in terms of er what they want and what they need er in the transport world erm in public transport and that 's not lip service we 've actually had discussions groups and that information has been fed into the large erm public transport review that were undertaking at the present time . |
| 26 | Well it 's like er now that sometimes when you 've been doing the message you know you might talk a little bit different but I mean he 's had elocution lessons . |
| 27 | I got out of the car and ran to my front door , my mum answered the door , she looked quite different but I gave her a massive cuddle and went indoors . |
| 28 | It made him feel afraid but it excited him too . |
| 29 | Oh aye , it is painful but I thought it 's not going away so I 'd better go and see about it . |
| 30 | ‘ Morrissey had a wonderful twist of phrase ’ , says Muir today , ‘ His writing was really witty — really very clever but I found his personality fascinating which is why I decided to publish . ’ |