Example sentences of "[adj] but [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Harvey was certainly reliable but I think he was also capable of pulling off the classic save ( as in the Leeds-Arsenal Cup final ) . |
| 2 | One that I thought wrong but I think I 've got it right . |
| 3 | May be I 'm wrong but I think it 's in a block . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ Her qualifications were adequate but what hooked us was the photo she included . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Nigel 's comment after first viewing the interior was , ‘ Well , it 's a trifle Hollywood baronial but I like it . ’ |
| 8 | I was at once interested but I did my best to suppress the instant flicker in my eyes . |
| 9 | He looked offended but I guessed his idea of discretion was swapping his length of lead pipe for a rubber truncheon . |
| 10 | I indicated that Bunny 's glass was empty but he shook his head . |
| 11 | Rosita was a bit old but she kept her body in good condition and the men liked her the best . |
| 12 | 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 . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | It made him feel afraid but it excited him too . |
| 17 | Oh aye , it is painful but I thought it 's not going away so I 'd better go and see about it . |
| 18 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 19 | Speaking for himself , Svidrigailov says he is after the women , which is n't untrue but we know what it 's worth . |
| 20 | I saw people who came in pretty straight but who changed their attitudes and opinions drastically . |
| 21 | ‘ He can swim long distances , mostly one-sided but he manages it , and he adores it . |
| 22 | Did n't realize she was going quite so early but I suppose it 's hardly early anyway now . |
| 23 | As information it is far from perfect but it draws its significance from the weight and faith which parents place on their view of which items constitute the stepping-stones of their children 's ambitions . |
| 24 | He came in with the ideas , give the drivers and conductors everything they asked for whereby my training had always been to only give them what they were really entitled to , not give them anything extra but he gave them the earth and that erm did n't sort of go very well for the new Manager who came in , he had a lot of undoing to do there , that this fella had given away , in his six or seven weeks there . |
| 25 | It was not easy but I think it is for the best , in the long run . |
| 26 | You think I 'm paranoid but I tell you , man , there is something going on . |
| 27 | I was nervous but she put me at ease immediately . |
| 28 | Nick looked bored but he licked his forefinger and drew it across his throat . |
| 29 | It 's sad but I mean I think miles away you sort of not quite so bad , traumatic . |
| 30 | Bishop has a reputation as a trouble-maker but it seems he will be welcomed back to the valleys . |