Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] but [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do view this as one of the ‘ great classics but I do not know if I would say it is the greatest book ever written in English as I have not yet read widely enough but I would definitely say that for all the above reasons that it is a great book . |
| 2 | Marks must have retired long since but he might still be around and , on the principle that half an hour 's chat over a beer is worth a whole file of police gobbledegook , Kersey decided to enquire and found that Marks was still extant , sharing a bungalow with his sister and her husband in Newlyn . |
| 3 | ‘ She seems all right but we will have to wait because it has been very traumatic . ’ |
| 4 | More specifically , Cornall noted ; ‘ cross-curricular themes may be all right but they can not adequately be taught through foundation subjects . |
| 5 | Like first aid , it can not guarantee that you are going to be all right but it can certainly help you improve your chances . |
| 6 | They say using old material is all right but it must not burn . |
| 7 | Quite rightly so but we ca n't get complacent health and safety is one of the most important issues of all affecting our members . |
| 8 | you see , until my next birthday , that is , you see , but I , well each year , you see , I always say well to my friends I am so thankful for my friends who drop in and each year I say , well I do n't suppose I will be here much longer but I shall be here , I hope , while I can walk |
| 9 | Now because the government has a , plays a much bigger role in the economy the government will be in charge of what you might think of as industrial employment so er a lot of manufacturing , heavy industry er mining so on and so forth will be run as a national as a national industry , right and er wages in that nationalized industry will not be er set at market levels but will be set at , by some institutional mechanism that wo n't reflect demand and supply or reflect the rent seeking and rent server rent preserving behaviour of civil servants and government quangos er so on and so forth but you must bear in mind that the government sector will er the public and semi public sector in developing countries is vast in comparison to er to develop the countries and as a result wages set in er in the government sector er will erm will be the driving force for all industrial employment , so what with wages and industrial employment . |
| 10 | The day seemed very long yesterday but I must say my ‘ bonne ’ was very good to me . |
| 11 | The Guv'nor told me to ride Ile de Bourbon in the big race telling me that I knew what he could do and that win was the biggest of my career so far but I 'll always remember Lester who had finished nearly last padding disconsolately into the weighing room and asking me ‘ Did you know your horse had improved so much ’ . |
| 12 | we 'd , we 'd tie , we 'd tie a wire round the pole and heave that up you see so far but you could n't pull the chain up . |
| 13 | Should you wish to just come and talk about it — you are still welcome — maybe the time is not right for you just now but you would like to hear more ! |
| 14 | Now yo there you are now then now getting a little harder but you can do it in just the same way . |
| 15 | Not only will you read more quickly but you will absorb more of what you read and will be better able to remember it . |
| 16 | The Consul General would have given a great deal to stop this exchange going any further but he could hardly say anything without worsening the situation for himself . |
| 17 | ‘ There is a match here tonight but it will be impossible to play on this green . |
| 18 | I just live life for today really but I would like to pass my driving test . |
| 19 | It 's agreed that we should be looking at improving the standard in D risk areas etc etc etc etc but we should have a higher level of cover , not putting anybody into a suffering situation , quite the reverse that we would have an improved level of of cover within the County and the Chief Officer he 's said this time and time again . |
| 20 | But if they say Newcastle well alright but I would n't say anything . |
| 21 | ‘ I got there eventually but I could n't now , not with all the Hartlepool pies inside me . ’ |
| 22 | Readers interested in doing experiments involving ultrasonics can buy the basic matching transmitters and receivers quite cheaply but they will need to look up or develop the circuits needed to make them work . |
| 23 | ‘ He has played out of his skin twice now but he will admit that one-day internationals are a different game to Tests . |
| 24 | All have been around awhile but you can still buy them , and they get the MC Cann seal of approval as seen on TV and the national press . |
| 25 | Because when you do that then that encourages you to , oh yes , well we can , you know , that went quite well but we ought to have done that and that and then you immediately , you , you 're eager to do other things and people get used to splitting up and tackling things in a focused way . |
| 26 | So , it is n't as if we 're saying , erm maths has always been taught quite well but we can do it better . |
| 27 | Why do n't they go out Well I can have somewhere else but they can all have their quiet place to talk . |
| 28 | Not as I remember no funnily enough but they used to have people who , who went out to work at different airports after the planes had gone out they used to have gangs that went out to Perton and er we used to draw equipment from er the maintenance un RAF maintenance unit at Stafford things used to come from there . |
| 29 | Of course , you might live perfectly happily together but you might also hanker for your lost independence . |
| 30 | ‘ Thank you very much but I must walk , ’ I said . |