Example sentences of "[adv] but [pron] [modal v] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , you might live perfectly happily together but you might also hanker for your lost independence . |
| 2 | promise much but it 'll certainly stretch to one extra , anytime . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | This may well be so but it may never get tried if the transition is too difficult . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I mean if they were known widely through the island they might have bids going further but it might just be your own district . |
| 7 | Most iniquitous of all are the notorious ‘ closed ’ shops where everything is sold cheaply but which can only be used by the privileged state bureaucrats . |
| 8 | Broad definitions of money also include various items such as deposit accounts in banks that can not be spent directly but which can nevertheless be readily converted into cash . |
| 9 | looks nice , no burnt or anything , and I says ee it 's lovely is it , I said alright , would been down for this morning like and I says ooh come on then do n't bother when you get home starting making anything I says just say , let's ask for steak pies , so I says er can we have er two steak and kidney pies please ? , she said I 'm sorry we do n't , there is n't any kidney an all , I 'm glad there is n't I did n't want , well I 'd of eaten 'em like but I 'd rather have them without |
| 10 | Like first aid , it can not guarantee that you are going to be all right but it can certainly help you improve your chances . |
| 11 | As far as discs are concerned , prices will vary widely but we can reasonably assume an average of £15 in 1995 holding steady throughout the decade . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Wherever they come will be sort of near but we 'd still would never ever go and |
| 14 | He said to his wife who was in there with the youngest boy — he thought he spoke clearly but she could hardly hear him — ‘ What a lovely day it 's been . |
| 15 | ‘ I wo n't promise anything , ’ she said following him , ‘ I 've never tackled a job like it before but I might just be able to make a built-up boot for you . ’ |
| 16 | He 's calling out to me now but I can hardly hear him because I 'm screaming so hard , wetting my pants as I squeeze the screams out . |
| 17 | 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 ’ . |
| 18 | If I can er I can just sneak in he won some gold medal for Scotland as well but we 'll just er |
| 19 | Perhaps they bugged a dozen other people as well but they 'd only hear you and me talking about naming names on her bug . |
| 20 | There will be 40 happy faces when the School ends tomorrow but there will also be a lot of tears and Whelan may even return for a seventh time . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | We 're no less serious of purpose today but we may now seem a little less po-faced . |
| 23 | The state of the river and a temperature barely above freezing means it is going to be hard today but I will still feed about a dozen maggots when I cast in , and them the same again when the float is halfway down the swim . |
| 24 | Now I 'd just like to sort of This is a This is not very clear on here but I would just like to bring out This is an accident which happened down in Kent about two years ago now . |
| 25 | And I I was only bloody tiny then but I can still remember it . |
| 26 | It seemed quite shameless to me then but it would probably seem tame to today 's youngsters . |
| 27 | ‘ Everest will always be there but I might never get a chance to play at Twickenham again ’ — WILL KEFFORD ( Harlequins and Middlesex Colts full-back ) who cancelled a trip to join his father 's Everest expedition to play in the Colts Final at Twickenham which Middlesex lost to Lancashire ( 19–15 ) . |
| 28 | She says : ‘ I felt very glamorous indeed but I 'll still probably stick to making my own clothes in future . |
| 29 | An old plan may no longer be operating officially but it may still be operating unofficially . |
| 30 | Why do n't they go out Well I can have somewhere else but they can all have their quiet place to talk . |