Example sentences of "[v-ing] but [pron] [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And they 'll check that out for you and we 'll see what 's happening but it 's just in case there 's any arthritis or anything like that that 's |
| 2 | The expansion of forestry by means of a policy of attrition and isolation of farms is occurring but it is not necessarily a process which in the long term will lead to a reasonable balance of land use . |
| 3 | Never went out till Friday because it was , they went walking but it was so windy cos they 're here and the garden 's sort of down to a field and then it 's all fields and fields and fields and the wind just comes across like gales all the time . |
| 4 | Excuse me for swearing but I 'm just repeating what she said … |
| 5 | No he 's alright looking but he 's just boring . |
| 6 | he 's just saying no but they 're really good and I 'm going but they 're not , they 're rubbish . |
| 7 | crap bands and I 'm going but they 're so untalented , sort it out and he 's going |
| 8 | So we , we th that , that was er another good thing they , they got going but there was very little for , for nurses to do . |
| 9 | I knew I was lying but there was n't anything I could do about it . |
| 10 | People always think we ignore them when they 're waiting but it is n't really like that . |
| 11 | Other wheels are turning but they are not our concern . |
| 12 | He turned to the wall where it should have been hanging but there was only an empty bracket . |
| 13 | I stirred the potato powder into the liquid and would have begun eating but it was too hot . |
| 14 | The big regatta dances in the huge grey tent down by the quay in Carrick were just beginning but there were so few days left of the holiday that Maggie preferred to spend them about the house chatting with Rose or her sisters around the fire or talking with Michael out in the front garden among his flowerbeds ; and sometimes during long breaks in the rain they would go out to where Moran was tidying up in the meadows . |
| 15 | You are kind of dozing but you are not asleep because you ca n't get to sleep because there is a needle sticking in your arm and you have got a drip going on and they come and change the bag and you are constantly feeling sick . |
| 16 | And I was saying but I 'm not cos I mean like day weeks he goes yeah but you 're just as bad as all the rest of them , you would be and he would n't say anything , you know , he would n't even tell me that . |
| 17 | Editing a program you like is fine if you know what you 're doing but it 's too easy to spend hours fiddling with the EQ to get the distortion to sound just so , when getting the right room size is the element that makes the sound . |
| 18 | To an extent Laura found the superior knowledge of some of her employees unnerving but she was also prepared to learn from them , her own tastes changing subtly in the process . |
| 19 | It is running but it 's not showing us anything |
| 20 | The idea of devoting one 's career to helping the other fellow on his way , rejoicing , may be ennobling but it is sometimes more evident in theory than in practice . |
| 21 | If they were going along trying to open shop doors , they could go in as a suspected person loitering but it was n't looked upon very favourably by the courts . |
| 22 | Well we 're not stopping but we 're not going anywhere . |
| 23 | I was fighting but it was not enough , ’ Edberg said . |
| 24 | ‘ I am obviously very pleased about winning but it was also great that my parents were here . |
| 25 | And everyone thought he was posing but it was actually who did it . |
| 26 | and then last year we did Peter Pan and I said right I 'm leaving but she 's always wanted |
| 27 | We well I was n't actually I was watching but I was quite surprised . |
| 28 | Well , they 're trying but they 're not sure whether they will be successful . |
| 29 | And , well , I just felt it had been worth trying but it was n't going to work . |
| 30 | Monarchy also appealed because it was the logical development of a hierarchical view of the universe which might be waning but which was still immensely strong and very widely understood . |