Example sentences of "[adv prt] but [conj] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cos it wanted laying er now they 've put the rough stuff down but when they put it down they left er about say inch er drop you know so er if you ca n't see where you 're walking , especially strangers they 're gon na tipple over . |
| 2 | Well we took our turn and we waited to go in but once we got in we broke away from the crowd and when they all came out and went to lunch in the town we did n't . |
| 3 | and it was in quite a big space , I could off got in behind him and then changed if I 'd reversed in but when I saw this other chap sat in his car and then he indicated he wanted to pull out , so I let him go |
| 4 | See money 's all right they probably love the money you can bring in but if they do n't see you to spend it or to share it . |
| 5 | Sorry to butt in but if anybody 's got a car parked at the back here , the warden 's taken all the . |
| 6 | And then Helena , Joanne and me would be sleeping over but because they 've got a dog I 'm not going to sleep ! |
| 7 | Put the carpets , put everything in and er and we paid for it and they still go ad now course the national union 's taken it over but when we joined the national union there were two things that er I stipulated before we 'd join . |
| 8 | It might be a bit awkward when you start off but once you 've done it a bit it gets easier . |
| 9 | You stand to risk frightening some men off but since you 've no hope of a future with them it does n't matter if you never see them again . |
| 10 | She managed to pull them off but as she drove down the street she was followed by a cacophony of tin cans tied to the bumper . |
| 11 | Many believe that Mr Kinnock 's heart may have been cut out and stamped on but that it beats anew in Mr Brown , and for this reason alone the party leader is credited with wanting the 41-year old Scot to succeed him in the event of disaster . |
| 12 | Even when he saw it being done he still would n't have known what was going on but unless you try it yourself , you do n't know what physical effect , or mental effect , it has on you and how speedy and intolerant it makes you of other people . |
| 13 | I 've got all the countries blanks might not oh I might not even have the countries on but if you had blanks you could put countries in , that 'll be easier than |
| 14 | I told you I was learning the language — she 's really very sweet and not a stitch on but as I said no need to worry , angel , riddled with diseases I 'm sure , apart from anything else , I mean . |
| 15 | Caruth , out of the rink since last August , was slow to warm up but once he shook off the cobwebs he looked the winner all the way . |
| 16 | As I said we may not have a set up but if we have n't we 'll set one now . |
| 17 | or high up but if you 've got a little hook |
| 18 | Well they used to , if a battery could n't be , you can charge it up but if it breaks through from one cell to the other a a across with sediment in the bottom , so it gaps that cell and that cell so you can charge it forever because the one 's discharging the other with the sediment that 's arrested in the bottom cos i it 's like putting a connection across , so it never actually charges . |
| 19 | tying them up but when they went out to the end of the estuary that was just a case of get there first to get the job ? |
| 20 | Even in the opera the Passacaglia ends not when the curtain goes up but when it comes down . |
| 21 | Only one , the Nevada , was able to get steam up but as she made off was struck by bombs and grounded . |
| 22 | I reached down to pick him up but as I bent down I felt tingling in my feet . |
| 23 | Make allowance for the fact that you 'll be drifting sideways more with the daggerboard up but as you come into shallow water then you can raise the rudder and step ashore . |
| 24 | I 'm going out but before I go I 'll tell you one thing . |
| 25 | Well , I 've nearly dropped out but if you went along with |
| 26 | ‘ You need to hit the ball hard to get out but if you hit it too well , you go over to the other side of the green … |
| 27 | hughesy is renowned as a ‘ hard man ’ although this appears to be a one way thing — he does nt mind dishing it out but if anyone comes within a foot of him he crashes to the turf , usually clutching his face and rolling around frantically in an attempt to get a fellow professional booked/sent off . |
| 28 | Okay you can sort those out but when we get to take aways it goes a little bit odd does n't it . |
| 29 | I was out but when I got back I tried calling but there was no answer . |
| 30 | We would prefer to go back but if we close it for good it would be far better to have no Timex in Dundee than a Timex with scab labour earning scab wages and working under scab conditions . ’ |