Example sentences of "but [pron] [adv] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | True , you can offer advice when it 's asked for but no-one really wants advice — particularly if it 's 20 years out-of-date . |
| 2 | But I just hope Rugby League bosses will help the rest of the British talent by giving them the right set-up in which to play and train . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ It 's nice to get four victories on the bounce , but I just hope Christmas has not come too early for us . ’ |
| 4 | I knew I had to go back to hospital but I just had time to see my mother and sister off and to help my father close up grandmother 's house and to see uncle Henry take her off to the station , with destination Somerset . |
| 5 | ‘ But I just love football . |
| 6 | But I always thought cleanliness was next to Godliness , |
| 7 | But I always spoke English with Mum , and I went to an English school in Athens . |
| 8 | But I always give credit to the audience . |
| 9 | ‘ But I always voted Conservative . ’ |
| 10 | I had published several small books myself , but I always lost money . |
| 11 | Or peach melba , but I only like strawberry but I thought |
| 12 | There is nothing more tedious for the teacher than to hear one of his best students saying , after the examination : ‘ Oh , I did very well , but I only had time to answer half the paper . ’ |
| 13 | But I only have reason to believe that my experience makes that proposition probable if I have reason to believe quite generally that events which I have not observed are similar to events which I have observed . |
| 14 | ‘ I knew all about calories , but I really enjoyed food and found it difficult to lost weight ! |
| 15 | Actually , I 'm in a situation now where I 'd love to be celibate … but I really love sex . |
| 16 | ‘ But I never felt remorse about them the same way I did about him . |
| 17 | When he first got made redundant he got earnings-related dole , about £7 for himself , but I never had money of my own . |
| 18 | ‘ All that breeds insecurity but I never received stick from the crowd . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ My father was a white-collar dental worker , we lived in a council house sure , but I never knew hunger or deprivation ever ! |
| 20 | I like a good thriller myself but I never have time to read them . ’ |
| 21 | Blind and foolish I confess myself , but I never willed evil against this house , and I abase myself in acknowledgement of the wrong done , and ask forgiveness . |
| 22 | But I still retain sympathy for the misguided foreign tourists who read about its properties as a ‘ gateway to the beautiful western Highlands ’ and end up wandering in dismay down streets that make the Bronx look like Disneyland . |
| 23 | Now I mean many of the erm practices of religion I 'm not sure I understand them all , but but I still take part in them . |
| 24 | but I still get cramp , and that , and the doctor said to me he said all that I can do is when you get the pain just rest it , how can you rest with a three year old ? |
| 25 | But I still enjoy refereeing in the Northern League . ’ |
| 26 | I know that I have a comfortable income now , but I still have difficulty in believing it . |
| 27 | About one year ago I had a clear-out and consigned it to the bin so I can not help with the actual item but I still have copy of the magazine if it is needed . |
| 28 | But I still believe running is the best way to see a city and get a feel for its people and their culture . |
| 29 | I felt like I 'd been kicked by a camel but I still needed food , so I polished off the eclair , belched with all the decorum I could , and started eyeing up a Danish pastry . |
| 30 | The thought makes me scared , but I still feel relief when the scales show a couple of pounds less . |