Example sentences of "but [pron] [adv] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He writes that people ‘ choose ’ yakhtaru ) members of committees ( see chapter I , ‘ Popular congresses and people 's committees ’ ) ; but everyone else called these choosings ‘ elections ’ ( intikhab ) : older people had experience , younger ones the tradition of elections under the monarchy ; and they assimilated these procedures . |
| 2 | It is n't as well lit as a studio perhaps should be , but I rather like that . |
| 3 | I do n't know , if you 're like me but , I must confess , I I get er , I would n't say pleasure , but I rather like those incidents where he tells the disciples off , not because he 's telling them off , but because I can fit in wi with what they 've been up to ! |
| 4 | Certainly , the activities do focus concentration and energy , but I also use these activities diagnostically , to give myself time and space to assess the class , to learn about their social health ; they help me feel comfortable with the class , and that is important . |
| 5 | ground , but I also carry that sense of responsibility . |
| 6 | Well no , but it was n't but I just wanted some |
| 7 | I use the TC Electronics 2290 for chorus and delay and I 've been using a PCM 70 for reverb , but I just got this new reverb from Real Tube . ’ |
| 8 | There are one or two others but I just bring that along as a . |
| 9 | Yes it as I say it 's nothing grand but I just enjoyed this man 's conversation , he was so good . |
| 10 | I 'm sorry , but I just heard some good news . ’ |
| 11 | But I just felt that 's it . |
| 12 | You see David , what he 's saying to your dad this morning , let's get a meeting and go but I just feel that , I just , what 's the point of going for an argument . |
| 13 | I was enjoying it , but I just decided this was not for me |
| 14 | But I just find that pleasant listening . |
| 15 | I 'm sorry but I just think that is outrageous ! |
| 16 | I just fancied I know , but I just fancied some custard |
| 17 | ‘ I wanted him to chase me , not literally , though I would have been madly impressed if he 'd charged up Piccadilly on a white stallion , but I just wanted some firmer confirmation that he loved me . |
| 18 | ‘ But I probably saw several men like that in all this trainload . |
| 19 | In the beginning they offered me aversion therapy but I furiously refused that . |
| 20 | Brushing my hair set my teeth on edge but I finally got most of it laying down , and at least you could n't see my new bumps from the front . |
| 21 | ‘ If I 'd known then what I learned since I would not have lost the job or my place but I simply had some growing up to do . |
| 22 | Personally , I always avoid fishing the corners of waters : I may be wrong but I simply feel that bream avoid such places . |
| 23 | At grammar school , of course , I had played rugby but I simply loved all sports . |
| 24 | But I practically filled that this morning . |
| 25 | When I was in prison I was n't hard to start with , but I soon got that way . |
| 26 | It looked very different to a nautical chart and made little sense to me , but I gradually deciphered some of the meaning from its weird markings . |
| 27 | yeah , these might tell you but I always heard that salt was damp ! |
| 28 | But I always add all the juices from the meat . |
| 29 | I always say ‘ one last thing ’ , but I always add another last thing to a last thing because I 'm an academic by nature and that 's , that 's the curse of the profession . |
| 30 | I like that , I do n't like Jason Donovan but I quite like that , do you ? |