Example sentences of "but [pron] [adv] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah a big like that but nothing just have a plain one , and two little kids . |
| 2 | At first the beeves were indistinct masses , cold and blurry , but I eventually got a satisfactory materialisation . |
| 3 | Yeah , but I also got a leaflet for refills as well |
| 4 | Twin Oaks looks a great type for the fences and may be the hardest to beat but I also have a healthy respect for Cool Ground and Brown Windsor . |
| 5 | But I also have a Roland D550 module and a Yamaha TG77 . ’ |
| 6 | I am dark haired and tan quite easily , but I also have a lot of moles and freckles . |
| 7 | I want a galvanised chassis but I also want a diesel engine of about 3 litres capacity . |
| 8 | I want the maximum degree of unity , but I also want a treaty to be constructed that carries no inexorable commitment to a united states of Europe . |
| 9 | ‘ I like having him at home , but I also need a day to myself now and again , just to be able to think my own thoughts . ’ |
| 10 | Well most of them they saying are six contracts , now they say , say , six month contract or eight month contract or a three month contract , but I just had a couple that were like oh they could be a |
| 11 | would er , the most sensible thing be to use tomorrow and er my tomorrow is , is possible , but I just have a |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm sorry , ’ Merrill said , blindly thrusting her notebook into her handbag , ‘ but I already have a date . ’ |
| 13 | I shall not attempt to express an opinion , but I well remember a very good party that was held in our front room in Portmanmoor road , Splott , back in 1970 . |
| 14 | We did have a couple of suicides , but I soon put a stop to that . |
| 15 | After that I was blacked by the quality schools , but I soon landed a job for the rest of the year with a cowboy outfit in Italy who needed a replacement teacher in a hurry . |
| 16 | ‘ But I always like a beach to myself . |
| 17 | I prefer white bread myself , because it makes better toast , but I always get a brown sliced for the cat which likes a little bit of butter with it . |
| 18 | But I always did a good line in love potions . |
| 19 | But I always have a fork , a knife and fork ; it 's … it 's bad manners to eat with your fingers . ’ |
| 20 | Reading the news for ITN means I sometimes work peculiar hours but I often have a weekday morning off , and that 's when I play golf . |
| 21 | Now I I 'm your least sporting person , but I quite like a good test game and I was in Australia when Packer did the whole thing with what I call Pack a Ball one day cricket . |
| 22 | It 's a bleak dismal day but I quite like a little |
| 23 | There was n't much else she could do without attracting attention , but I definitely expected a bit of the old argy-bargy before she let me get down to business . |
| 24 | ‘ The advertisements and Briggs spoke of a Jane Eyre , but I only knew a Jane Elliott , ’ said St John . |
| 25 | I lie in the metal box hoping to hear the elephant passing or the lions roaring , but I only hear a distant hyena against the myriad squeaks and screeches of the night . |
| 26 | The nationality rule was a beautiful get-out for them , but I only had a few months to go before I 'd been here for ten years and would have been entitled to fight for the title . |
| 27 | I kept an ace but I only got a pair of eights with it which was no good . |
| 28 | Perhaps it was the wine I had drunk but I only gave a short yell before my hair was grabbed and my head jerked violently back . |
| 29 | But I only threw a stone |
| 30 | ‘ We 're not there yet , of course , but I now detect a completely new enthusiasm , a new belief among the players , ’ he said . |