Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have n't , I have n't got a clue but I knew it the minute the second you said it I knew it . |
| 2 | I have tried the Cotherstone cheese made today but I prefer something a little drier . |
| 3 | Some people do n't do anything — some people 's places really are n't clean … well , this one is n't very , but I keep it the best I can . |
| 4 | But I remember something a counsellor said on one of the courses . |
| 5 | Yeah I know but I mean what a way to look . |
| 6 | But I mean what the pay relative to us the cost of living and everything else , I do n't know . |
| 7 | But I made him a vow , ’ she shrugged . |
| 8 | I did n't know Tonya very well , but I wish her the best . ’ |
| 9 | He said : ‘ The van was not there at 6pm but I noticed it a little bit later . |
| 10 | It suits her cos her face is more , but I 'd something a bit longer . |
| 11 | like , I might make a determined effort , but I know what a |
| 12 | I do not know what the answer is , but I know what the answer is not . |
| 13 | ‘ I thank you , Mr Aycliffe , ’ Theda said drily , ‘ but I know him a little better than that ! ’ |
| 14 | But I like it a bit stronger than that . |
| 15 | ‘ Sorry , but I make it a rule never to have working lunches — so bad for the digestion , I find . |
| 16 | But I told him the best publishers to try — the pink-ohs , you know . |
| 17 | People say they become imperceptive ; they spend hours looking for the car keys that were on the table in front of them all the time ; they become preoccupied and inattentive to what other people are saying to them ( ‘ But I told you the Smiths were coming over yesterday . |
| 18 | ‘ Wild geese , mon vieux , is what you presume me to chase , ’ said the gentleman to Bramble , ‘ but I assure you the stable door is bolted . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ It may not seem so now , but I promise you a miscarriage is one of nature 's mercies . ’ |
| 20 | This was no doubt very wicked of them , but I bear them no animosity at all : I had done what I wanted to do , which was to obtain a glimpse of the Caucasus from the most easternly town of any size in Turkey . |
| 21 | " But I call you a whore ! " |
| 22 | I parted with a feeling that it would be a long time before I earned her forgiveness , but I did her an injustice . |
| 23 | But I give them a so then I saw Mrs on Tuesday when I was at Ashington . |
| 24 | I do n't , cos it ai n't polite with strangers , but I give her a real nice smile instead . |
| 25 | She would n't say even then but I plagued her a bit till she could n't keep it to herself any longer . |
| 26 | Its a very stressful situation and its a very artificial situation , very often your on your own and there 's a lot of things happening , your in busy traffic or your on a very dangerous road or whatever and I think sometimes and I 'm not saying there 's any difference between male and female as far as that 's concerned but I think its a way of your , getting your er aggression out |
| 27 | But I think what the Franks Report illustrates to me very , very clearly indeed is that , within a parliamentary democratic system of government , there are some issues which are insoluble in that the government of the day … are incapable of delivering through the House of Commons . |
| 28 | I have played my part in defending the role of banks and the necessary role that they have , but I find myself a little outflanked by the new enthusiasm . |
| 29 | I gather this is normal practice but I find it a little unreasonable . |
| 30 | It is neither the ninety seven thousand , nine hundred and fifty seven pounds claim by Mr nor the forty seven thousand one hundred and eighty five pound figure contended for by Mr but I find it a fair figure for the cost of the plaintiff 's transport in the years ahead . |