Example sentences of "but [pron] [adv] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But no-one yet knows why this is happening . |
| 2 | Actinic Degradation This is the breakdown of ( mostly synthetic ) flysheets through prolonged exposure to the sun , but no-one really knows why it affects some tents and not others of the same make and model . |
| 3 | It was a game in the bower , for the cup would be returned empty after a while , but no-one ever saw where the milk went . |
| 4 | As a man , a white , a heterosexual , from a capitalist country , the country she tried to free , I have no right , you may think , to stand on this platform , but I gladly do so in order to salute her . |
| 5 | But I mostly did n't know which fragments were recent and which were fossil . |
| 6 | These were the deep furrows etched in the sand to help the Nairn transport , but I rather think more so to help the pilots of the period to find their way across the route from Rutbah Wells to Damascus , or indeed from Baghdad to Rutbah Wells . |
| 7 | It was best balsa wood of course , not that the Indians could know , but I duly went down poleaxed and Matt started pretending it was an accident . |
| 8 | Cos that really got up , up my back when the , I mean tho ai n't a ba , bad bunch of old boys but I normally go down but they they clear and once we 've done our work before dinner break they all clear off and I go down to the and then I sort of walk back more or less behind them you know , to the break like and as I go past the club , I go and wash my hands , they go straight in , I go and wash my hands and I walk past the and er we should go to dinner at quarter to twelve and I go past , it 's one minute past quarter to twelve so cos when we go in there you see quarter past twelve due to go back I always give them two or three minutes and I say that 's it , that 's , ah we was late coming in , I said no you were n't ! |
| 9 | I did n't realize until this night that the Americans took the Weltklasse so seriously , but I immediately understood why . |
| 10 | I do help if I can , but I also point out to them that the help is to members of the ( and I send them details and a membership application form — but this rarely has any effect ; I do n't even get an acknowledgment as a rule ) . |
| 11 | I invited the pensions establishment but I also brought in some of those who wanted change . |
| 12 | But I also keep on emphasizing that the subject matter of social and cultural anthropology is the enormous diversity of customary behaviour world-wide . |
| 13 | Not only did I discover that all these tender little messages you keep sending me were probably written weeks in advance , but I also discovered just how many other women I share that privilege with . |
| 14 | ‘ I like staying up until 3am or 4am in the morning but I also get up early . |
| 15 | In fact a lot of our you know a lot a lot of the their their the type of business I was in , right ? they wanted the erm home service companies but I also branched out because I 've always been connected . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'd wanted to see it of course , but I also wondered why he was so desperate to get here . |
| 17 | But I also discover both reactions of my own which are in their power , and reactions of theirs which are in mine , so that the drive towards sovereignty urges me , either to dominate , or to let myself be drawn to the viewpoint of the stronger and submit . |
| 18 | That is to say , I earn a lot , but I also give quite a lot away in different ways . |
| 19 | In its pure form , models are logically derived and then tested on historical data but I also include here most forms of quantitative research which use such data to test predefined hypotheses . |
| 20 | Oh yeah , yeah but I , I but I just thought so I , so I , so I , so I said to him well I , if it was me I 'd just write back and say thanks , yes I 'll come actually , thank you very much |
| 21 | But I just lay there , rigid , as if some wizard was standing over me with his arm raised holding a black wand and declaiming , Robina Marquis you are turned to marble . |
| 22 | But I just looked up from the carpet with this great big reassuring smile and said there was nothing to worry about . ’ |
| 23 | But I just go out and play the game . |
| 24 | I went to take Wendy 's laundry round Tuesday night I forget why I was , I do n't know , well I did n't call but I just drove on and got myself a says Jim you 're early tonight , quarter past ten . |
| 25 | I 've read it over and over again , but I just keep on going back to it , cos I can just go on reading it for |
| 26 | You know , I 've been to the sights , but I just feel like I want to go travelling , I do n't want to go skiing again . |
| 27 | Yes , I appreciate that , but I just wondered why we were discussing that here now , when we were turned down . |
| 28 | but worth trying that , that would certainly help , but I just wondered even if you know sort of local press , I mean presumably they are in their league for doing this |
| 29 | He yelled something as he ran/hobbled towards a parked sports car , but I just sat there hypnotized . |
| 30 | I would like to have it very much because music is one of the great pleasures in life to me but I just have nowhere to put it at the moment . |