Example sentences of "but they [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The Conservatives would not always win under the electoral system of 1918 , but they would rarely do so badly as to allow anyone else to win . |
| 2 | Jill Kelly has volunteered to set-up the Society stand and man it on Saturday and Elsie Streek will on Sunday but they would both appreciate some help , to give them a break during the day , from amy teacher who will be there . |
| 3 | But they would soon forget . |
| 4 | But they would soon tell that they would have their before they would go to bed and thanks er very much when getting the bed and you could er vouch for that they would never . |
| 5 | Donaldson was n't too happy about his placing in the room — the light was behind him and against Mrs Balanchine , the complete opposite of the ideal — but they would probably manage . |
| 6 | This is not to say that no one who has left China since 1980 has had dissident tendencies , but they would probably keep these concealed before being allowed out . |
| 7 | They would often be put in the stocks until they sobered up , but they would invariably lapse again as soon as they were freed . |
| 8 | Southern protestants do not appear to be particularly oppressed by the state ( White 1975 : 169 ) , but they would clearly change aspects of the constitution and legislation if they were in a position to do so . |
| 9 | You think that 's especially true and like say Aberdeen if you go in a shop there and and , at least it used to be the case , and asked for something you be thought you were speaking fine but they would just say , Oh my you down from Orkney for a holiday ? |
| 10 | But they would also make a more damning inquiry : ‘ If the Labour Party does not believe in democratic socialism , what is the Labour Party for ? ’ |
| 11 | Let's suppose BA did get its foot in the City Airport 's door — they would obviously use some of their Heathrow 's landing slots and operate on that route but they would also want to fly to Birmingham , Glasgow , Manchester and perhaps Edinburgh . |
| 12 | Such projects are all worth while in their own terms , but they would also bring direct benefits to the construction industry and should be introduced and stimulated . |
| 13 | As we saw , most modern anthropologists would , like Morgan , stress the corporate character of descent groups and would agree that these groups can not be understood as large families [ Fortes , 1953 ] , but they would also stress that some kind of individual domestic unit seems to normally exist in societies with descent groups . |
| 14 | ‘ The French hate London , but they would also object to Bonn , Rome , Brussels … you name it . |
| 15 | Not only would they point to economic forces which limit those choices but they would also point out that the resultant individual choices lead to an impoverishment of products , to the Sun and not the Independent , to Sunday Sport and not News-on-Sunday . |
| 16 | Not only would their number have to be increased but they would also need to undergo years of specialized training for which they would expect a commensurate reward . |
| 17 | Because you 're seen in public and you do sing in public , there 's a lot of people that sing but as you say it 's sometimes just in their own homes or they used to but they would never sing in public , they used to sing in the choir . |
| 18 | They are happy to see me doing well , but they would never force me into anything I did n't want to do . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ But they would never have reacted to just our pictures or our ceramics . |
| 20 | ‘ Rough you up a little , yes ; but they would never have killed you . |
| 21 | But they would never take 'em out for day |
| 22 | People would marvel at his cleverness , but they would never understand the person beneath it . |
| 23 | This generation of new men might not have been elected but for the war but they would certainly have been trying to get elected in a general election in 1915 . |
| 24 | I really genuinely thought I was speaking for everyone , but they would now say they did n't particularly agree with me . |
| 25 | But they would greatly prefer to do so with the benefit of seeing the actual documents . |
| 26 | moving off the shelves and into the shop and , what we would do was erm deli people now do er , stock an order by computer and , and people like Sainsburys were doing that in the seventies , you know , and they would actually work over er work on erm data erm , from their computer and order er erm you know , okay , they 'd be an event at the weekend or something and they 'd , they 'd of , increase it or something , but they would technically work out exactly what the throughput of certain items were . |
| 27 | A company might spend ten thousand pounds on a computer , but they would then spend sixty thousand pounds on the associated software to make it work . |
| 28 | It is also possible to use festoon or ruched blinds at this type of window , but they would only draw up satisfactorily as far as the level at the bottom of the arch . |
| 29 | Michael had tried to book Guildford , but they would only offer us one week as they felt we could n't guarantee an audience for longer . |
| 30 | But they would only get two you see , and they would go on and that two would have to find another two to go on the following night . |