Example sentences of "but [subord] [pron] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But where we might have expected a bourgeois society logically to break it up or transform it — as indeed it was to be disintegrated later — the classic phase of bourgeois society reinforced and exaggerated it . |
| 2 | Ace had warned her they would be leaving by helicopter , but where they would be going she had no idea . |
| 3 | Doubtless most industrialists in the UK would concur , but where they might fall out with him is on the definition of ‘ robot ’ ( See Box below ) . |
| 4 | But where she used to live the houses have been pulled down ooh a few years ago and it 's all shops now . |
| 5 | She had taken a job in Manchester which bored her as much as she knew it would , but where she could settle down and get to know the people she was working with . |
| 6 | Because it was before just before we moved the offices but it 's kicking around somewhere in an envelope with my name on the front of it but where I would n't know . |
| 7 | The place of the original utterance is hardly relevant but where you would encounter the text is . |
| 8 | The whole thing seemed faithfully in the past , where we could regard it with intense interest , and surround it with historical debate , but where it could do us , and our generation , no harm . |
| 9 | And then he had watched two men leave the Tower and walk across towards the Stones , towards his Stones , and he had clambered down from his perch and hidden himself where they would not see him but where he could watch them . |
| 10 | Gerald will start , er , and he will talk to you as if you were a potential client , but so he can actually relate it to somebody , he 'll choose one of you . |
| 11 | But so he should , for project coordinator at Blackfriars , with partner travelled to Germany to represent Great Britain in the European Bridge Championships a few days later in March . |
| 12 | Certainly the modern world has its problems , but so it will always be until the parousia , we could say . |
| 13 | BIZARRE INC 's debut LP is excellent , but so it should be , since it 's effectively a greatest hits . |
| 14 | But although we ca n't comprehend these levels of improbability in our minds , we should n't just run away from them in terror . |
| 15 | But although we may be confident that a gradient exists , and influences subsequent development , we usually have no idea what it is a gradient of , and rather little idea of how genes are actually switched on and off . |
| 16 | But although we may have a spiritual or mental knowledge of the pregnancy , the actual physical development of the baby in the womb has to lie beyond our conscious control . |
| 17 | But although we must operate throughout the world , we can not ignore the national differences in the marketplace . |
| 18 | But although they might be better mounted , by normal standards , they were not so well horsed for rough riding as were the Borderers on their tough , sure-footed hill ponies ; on this terrain the fleeing men ought to be able to keep ahead . |
| 19 | The governor had other officials whose posts entitled them to sit in his executive council , but although they might have looked like potential ministers the legislative assemblies could not use them to control the governor and , as the governor had no automatic right to dismiss his councillors , he could not use them as his ministers either . |
| 20 | But although they can be fairly clearly defined they are the outcome of complex relationships within the firm such that entrepreneurship is diffused through different levels of management , frequently to a degree that the operative distinction between entrepreneur and manager no longer applies [ Alford , 1976 ] . |
| 21 | But although there may be little that another Tory government could do to lower interest rates , Labour would undoubtedly make matters worse . |
| 22 | There is no particular season that gives the best ‘ air ’ , but although there may be more ‘ heavenly blue ’ in June he observed some of the finest atmosphere in September and October . |
| 23 | But although she may not have been popular at work she was not evil . |
| 24 | The Collector 's eye came to rest on the corner where Miriam lay ; she was too weak to help Dr McNab now , but although she could no longer be of any service to the ailing figures who lay nearby , she had refused to let the Collector move her mattress up to the dais where the air was better and where cholera clouds would be less likely to hang ( if such things existed , which of course they had been proved not to by Dr McNab , but all the same … ) . |
| 25 | But although she could no longer see anything , she could swear that the star stopped on the edge of the hole and did not go in ! |
| 26 | ‘ When the tube is in place , air will be passed through it to distend the colon and give a clearer view of the lining … you may pass some wind , but although you may find this embarrassing , remember that staff do understand what is causing it . ’ |
| 27 | But although he might not be bright , Balor 's head was on a level with Floy and Snodgrass as they sat astride the two horses and he was twice the size of either of them . |
| 28 | ‘ But although he may seem quite well he 's still to be handled with care . |
| 29 | well , well thank Mr very much , if you , if you could , I can accommodate Mr at any reasonable time tomorrow , erm , but although he may say he 's only got , he only wants to rest for a quarter of an hour d'your , as you gather from the interchange from the bench , that 's er , that will be the very minimum and I may well have questions to ask him , although I hope I 'd asked most of them to Mr , so , erm , but I 'm , I 'm I think for everybody 's convenience it , erm , unless he 's got a specific time he could deal with , we either start say at eleven thirty , when Mr can be here or at two , erm , but if he 's got some other clever idea I 'm perfectly prepared to entertain him , but er we ca n't leave this hanging around , I 've got ta write this and whichever way it goes we 've got ta look at it again , er and although I suppose I 'm not entirely unheard of and I disappear to the court of appeal next term it 's gon na make things extremely awkward to try and arrange anything else next term , cos I 've got two other judges to bear in mind as well as myself |
| 30 | She began to tremble , but although he must surely have known that she was not enjoying what he was doing , he said and did nothing to reassure her , nor gave her any sign of love or affection . |