Example sentences of "but [pron] [adv] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah a big like that but nothing just have a plain one , and two little kids . |
| 2 | But me jus study an tek what is fe me |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | They drive me to distraction : at first I refuse to fight back , on the grounds that life is sacred and it is not their fault that they are mosquitos , but I eventually join in the swatting that punctuates the quiet every so often . |
| 5 | With the stable now returning to form after a lean spell , Afton Express should go close but I slightly prefer the more experienced RIVER HOUSE ( 1.15 ) , who jumped well when scoring over the course recently . |
| 6 | ‘ Of course , having excellent tools with which to work is no guarantee of an excellent end result , but I firmly believe it always helps to use the best materials you can afford . |
| 7 | I realise this is higher than originally envisaged but I firmly believe our approach will lead to the best result . |
| 8 | I do n't think so I believe that the hunting fraternity is not blameless and indeed the , all their arguments are not quite correct in every sense but I firmly believe that there are more important matters for this council to debate and spend its time and money on . |
| 9 | It is n't as well lit as a studio perhaps should be , but I rather like that . |
| 10 | I do n't know , if you 're like me but , I must confess , I I get er , I would n't say pleasure , but I rather like those incidents where he tells the disciples off , not because he 's telling them off , but because I can fit in wi with what they 've been up to ! |
| 11 | but I rather gather large people would get everything you see |
| 12 | Well , he might have kept one as a spare , but I rather suspect he 'd have handed it to a friend with strict instructions to thrash it to death and to return it in five years ’ time … |
| 13 | We landed Phil at Yarmouth , Isle of Wight , to receive a mild rebuke from the Senior Naval Officer about lack of communication and swanning around without lights , but I rather think that Phil gave as good as he got . |
| 14 | Yes , they were appointed by the County Council so I sup and er I , I rather think that they , we never got paid but I rather think th they 'd have to pay the Council something for the midwife 's services . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ But I rather think my modest , high-minded , fastidious , idealistic wife has a long way to go before she qualifies for that description . ’ |
| 17 | It says they do n't need any cooking but I rather wonder . |
| 18 | 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 ! |
| 19 | It may well be the case that we should have had more staff but I willingly accept that the tenfold increase in the number arriving has overwhelmed our resources . |
| 20 | The citation to Patricio Kenny has gone astray among family papers , but I carefully treasure the most attractive decoration with rosette and ribbons . |
| 21 | I often draw in pencil , adding watercolour washes , but I also like to use the wrong end of a brush sharpened to a wedge . |
| 22 | but I mean it depends also I suppose erm , when your aiming for is the market , and I , I , I would like to have my work published but I also like to perform it and its got to be attractive to be looked at , in the first instance in , on a page its not known , er , there is , there is a lot of debate at the moment about using erm pages for poetry and some poets have actually starting using , writing from the wrong side and , and , and , and writing in the shape of a poem , for instance , if , what poem I was thinking off was a , was a waterfall so it was cascading the words cascading , you almost have to pick , ha , ha , have a choice of , of words that you want to fit into a particular thing , erm I think that 's had its place , but I think it can be a bit off putting as well , yeah , but it exciting , yeah definitely . |
| 23 | Erm , I pressed yes for having liking my own body , and I do , erm but I also like the slight improvements that I make on it like erm my hair |
| 24 | ‘ Sure , I like hanging around with the guys , playing golf , having a beer but I also like ladies , too , ’ he protests . |
| 25 | ‘ I have a managerial role , organising in-service training and schedule , but I also teach and that is what is important to me . |
| 26 | Certainly , the activities do focus concentration and energy , but I also use these activities diagnostically , to give myself time and space to assess the class , to learn about their social health ; they help me feel comfortable with the class , and that is important . |
| 27 | But I also know that this feeling of buoyancy , energy or even ecstasy , although close to that of romantic love , is not the same thing . |
| 28 | But I also know that you wo n't let me down . " |
| 29 | ‘ But I also know that I will not reach any of those records on reputation . |
| 30 | But I also know that Gordon Wilson 's view is the only one worth aspiring to . |