Example sentences of "but we [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We never changed them very much , because we knew the path we were on , but we consciously spoke about them . |
| 2 | But we mostly seemed to buy toys on the way somewhere to do something else . |
| 3 | But we both have to watch out just in case shall we ? |
| 4 | Both of these measures will be effective , but we urgently need to increase the scale of this work . |
| 5 | The poem above provokes an amused response in many of us , but we urgently need to create a safe place in which the mask can be dropped : such a place may be the healing prayer partnership described above , or it can equally well be the properly functioning housegroup . |
| 6 | But we neither understand this power nor know , as Gassendi had already argued against Descartes , ‘ wherein thinking consists ’ . |
| 7 | We , of the Rupert Bear generations , may not have retained our innocence but we surely have a duty to keep a sense of responsibility to the next generation . |
| 8 | But we surely do not know these on the basis of experience . |
| 9 | There are lots to choose from but we particularly like Christian Dior 's new Tinted Cream ( £16 ) , Estée Lauder 's Perfect Climate Sportswear Tint ( £14.50 ) , and Neutrogena 's Sheer Tint Moisture SPF15 ( £8.65 ) . |
| 10 | ‘ But we particularly want to attract players who do n't compete at club level . |
| 11 | There were some astonishing shouting matches over trifles , but we soon realized that this was his way of life . |
| 12 | Sir Henry and I were both good runners and very healthy men , but we soon realized that we had no chance of catching Selden . |
| 13 | The magic takes control of our guests , rapturous applause is received at the end — but we soon take the smile off our IFAs ’ faces . |
| 14 | But we soon got used to the place . |
| 15 | ‘ Even then you get the gawp brigade - but we soon get rid of them . ’ |
| 16 | As we negotiated the slippery rungs of that staircase , there were always a few interested bystanders with nothing better to do than shout encouraging remarks from time to time , but we soon learnt to ignore them . |
| 17 | Most of us know that it is in our best interests to play it — we 've never been taught the lines , but we soon catch on to what we 're supposed to say . |
| 18 | My brother and I shared a room for a while but we soon had a partition put in allowing us to each have our separate rooms . |
| 19 | they were enchanted by Finchingfield , but we soon had to move on to Thaxted , home of Dick Turpin . |
| 20 | These pieces move about as the faces turn , but we soon notice that the corner pieces move only to corner places , and so on . |
| 21 | We worried at first that the children might be sceptical and uninterested ; but we soon found that nine year olds have already heard of atoms in garbled ways from comics and really want to know about them . |
| 22 | Dr Leslie Weatherhead talked much about individual cases , but we soon learned there were patterns of human behaviour . |
| 23 | But we soon learned that the police have eyes and ears everywhere — every village , every forest , every mountain . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ The field has been open to females only during the past year but we soon expect at least 10 per cent of dog-training course applicants will be female . ’ |
| 25 | But we soon emerged again , for curiosity overcame caution . |
| 26 | But we nevertheless accept integrity as a political ideal . |
| 27 | ‘ All League matches are vital , but we simply have to win this one if we are to have any chance of taking the title , ’ said Evans . |
| 28 | The more detailed and precise analyses on which these conclusions are based are taken from the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys ' 1976 Family Formation Survey ( Dunnell , 1979 ) , the latest available major national survey on this topic which includes detailed housing and fertility histories , but we simply do n't have more up-to-date evidence on which to make judgements . |
| 29 | ‘ He 's got a rather grand name but we simply call him Billy , ’ said dad , who would n't let go of his famous foam mallet with which he bashes kiddy guests on his long-running TV-am show , Wacaday . |
| 30 | To be honest , there are puzzles of a more arcade variety — timing jumps to get to a specific point is an integral part of the game — but we already take these for granted in cartoon adventures . |