Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sad claims , but nothing compared to an NME reviewer 's view that the band Flowered Up should n't be allowed to play in clubs , because black music has always been the mainstay there , and Flowered Up have their roots in rock . |
| 2 | Both were very interesting and fun , but nothing compared to what was planned for the rest of the holiday . |
| 3 | So while you can talk about the expansion of federal powers and the dominance of the national government in certain areas , it is but nothing compared to the dominance of central government in Britain over , over local government . |
| 4 | But nothing prepared the 14-year-old for the shock when Tony ran off in real life with Tracey . |
| 5 | But nothing damaged , eh ? |
| 6 | There had been occasional mutterings to himself over his cigarettes , but nothing spoken to them . |
| 7 | I went through a period of depression erm I 'd been attending the doctor I 'd been told that I was suffering from various illnesses , but nothing helped . |
| 8 | His mother 's name was Peggity but everyone called her Pegs . |
| 9 | ANOTHER travel firm collapsed last night — but everyone booked with Greek Connections , of Fleet , Hants , will get their money back . |
| 10 | I ca n't remember what band Petra 's in , but I seen them practise once . |
| 11 | Stands to reason you do n't get much for that sort of money , but I done well , I reckon . |
| 12 | But I got ta tell you that I do n't like it . |
| 13 | But I got ta lotta posh friends . |
| 14 | But I got ta have it now . ’ |
| 15 | And up there but I got ta do that again . |
| 16 | Well yeah alright but I got ta |
| 17 | Remarkably no one but ourselves brought flasks of water . |
| 18 | Yeah but my done it in the morning go rush out to the post box |
| 19 | But someone committed to a thorough-going naturalism is no more prepared to allow to the mind mysterious properties than he is prepared to allow them to matter : for the thorough-going naturalist , after all , mind is no more than a manifestation of matter . |
| 20 | In Hungary , Janos Kadar was almost gently pushed aside , in Poland the Communists were swept from power , and in Czechoslovakia Mr Husak retired — but nobody called for his arrest . |
| 21 | Please continue : He was in a local professional band called Magdelene , recorded So Much Love ( but nobody noticed ) . |
| 22 | The group changed its name to The Beautiful Losers and won Melody Maker 's best newcomers of 1975 award ( but nobody noticed ) . |
| 23 | Rea split from the group ( but nobody noticed ) . |
| 24 | But its got |
| 25 | But somebody put shelves in and everything else and what have you , so it do n't fit . |
| 26 | But you got ta understand … |
| 27 | I dig violent music [ The Doors ’ ‘ Light My Fire ’ is howling in the background ] but you got ta remember that this is still the East . |
| 28 | I mean a machine , d well they do , they do carry timber but you got ta have the men there have n't you ? |
| 29 | I 've been figuring out S , A and B , wha why you ha , you have to start , you know , then I realise it 's but you got ta put it in the way it 's ready to er record have n't |
| 30 | but you got ta do two hundred words or less that you wan na be when you 're older . |