Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] but [subord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His gallops have always impressed me but after a couple of disappointing runs on the flat his attentions were turned to the all-weather surfaces . |
| 2 | Erm I mean I I do n't see it but if the opportunity came along I think it would be invidious to have a policy which er only allowed those exceptions in certain districts . |
| 3 | If the lavatory is inaccessible , down a corridor , or dark and cold , the child may be reluctant to use it but if the parent accompanies the child and waits , he or she can gradually learn confidence . |
| 4 | ‘ I built the business up after I bought it but as the City went down everything else went down with it , ’ mourns Haddad , who spent £600,000 buying and refurbishing Le Gamin . |
| 5 | It appeared that when this alliance of powerful forces realized that some legalistic gloss over their environmental vandalism was necessary or desirable , not because they wanted it but because the public were increasingly becoming aware of pollution , they actively encouraged the legislature to formulate a bill which created the illusion of controlling corporations . |