Example sentences of "[noun] but [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not remember whether we enlivened the day with a penny ride on a donkey round the White Stone pond but I regarded these donkeys with the respect and admiration rarely afforded by the keenest jockey for his mount and one of my day-dreams ( only once realised and then somehow a little disappointing ) was to save up three weeks ' pocket money and have a 3d ride in place of a Id one , which took you for at least a hundred yards along the Spaniards Road . |
| 2 | ‘ He 's had trouble with campers , who 've broken down his fences and left fires that have caused a lot of damage — not Guides or Scouts , of course , who you know are taught to leave behind nothing but their thanks but he puts all campers together and calls them all nuisances . ’ |
| 3 | The military passing by called up a helicopter which took her to hospital in Mogadishu but she died five minutes after her arrival . |
| 4 | A pack of 18 Squiggles usually cost £10.50 from Schumi but we have 20 packs to give away absolutely free . |
| 5 | The win took the Republic back up to second place in the Group behind Spain on goal difference but they had enough chances to close the six-goal gap on the pace-setters . |
| 6 | Its characteristics include adjustable string tension , a system which has been underrated in previous years but which has incalculable benefits to the regular club enthusiast . |
| 7 | ‘ I started heart massage but it took three minutes to get any sign of life . |
| 8 | They quashed the murder charge but he got ten years for intent to wound resulting in death , plus , of course , half as much again because there was a firearm involved . ‘ |
| 9 | The church was not in permanent use and had no resident vicar but it held occasional services and now at Christmas an elderly cleric in retirement had volunteered to conduct a sung Eucharist at nine-thirty with the help of a volunteer choir assembled from the Women 's Institute . |
| 10 | ‘ Anders is not in that category but he has other things to offer . |
| 11 | Available from professional salons only , it usually costs £3.95/8oz but we have 50 bottles to give away to readers . |
| 12 | I mean I I had the guitar stuff done within an hour but it getting all vocals over-dubbed and doubling everything up and then , it took forever to mix it together . |
| 13 | I knew almost nothing about physics but we shared some jokes about the Rome telephone system . |
| 14 | ‘ The pet shop refused a refund but I got one thanks to DAS , ’ he says . |
| 15 | In the final Cadwallader struggled to stay in touch with the top class domestic field but he exceeded all expectations by taking more than four seconds off his best time when he ran 3m 44.04s in Saturday 's heats . |
| 16 | I 'd have hoped the England team would have been selected on quality and experience but it seems those qualities are not important any more |
| 17 | ‘ I would have hoped teams were selected on quality and experience but it seems those qualities are not important any more . |
| 18 | China is already a big exporter of tungsten but it has major reserves of titanium , tin , copper . |
| 19 | The game was all ticket but I found little problems obtaining a ticket , going down Friday lunchtime and obtaining a spare ticket from a Southampton supporter . |
| 20 | Now things like erm , well one of my old favourites Arran Pilot i if you dig it out when it 's young , then of course it stays as it should , cos it 's a very very waxy potato but , but I can remember growing varieties like Majestic and things like that and I mean they would never fall , they would never fall in the water but they make good chips er of the modern varieties I think I 'd go for er Kondor with a K er which is a very very good potato and does stay as it is i in the ground but one other thing I think also comes into it . |
| 21 | Similar conclusions can be drawn about the number of jobs held in an average career but there remain marked differences according to age , educational background , gender and size of firm . |
| 22 | And er I mean it was all luck everything that sort of happened to me that night anyway I mean it it was n't so lucky for other people but I suppose most survivors have their their tale or so . |
| 23 | ‘ Chester have the lowest Third Division average but they play 45 miles away at Macclesfield . |
| 24 | ‘ Tyne Tees then made a request to transmit the match in the Tyne Tees area but we have strict rules about live transmissions in our contract with ITV and these could not be met . ’ |
| 25 | There are no tears but I make squeaky sounds with my mouth . |
| 26 | The father did not say a word but he shovelled many sandwiches into his mouth and swatted the occasional fly which landed on his fat body . |
| 27 | Those are the Saw Doctors interesting this about the Saw Doctors is one of them won the lottery in Ireland I do n't they have a lottery we 're go when are we going to get a national lottery that 's what I want to know when are we going to get it a national next year we 're going to get a national lottery that 's right and one of the Saw Doctors won the national lottery and he won three quarters of a million pounds er and they have n't made much money the Saw Doctors but he won three quarters of a million pounds so that have n't worked for quite some time but they are back on the scene as I speak and er they really if if they er come to York they 're certainly worth seeing . |
| 28 | There are final decisions still to be taken over the introduction of the speed controls but it seems likely humps would be in place by September this year . |
| 29 | ‘ I shop in High Street stores but I love second-hand markets and charity shops . |
| 30 | Size provides a cushion to the vicissitudes of markets but it creates other problems . |