Example sentences of "[noun] but they [verb] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They still have a , a kind of thing within , I do n't think they 've got football but they 've got a golfing thing going . |
| 2 | The orderlies did n't do a lot of work but they did do a lot of talking , and their general cheerfulness had a lifting effect on the corridor as a whole . |
| 3 | At Mount Stewart in County Down Lady Londonderry let rip with an amazing ensemble of whimsical statues but they avoid seeming a jumble by the purposeful way in which they are related to the whole garden design . |
| 4 | No birds about at the moment but they 've had a good feed of chicken , but |
| 5 | The restored Stuarts did not have to deal with any difficulty of this sort but they did have a general problem of making sure that the King 's authority was accepted . |
| 6 | and they just say it totally randomly and the last one just the first pers person who says Mornington Crescent is the winner but they 've made a great big sort of fiction as to how why , when it is suitable to say Mornington Crescent |
| 7 | Teague 's career looked all over after the world cup final … but he 's beaten off a shoulder injury and is back at his best … so too is Oxfordshire jockey Richard Dunwoody he rode five winners on saturday … today he won again on the Nicholson trained Now Your Talkin … he 's the top jockey with 40 winners … now he 's talkin … the Williams team from Didcot do n't do a lot of talking apart from Nigel of course but they 've swept the board in formula one this season … |
| 8 | I need the loo but they 've got no toilet paper so I ca n't go . |
| 9 | Last minute organisational difficulties prevented the holders at Hunterston from defending their title but they 've promised a hard-fought battle to win it back next year when Peel Park will host the event . |
| 10 | Neil says he does n't like the swimming and the lakes have been cold while Derek says they 've been through the pain barrier and have had to spend up to ten hours a day in the saddle but they 've had a good back up team … he also jokes that there has n't been a day when he would n't have rather stopped in bed |
| 11 | ‘ It would be hard on people like Peter Winterbottom but they have taken a decision to go to London and there 's no room any more for sentiment . ’ |
| 12 | The final stage between Cresswell and Burslem gave us a few anxious moments when Dave and Richard became ensnared in City Centre traffic but they managed to complete the 24 hour Tour de Matthey with 5 minutes to spare ! |
| 13 | A few corpses swayed in the breeze at the end of a rope but they had built a wall so when the bodies decayed and fell , their sight , if not their stink , was hidden from passersby . |
| 14 | Or they 're the right size but they 've got the hard bristles |
| 15 | Her comments on interest rates had little impact on financial markets but they appeared to underscore the Government 's commitment to holding up the pound . |
| 16 | None of these restrictions inhibit the ability of Commons ' committees to question ministers but they do maintain the curtain surrounding the influence of civil servants . |
| 17 | They may talk an alien language of picas and points , separations and screens but they have accumulated the knowledge of several centuries . |
| 18 | Those who have this skill are usually no brighter or cleverer than others but they do have an element in their make up which others lack — they are organised . |
| 19 | that 's , that 's , he 's on holiday but they 've had a |
| 20 | Many plotless or so-called abstract ballets , by choreographers such as Balanchine , have no specific characters or climaxes but they do follow the composer 's score very closely . |