Example sentences of "but [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ A little spartan , ’ he ran his finger along the nearest buttress and examined the dust it collected , ‘ probably seen better days , but nothing a good lick of paint and a few ornaments would n't help to brighten up . |
| 2 | Good runner ; needs one or Two repairs ; a few grey hairs but Nothing a respray could n't fix Would like a 1966 five-speed turbo In exchange : something in the sporty Twin-carb range . |
| 3 | Karajan 's return to music-making and recording in 1946–7 was brought about with the help of Legge and , at much the same time , the great Italian conductor Victor de Sabata , another man totally given over to music but whom the whirligig of public opinion had rightly exonerated despite extensive war work in both Italy and Germany in front of audiences of all manner of political persuasions . |
| 4 | For Lebanon was run by the zaim ( or , more accurately , zuama ) , the ‘ leaders ’ , the powerful feudal chieftains whom the Lebanese would describe as ‘ honoured families ’ but whom the average Westerner would quickly identify as mafiosi . |
| 5 | She was uncertain as to the position of this girl whom she knew to be daughter to a washerwoman but whom the dowager-duchess , a lady of formal demeanour and rigid etiquette , none the less treated as one of higher status . |
| 6 | You could have a family of maybe erm an older carer with a mentally handicapped son or daughter who receives various allowances , but whom the total income for that family is such that it is so low because of special circumstances , maybe the mother has to have special heating , or special diets , or whatever , as to be logical that we waive some or all of the charge . |
| 7 | Ours are the hearts , but his the drums . |
| 8 | A deal with EMI beckoned , and 15-year-old singer Stinky Turner was soon going on stage in his pyjamas and bawling , ‘ You insult my intelligence but I a not a fool ! ’ to the band 's legion of admirers ( affectionately known as ‘ The Rubber Glove Firm ’ ) . |
| 9 | A deal with EMI beckoned , and 15-year-old singer Stinky Turner was soon going on stage in his pyjamas and bawling , ‘ You insult my intelligence but I a not a fool ! ’ to the band 's legion of admirers ( affectionately known as ‘ The Rubber Glove Firm ’ ) . |
| 10 | " You 'll forgive my rudeness , but I an naturally concerned for your welfare , not only because Tom Rooney requested it — and I have a great respect for Tom . |
| 11 | But I an afraid there is little chance of your defeating King Michael 's champion . " |
| 12 | You come up narrow and fresh ; but I the fruit |
| 13 | Yes I I I Yeah sorry to interrupt , I mean I follow the arguments you 've used within the document but I the figure which the H H B F have attributed to vacant dwellings for example is just under two thousand five hundred . |
| 14 | Yeah , but I the man |
| 15 | Well no just the oh , yes it might be on that but I the early report |
| 16 | Jacob was no longer a trickster in the Joseph story , but himself the victim of the duplicity of his sons who convinced him that his favourite Joseph was dead . |
| 17 | But its a joke . ’ |
| 18 | I know we are playing well and Sunderland are a bag of shite but its a cup match and we seem to be shit at cup matches . |
| 19 | Our work is not a solution for the area , but its a relief for the area . |
| 20 | Nick Price says that point to point is just like the cheltenham gold cup … its run under the same rules as the grand national … the big difference is that this is amateur … totally amateur … but its a boom sport and very popular in this area |
| 21 | But its a catering service with a European flavour . |
| 22 | but its a different , its not like them is it ? |
| 23 | that 's why they have these on the end of them weapon with a yellow fork at the end , but even without that you still get lots of little bits of cardboard come out , its a cardboard wad inside its the same charge as a but its a cardboard box , cardboard blank inside |
| 24 | Er now this is interesting because this is not a representative cross section of er , of women in Scotland , but its an average gathering together , not chosen for any reason other than some are interested er , some come from er no particular background , but sixty two of this hundred have said yes , they have been a victim of crime , those of you had said yes , what , what , what experiences have you had that made you say yes ? |
| 25 | I must admit , weak option , but its an easy option . |
| 26 | OK , people can vent their frustrations … but its the same stuff being regurgitated over and over . |
| 27 | But its the Kathmandu valley which lies in the shadow of the great mountgain cathedrals that the world of sport has brought a new challenge … |
| 28 | Most major banks have fraud departments to deal with the problem … but its the customer who ends up paying . |
| 29 | In its turn this superiority posed problems of collaboration with the allies — and indeed of the balance of forces between Romans and allies — which occasionally emerge from our sources ( for instance , Livy , 25.33.6 ) , but which no ancient writer analysed , not even Polybius . |
| 30 | All the other serious journals to which the club subscribed but which no one read lay there , virgin . |