Example sentences of "[noun sg] but [pers pn] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It could do good but it does more bad |
| 2 | fighting but you know last week , no it was n't , who was it ? |
| 3 | Charles says , with relish : ‘ I do n't know whether a psychologist would say it was the trauma of the divorce but she had real difficulty telling the truth purely because she liked to embellish things . |
| 4 | ‘ I still enjoy going to racing at Croft circuit but I think this year 's trip to the Isle of Man will be my swan song , ’ he said . |
| 5 | ‘ People are often complaining about the council but I think this time they deserve some praise . ’ |
| 6 | She looked like a child but she had exceptional bone structure . |
| 7 | No , it was n't a conventional marriage but we gave each other what a lot of married people do n't : freedom . |
| 8 | This is essentially a digging tool but it has another function I have always found particularly useful . |
| 9 | Community is part of the job but it needs good management ( paying teachers , costing the use of premises , the division of time other than that which is needed to provide the national curriculum ) as well as a personally felt sense of value . |
| 10 | Which is a fairly important job but I get paid shit . |
| 11 | The domestic events of the spring of 1937 were not without importance but he took small part in them , and a cursory reading of the Cabinet minutes might suggest that he had already retired in mind . |
| 12 | Kitson 's views were derided by the establishment but he had important influence in both radical and lunatic fringe circles . |
| 13 | In actual fact it was mentioned earlier that V A T er could be imposed on fossil fuel but I think any administration . |
| 14 | In fact there were very few guide dogs at that time and erm I 've never felt that erm it 's , I mean maybe just my erm silliness really but I , I never wanted a dog lying about all day because once at the office I stayed put as it were until it was time to go home and I could have taken the dog I suppose during the lunch hour but I preferred that time to erm to reading |
| 15 | angina but she takes this spray |
| 16 | They did not like his presence but he found little difficulty in scaring them off , or evading them if they tried to mob him , and the food in these places was plentiful . |
| 17 | I do n't know when he had last closed his eyes with a clear conscience but he did that day . |
| 18 | John did not have his brother Bobby 's ease on a platform but he had more integrity and honesty and he knew he had to do it . |
| 19 | A little gig It was n't a gig either , he did have a gig but he had this thing , a sort of long shaped er What would you call it ? |
| 20 | The fact that he seemed a little simple did not escape their notice but they felt such affection for him that no one ever teased him . |
| 21 | ‘ We know we have taken on a lifetime 's commitment but I love this boy . |
| 22 | We may not have always seen eye to eye in the past but I have great respect for him nevertheless . ’ |
| 23 | Such a word may be useful to a literary man but it throws little light on Green 's intentions except when he uses it in a negative sense ; in one chapter he states a subject was ‘ unpicturesque and consequently not worth an artists attention ’ . |
| 24 | I never expect to meet a decent man but you take first prize as a pig . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Other financial reporting work ’ is not defined by the ICAEW but they give some guidance by stating that other financial reporting assignments include assignments requiring a professional opinion or a reporting assignment where a document has been prepared in contemplation that a third party may rely on it . |
| 26 | Programmed texts are excellent for individualised learning since not only can students work at their own pace but they receive immediate confirmation of the correctness of their response ( Finocchiaro 1968 ) . |
| 27 | The occasional sly lift is one thing but I suspect Irish referee Stephen Hilditch will become suspicious when he sees Adolf Malan waving at him from upon high while he waits for the throw . |
| 28 | He did n't eat much food but he drank more rum than usual . |
| 29 | ‘ These dogs are not as strong as the pit bull terrier but they have immense strength all the same . |
| 30 | Management says improvements are in hand but they need more money for modernisation . |