Example sentences of "but [prep] [pos pn] [adj] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Monmouth Unionists backed another fund , but for their own candidate they chose the nephew of their president , Lord Tredegar . |
| 2 | The analysis of such spectra can give information about the sample , but for our present purposes we are concerned only with the unperturbed signal , which must be derived from atoms near the surface . |
| 3 | But for our last point we had to rely on being half-right about two issues : we rightly predicted a Common Market between the US and Canada — but wrongly thought it would also include Mexico and Venezuela ; and we predicted that unemployment would rise sharply in the West , causing more flexible working patterns — but were over-optimistic about the implications , seeing masses of people returning to school in middle life and then starting a new career . |
| 4 | But for his present rejection he blamed the old men of the Conservative party who controlled the professions and the means of political advancement . |
| 5 | In his reply of 21 February 1935 , he added a footnote in his own hand which put the matter aptly ; but about my second article he had his doubts . |
| 6 | ‘ When I first left school I did a foundation course in art but after my national service I went into industry . ’ |
| 7 | You 've wangled him into dinner tonight , but of his own accord he would have gone straight off … to … to Marise , probably . ’ |
| 8 | The Deputy Under Secretary could talk of his host 's prospects and disappointments , he could learn of the problems of digging out foreign exchange and hard currency in the Third World , the tribulations over the renewal of Residence Permits , the difficulties of keeping reliable servants , but of his own world he must remain silent . |
| 9 | But despite his frantic efforts he was unable to pull her free . |
| 10 | But despite his hard work I thought he lacked true happiness and peace of mind . |
| 11 | Some snakes lose their tail-tips with comparative ease , under duress , but unlike their four-legged relatives they are incapable of any regrowth . |
| 12 | He was deliberately trying to antagonise her , but behind his innocent stare she could feel a growing tension in the atmosphere . |
| 13 | But under her assumed indifference she felt interest sparking into life . |
| 14 | But with their sparse population they are scarcely worth the price of a campaign advertisement . |
| 15 | Andy Slater had organised and taken part in the race , but with its rapid growth it was getting out of hand and he decided to back out . |
| 16 | Peng Yu-wei still held his staff , but with his other hand he now sought to draw the two ends of the torn silk together . |
| 17 | There are considerable differences over the interpretation of the three methodological practices , but in their general form they are common currency amongst Marxists . |
| 18 | The Normans were ruthless conquerors , but in their own domains they knew what to preserve ; and Palermo remained , like London , the most populous and prosperous city of its region . |
| 19 | This night , while it was not one of their magical occasions , neither had any real complaints but in their natural preoccupation they both forgot that Bobby had a dislocated knee ! |
| 20 | But in her small corner it was as if time had decided to take an extended coffee-break . |
| 21 | The all-enveloping darkness made her progress difficult but in her emotional state she staggered on . |
| 22 | But in her late teens she lost interest . |
| 23 | Tea was very bad for children , Nicandra knew , but in her exhilarated state she accepted it happily , and hoped for a slice of soda-bread to go with it . |
| 24 | Clearly it was done at Oliver 's invitation and Rain would normally have welcomed company ; but in her glum mood she expected Oliver would flirt with Linda , and Linda would be amused at Rain 's expense , and it would be quite impossible to spoil their fun by mentioning that Oliver was leaving Kington Square . |
| 25 | But in her tragic situation she clearly resented my being young and alive while her daughter was young and dead . |
| 26 | But in her latest role it is her clothes , rather than lack of them , which take centre stage . |
| 27 | In her first year , it took her a day or two to settle down to London , but in her last year she was there the moment she stepped on the train . |
| 28 | It is hardly an inspired cast-list — it is characteristic that it includes no representatives from the community under investigation — but in its apparent breadth it is typical of an attitude of mind . |
| 29 | Of the four Constitutions , Dei Verbum is the most theologically concentrated ; but in its wider relevance it both undergirds and touches most of the Council documents — obviously those on the Church and the liturgy , but also all those with a mainly pastoral thrust . |
| 30 | But in his two lectures he contented himself with a couple of scattered references to " Apolline clarity " and tragedy 's — actually Shakespearean tragedy 's — " Dionysiac " quality . |