Example sentences of "but [prep] a [noun] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Monetary values depend on the size of the organisation but for a company the size of Lucas Automotive the potential savings from each review have generally run into hundreds of thousands of pounds . |
| 2 | But as a boy the cloud hung over me . |
| 3 | This seems a bewildering tangle of dates , but as a rule the traveller would take note only of the month and the day . |
| 4 | At first Dr Jaffery told more Mullah Nasir-ud-Din stories , but after a while the conversation became more serious . |
| 5 | But after a while the brain gym produces a sense of slipping away , while flashing colours play like a beautiful slow-motion firework display before your eyes . |
| 6 | They were very sympathetic but after a while the tension began to build with ever-increasing rows . |
| 7 | There was no answer , but after a moment the scratching was repeated . |
| 8 | The reader begins by being faintly amused at their sheer improbability ; but after a time the response turns into pained embarrassment . |
| 9 | But after a time the book fell from his hand . |
| 10 | But in a sense the cataclysm of the French Revolution was only the outward political symbol of a much greater cataclysm : the rise of the new system of economics that Thomas Carlyle called ‘ industrialism ’ . |
| 11 | But Roxburgh reasoned : ‘ This match may be the World Cup key for Scotland , but in a way the heat 's off Gary . |
| 12 | But in a letter the Department has recommended schools should report subject attainments by level whether pupils have reached the end of a formal ‘ key stage ’ or not — though it is not mandatory . |
| 13 | Again Fincara 's laughter streamed out ; it was difficult to bear , and Ruth tried to turn her head away ; but in a moment the laughter had melted into song , clear and cold like raindrops tracking a windowpane . |
| 14 | Stones can be moved around until you get it right , but on a lawn the pattern should be laid out with pegs initially . |
| 15 | But at a stroke the Chancellor has severely dented our efforts . ’ |