Example sentences of "but [pron] [verb] [art] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He worked in another part of the factory , but everyone used the same coffee bar . |
| 2 | But I had no such indication regarding the black population . |
| 3 | Not that she supported any other party , but I gather the former deb failed to register in Westminster , where she has a Notting Hill flat . |
| 4 | but I realize the same thing , I said erm , |
| 5 | But I have no such courage . |
| 6 | I 'm not English , Irish nor French , but I have the same opinion as both Mr. Schwabb and Dr. O'Donohue . |
| 7 | A variation that we used to do , but which takes a little practice to get right , is to cut an elastic band , hold one end with your thumb or finger tip just below the implant , reach round the back with the other hand , stretch the elastic and , keeping it stretched , bring the end round and over the section under your thumb , grip it in the same way , pass round again and over the starting point . |
| 8 | Many speakers highlighted the apparent paradox of a party which gave its blessing to separate internal organisations for both women and young people , but which denied the same privilege to its black members . |
| 9 | When challenged about this you replied , Yes , but you have the least experience in the golf industry . |
| 10 | She supposed that if she were normal , she would be hoping for what was known as a ‘ nice boy ’ to come along , but she had no such faith . |
| 11 | Again Jess tried to wrench her ankle out of his grasp , but she had no more chance of freeing herself than a snared rabbit . |
| 12 | But she had no more time for abstract thoughts . |
| 13 | but we had the same thing with , course it 's going back Joan 's generation er see younger generation altogether than mine but our , our lives were well we 'll say well my father was in the Secret Service , in the government , Scotland Yard but erm |
| 14 | ‘ Ellis 's case is strengthened , obviously , but we 've no more evidence . |
| 15 | Both decisions involve compromise , but we believe the latter approach should now be taken as it targets a sufficiently small group and does not necessitate an expensive mass screening programme . |
| 16 | But we have a little time left . |
| 17 | But we have the same view of comedy . |
| 18 | Their clothing and equipment was more functional , but they carried the same pattern of long sword . |
| 19 | Reports may be brief or lengthy but they follow the same pattern . |
| 20 | Er okay , different words to describe the same and indeed they did n't take out of any fund , but they achieved the same end result . |
| 21 | They 've got a different atomic weight , cos they 've got a different number of neutrons , but they got the same number of protons and they 've got the same pattern of electrons , and the pattern of those outer electrons is what decides its chemical properties . |
| 22 | Tallis invokes Frege 's distinction between ‘ The Morning Star ’ and ‘ The Evening Star ’ , which are different expressions with different senses or meanings , as would be apparent if we tried to translate them into another language , but they have the same referent ( the planet Venus ) . |
| 23 | But they have the same source . |
| 24 | One was a hunt for witches , the other for Communists , but they involve the same function of the human mind . |
| 25 | Both Bell and Howell and Rank-Aldis make versions of this machine : bell and Howell 's is the Language Master , Rank-Aldis calls theirs a Card Reader , but they perform the same function . |
| 26 | They may disagree with each other profoundly , and compete to outdo each other relentlessly , but they share the same notion of the contest and adhere , more or less , to the same rules . |
| 27 | ‘ But everybody does the same thing , more or less . |
| 28 | But he displays the same choosiness in this area too : ‘ I find most of the things on television are pretty repetitive . |
| 29 | When she promised not to attend any more meetings without his permission , they were reconciled , but he died the same night , probably of a heart attack , with only Agnes in the house . |
| 30 | As the pair reached the bottom he saw that she was , as Eleanor had said , very thin , but he noticed the same rhythm in her movements as she walked across the cove . |