Example sentences of "but [pron] [verb] [prep] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gingerly she took a sip of the soup , surprised to find it was not only delicious but nothing to do with any can or packet . |
| 2 | There was much talk and many meetings but nothing came of this venture , then in May 1909 , the question of a bridge between Halling and Wouldham was again debated . |
| 3 | ( The city of Oxford in 1546 negotiated with Stumpe for a similar use of Osney Abbey , hoping to provide work for 2,000 people , but nothing came of this project . ) |
| 4 | Yes , the pay is lower , but everyone pays in some form for the choice they make . |
| 5 | ‘ But I starve like any Frenchman ! ’ |
| 6 | Now you were standing over the road for five minutes unfortunately , but I hope during that time some of you used your eyes . |
| 7 | And er the diesel pumps were n't on and er there was a couple of guys putting on breathing apparatus and trying to get in to restart them , but I mean by this stage the smoke was so thick they could n't even find where the pumps were . |
| 8 | ‘ Those trees were superb ; there was drama in each figure I was going to say , but I mean in each tree … . |
| 9 | ‘ Last night I finally realised what was missing from my design so I went to get it but I got into some problem . ’ |
| 10 | I understand that there will not be one , but I end on this note : that will allow the official Opposition to say that they did not oppose the Bill because there was no vote on Second Reading . |
| 11 | ‘ It may be more of an intuitive thing , but I considered at that time that there were shades of Edward VIII about him . |
| 12 | And I was really wrecked and I was I was n't even actually ill I just sat , well I was eventually but I sat on this wall for about four hours , yeah |
| 13 | Now I have considerable respect for the House of Commons ' Environment Committee but I think on this occasion they must have been tired and emotional when they wrote that . |
| 14 | Sadly we 're seeing things too often which have expertise but I think on this occasion we should support the community arts team and not delete the item from the budget . |
| 15 | Oh hold on , you 've got , you 've got a , you could have a shot at those , but I think at this stage of the game , it 'll be best if you did have a shot at the yellow . |
| 16 | We 're talking just under two hundred in Denmark and just under three hundred in Norway it may be cost-effective for us to do it ourselves with initial distribution from Stansted and maybe a local person doing any new distributions but I think in all honesty it will be as cheap for us |
| 17 | What , any other things that you 'd got , but I talked to each group individually , erm but if you want to share any of your thoughts with everybody else I 'm standing in the way . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's the season of goodwill to all mankind but its looks like this man had had enough of womankind , ’ added PC Weal who ordered them a taxi . |
| 19 | ‘ Here there is a variation in background belief and ‘ subjective feeling ‘ perhaps , but which allows for either judgement being preferred , even were I totally unaware of what an Archbishop was . |
| 20 | Detachments are semi-independent units that are armed differently from their associated regiment , but which benefit from any leadership bonuses which apply to the main unit . |
| 21 | Yes but you see at this time the girl took up her tea tray and , and when she took , she knocked on the door and when she opened the door the Manageress was lying on the floor |
| 22 | But you see with this bank thing with the government , you can have a loan I think it 's up to about four thousand pound like a restart . |
| 23 | Sara did not care to be beholden to Matthew Preston for even one pupil , but she knew at this moment she could not afford to be choosey . |
| 24 | But she stayed on this balcony , her eyes on him , on this shape which fear had reduced to animal idiocy . |
| 25 | A word gets around the famine is over and after the tragic experience of loosing her family , her three men in her life , her husband and her sons , nobody starts to consider the situation again , she 's alone now in a foreign , a strange land , surely the only sensible thing for her to do would be to return to her own people in Bethlehem , they say news comes through that they 've been a succession of good harvest , well of course there was gon na be good harvest , god had n't forsaken his people , although they had sinned , although they had done what was wrong , he had n't forsaken them , gods not in the business for forsaken people , he 's long suffering , he is faithful , he keeps his covenant from one generation to another that he had n't forgotten the people in Bethlehem and he had sent them through and he had provided good harvests those who had remained in Bethlehem during the famine , they 'd only suffered for a short time , perhaps enough time to bring them to their senses , to bring them back to god , now the suffering was forgotten as they revelled in a plentiful supplying in abundant harvests Naomi on the other hand she knows want now , she 's suffering bereavement , she 's suffering poverty , she 's suffering remorse , there 's nothing for her in Noad , there 's no rest , no joy , no provision , nothing that could meet her needs what a pity she had wasted there those ten wasted those ten years , ten long wasted years in her life now she comes to a decision whatever the cost and there is a cost , she 's gon na have to eat humble pie , how are they gon na receive her when she goes back but she comes to that decision that no matter what it costs her , she will go back to the place that was chosen for her by god , her inheritance of him It always to our cost when we under value our inheritance , do you remember the story of Jacob and Aesop and how Aesop despised his birth right , the inheritance that was his , and Illuminarc and Naomi had done the same , and you and I can do it so easily , leaving , forgetting , not entering in to the inheritance that is ours in Christ , we do it to our own costs , and so she goes through that I 'm gon na go back , I 'm gon na take up my inheritance , I 'm going back home . |
| 26 | One day she fell and broke her hip : it was repaired in hospital but she remained in some pain and was even more precarious on her feet . |
| 27 | But who comes in such haste in riding-robes ? |
| 28 | ‘ The initial investment is very small but we profit from that sale and do n't have to charge any more . |
| 29 | Maybe the life we lead is n't what you 'd call exciting , but we care about each other and that 's what counts . ’ |
| 30 | And I have to say that 's a luxury that most recruiters do n't have but whoever walks through this door I I you know providing all the other things jell erm I have the luxury of offering five companies in which er an individual can go into . |