Example sentences of "but [pron] [verb] [pers pn] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said : ‘ The van was not there at 6pm but I noticed it a little bit later . |
| 2 | I do n't , cos it ai n't polite with strangers , but I give her a real nice smile instead . |
| 3 | It is neither the ninety seven thousand , nine hundred and fifty seven pounds claim by Mr nor the forty seven thousand one hundred and eighty five pound figure contended for by Mr but I find it a fair figure for the cost of the plaintiff 's transport in the years ahead . |
| 4 | But I gave her a cold stare and fluffed my fur out ; I could n't have her thinking I was a pushover . |
| 5 | I got out of the car and ran to my front door , my mum answered the door , she looked quite different but I gave her a massive cuddle and went indoors . |
| 6 | She passed several men , but none gave her a second glance . |
| 7 | But she offered me a nice sunny room under the eaves at the back . |
| 8 | He waved to me , but she gave me a menacing glare . |
| 9 | I intended to ask the Baronessa Dulcibene why she had come to pay her last respects to this mysterious Englishman but she gave me a glassy look of non-recognition and moved rapidly away with her companion . |
| 10 | She had been disappointed in her first sight of him , but she gave him an amused little smile , hoping that he was not one who doted on cats . |
| 11 | And the other thing about visual things , let's , let's say there is a reference to somebody having piles , but they make it a visual gag |
| 12 | This Meeting know they have no title to impose a Tax upon the Community at large towards this purpose , but they feel it an indispensible duty to express how desirable it would be for the use and service of the inhabitabts of Islay . |
| 13 | The arguments were upsetting , but they gave them a burning desire to win — to prove officialdom wrong . |
| 14 | ‘ I do , ’ she answered , ‘ but everybody gives it a different name . |
| 15 | I was certain he did n't know I was following him , but he led me a pretty dance almost as if he was trying to lose me . |
| 16 | One eveing I dared to stretch out my hand to his plate , but he struck me a sharp blow over the back of my fingers . |
| 17 | He was ever so sorry not to see you but he wished you a merry Christmas . ’ |
| 18 | But he thought it a reasonable request to ask for a route and he took himself away to Tara 's great map room to procure maps for them . |
| 19 | But he gave me a good smile and a big goodbye when I left him so . |
| 20 | But he gave me a hard time . |
| 21 | There was enough dirt on his knees to grow potatoes , and his short trousers obviously belonged to someone at least three years younger , but he gave her a toothless grin , slid back in his seat and picked his nose . |
| 22 | But he gave her a smouldering glance and said , ‘ This change in the weather could n't have come at a worse time . |
| 23 | A few people were waiting and one of them called out angrily as Joe stepped in ahead of them all , but he gave him a one-second blast of his sub-zero gaze and said , ‘ Police business , ’ and then he turned his back and forgot the man completely . |
| 24 | One of them , Stuart Surridge , did not live to see the production , which is dedicated to him ; but he gave it a memorable quote when he reflected on his Surrey players of the 1950s , with whom he won five consecutive County Championships : they were a great side , he recalled : ‘ All they wanted was a kick up the arse ! ’ |
| 25 | It took them I ca n't remember how many hours but it took them a long time . |
| 26 | But it took us a long time to actually get to that stage because er , the police are at fault , the police launch these schemes and they go away and say get on with it and off we go |
| 27 | ‘ When I came out again my weight had gone down to 8 stone and it 's definitely an experience I would n't like to go through again , but it gives you a new outlook on life . |
| 28 | His dream of covering whole counties with a giant speaking-tube may be grotesque in itself , but it makes him a remote ancestor of Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell . |
| 29 | But it gave her a clear view into the houses backing on to the tracks , the private mess usually tidied out of sight , the outside lavatories with unhinged doors , the laundry racks flimsy as the skeleton of a bird 's wing , with trousers and underwear like broken feathers hanging ; a burst , sodden mattress . |
| 30 | It hardly made him a frequent visitor , but it gave him a few numbers to ring . |