Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [verb] [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is unfortunate that the talk comes quite so soon after Christmas , but I hope all members living locally will make every effort to come and I know that they will be glad they did . |
| 2 | I fully share the concern felt about the dastardly acts in Ulster and the United Kingdom as a whole , but I ask hon. Members to keep their questions brief . |
| 3 | We had a proper training at the beginning of the war , but I remember later drafts coming out to us — young lads from the Lancashire cotton mills , for instance . |
| 4 | At her best User Friendly would take some beating , but I take Bonny Scot to uphold the family tradition and confirm Cumani 's faith . |
| 5 | But I had this polyneuritis coming on and I gr gradually went paralysed . |
| 6 | We do not know whether those who have received an agricultural education run more profitable agricultural businesses but I imagine most people assume they do . |
| 7 | ‘ But I know some people have felt so miserable they have seen their doctor for some medicine and have been told that the fumes are the likely cause of their symptoms . |
| 8 | I told no one , not even Méli , about my visit to Conchis , but I spent many hours conjecturing about the mysterious third person in the house . |
| 9 | And er I mean it was all luck everything that sort of happened to me that night anyway I mean it it was n't so lucky for other people but I suppose most survivors have their their tale or so . |
| 10 | But I expect many others to work on them after me and analyse them in their turn . |
| 11 | I do indeed keep a list of questions , but I advise hon. Members representing Scottish constituencies that the next time we have Scottish Questions those hon. Members who have been called today will not stand quite such a good chance of being included next time . |
| 12 | But I want all Ensigns to put in at least half an hour 's hard digging with the troops between now and then . |
| 13 | The restaurant was still standing but I suspected some unpleasantness had taken place as neither of them said a word until we arrived at the hospital again . |
| 14 | ‘ You might enjoy that kind of thing , ’ he said with more than a touch of irritation , ‘ but I have other matters to see to , more important than shifting a few papers about . ’ |
| 15 | I have heard many anglers say that they dislike swimfeeders because they cause too much disturbance when they hit the surface , but I reckon this disturbance becomes part of the attraction once the barbel have associated the splash with food . |
| 16 | But I think good parents need the perspective which allows them sometimes to be selfish . |
| 17 | But I think Sabine Jourdain did most of the work on the paintings and I think you knew it . ’ |
| 18 | Then I went back to the basics again … but I think all guitarists go through that , do n't they ? ’ |
| 19 | The game was all ticket but I found little problems obtaining a ticket , going down Friday lunchtime and obtaining a spare ticket from a Southampton supporter . |
| 20 | soc : Yes , but you judge all facts using hard science as your gold standard . |
| 21 | We the both together you could g you could go down either shaft , but you had three doors to come through from one pit to the other . |
| 22 | His poems can be awkward and blunt but you feel any revision has been towards truth rather than beauty . |
| 23 | But she added that legislation offered a better chance of producing an acceptable framework than other suggested options . |
| 24 | Leith could feel her anger straining at the leash at his sarcastic comment , but she made enormous efforts to stay cool . |
| 25 | She felt happier about Kathleen now that she knew that she had a champion in Ella , but she had little time to dwell on the O'Neills . |
| 26 | Charles says , with relish : ‘ I do n't know whether a psychologist would say it was the trauma of the divorce but she had real difficulty telling the truth purely because she liked to embellish things . |
| 27 | She finished at the college at one but she had some shopping to do . ’ |
| 28 | But she returned this month to visit her sick , elderly mother Bessie . |
| 29 | Rosie was going to move in with me April–July as Mark has found a room in a really nice flat in St Stephens Street ( nr. ) from April , but she phoned last week to say she + Jonathan have bought a wee flat already ! |
| 30 | But she knows this place belongs to NASA , because its name is on signs . ’ |