Example sentences of "but [adv] [pers pn] [verb] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of them opened on to storerooms , or offices , which he was n't interested in , but eventually he found one door that opened into a chemical laboratory whose air was tangy with scents that irritated the nasal and throat passages . |
| 2 | But anyway I remember one time and it er I think it was Christmas time , and there was a German they brought Germans in just same as us you know Fritz . |
| 3 | But finally I saw one animal come through the grass to play . |
| 4 | Thirty years ago , rubbing a cut clove of garlic round the salad bowl was considered daring , but now we import 4,572 tonnes of the stuff , mainly from Italy , Spain and France , and as well as its wide ranging culinary uses there is increasing interest in its medicinal powers . |
| 5 | But then we stole one Polo shirt and that was it . |
| 6 | But then he booked one trip too many . |
| 7 | ‘ That 's wonderful , ’ said the man , but then he saw four Scots sitting at a table without a drink . |
| 8 | But then I put two pounds , which should have been off Linda 's . |
| 9 | But seriously they want ten times whatever ! |
| 10 | I realise that prices for aquarium plants vary , but recently I purchased 18 pieces of Straight Vallis and 8 pieces of Rotala macrandra and was charged a staggering £9.05 . |