Example sentences of "but in [det] [adj] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew the rule well enough , but in that split second it never entered my head . |
| 2 | It is only three years since she took up painting dogs as a profession , but in that short time she has been kept constantly in work . |
| 3 | Orcs call stone throwers rock lobbers , but in all other respects they are exactly the same . |
| 4 | But in all that time I 've never been completely sober . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Not only have I been separated from my wife for the past five years — but in all that time I 've only once managed to make love to her . |
| 6 | But in all these years he has certainly been spared those other , uninvited , distractions which sweep over our lives , a snowstorm of diversion and entertainment and half-understood knowledge . |
| 7 | The postmentum remains undivided in the Thysanura , Isoptera and some higher orders but in many Orthopteroid insects it is divided transversely into a distal mentum and a proximal submentum . |
| 8 | But in many real-life situations it is not possible to collect information about every case — or the whole ‘ population ’ , as we call it . |
| 9 | It was then an overgrown jungle , swamp-ridden and mosquito-infested , but in this unlikely environment I saw my dream . ’ |
| 10 | Had she been asked the same question in different surroundings her amazement might have been tempered with doubt that Nahum Morey was in his right mind , but in this confined space she began to share his conviction that they had been drawn together by their various needs . |
| 11 | Erm that tends to be unusual but in this particular case it is very relevant . |
| 12 | They liquidize but you can liquidize things by heating them up that would liquidize them but in this particular case you just mix them with some water what 's the process called ? |
| 13 | Playing the spy was not something that came naturally to her , but in this particular instance she sensed it was her duty . |
| 14 | They passed a few farms , and Lucy tried to control her nervousness by gazing at the lonely homesteads , but in some strange way it conveyed itself to Silas . |
| 15 | He had , but in these new circumstances it might be unwise to admit it . |
| 16 | Fie , that you should imagine otherwise ! ’ she said lightly , adding on a more serious note , ‘ During the past months , I learned to speak and act like the duchess your wife — but in these last days I have learned to think like her also ; to believe that I am indeed the lady Anne ! |
| 17 | I do n't know whether other newly married men feel the same , but in those early days I was aware ofa calm satisfaction and fulfilment . |
| 18 | It used to be considered a deformity in other breeds and led to automatic culling , but in several continental breeds it is now selected for , although it can lead to problems in calving and perhaps fertility . |
| 19 | But in both these situations she is marked as unclean and is segregated , as in both cases she bleeds . |
| 20 | But in most small businesses it really is n't worth their while having accountants in . |
| 21 | At this stage the hand and gun mechanisms were still on a vertical , rather than horizontal , plane , but in most other respects it was the Dalek . |