Example sentences of "but the [noun sg] [verb] [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I did n't particularly enjoy being a guest of Her Majesty but the experience gave me the chance to get my priorities straight , ’ he said . |
| 2 | ‘ But the driver told her the cost had risen by 1p the previous day . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'll give you a hand until the rush dies down and then I thought I 'd get on with the account orders for tomorrow , ’ she said casually , but the girl gave her a strange look , and Folly had a nasty feeling that her voice was n't as fully under control as she had thought . |
| 4 | The poor sod does n't like it , but the boss gave him no choice . |
| 5 | She hesitated to call it a party , but the hostess thought it a good opporotunity to invite round like-minded friends . |
| 6 | Thomas Reed and Barnacle marine have said that they will appeal against the decision , but the judge refused them a stay of the injunction pending the hearing of the appeal . |
| 7 | But the CO vetoes me every time . ’ |
| 8 | To publish falsely , of an Irish priest , that he informed on members of the IRA is not defamatory : it may cause him to be executed by terrorists , but the law offers him no way of securing a correction . |
| 9 | but the translation granted me a roadful of quaint sheep . |
| 10 | The silver threepenny piece that I received as reward was hard earned but the episode taught me a lesson early in life — that good results are only achieved by extra effort . |
| 11 | He was a queer fish , but the town gave him a rough ride when they got the chance . ’ |
| 12 | It 's stable enough on level ground with the optional plastic stabilising base fitted to the cartridge , but the height makes it a little wobbly on rough ground . |
| 13 | Fearnley Whittingstall wished to address the jury , but the coroner refused him the right to do so . |
| 14 | But the rook paid her no attention , did not fly at her crying in a human voice Go back ! |
| 15 | I remember being unable to connect those grainy breasts and pubic hair with anything in my own life — flesh , for instance — but the image gave me a mysterious frisson which I mistakenly took for sex . |