Example sentences of "but in [adj] [adj] [noun sg] [pron] " 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 | She tried to twist free , but in one deft movement he hooked his arm beneath her knees and , completely oblivious to her struggles , threw her on to the bed . |
| 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 | It was then an overgrown jungle , swamp-ridden and mosquito-infested , but in this unlikely environment I saw my dream . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Erm that tends to be unusual but in this particular case it is very relevant . |
| 9 | 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 ? |
| 10 | Playing the spy was not something that came naturally to her , but in this particular instance she sensed it was her duty . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | They do not all live in the same place , but in any one place there may be more than one , and perhaps half a dozen , species . |
| 13 | A.D.A.S. are once quoted as saying our land would grow nothing but Rhododendrons and Heather ( and when their advice was free , we would call them out and go away and do the opposite ) but in true pioneering spirit we have proved them all wrong ! |
| 14 | Often , the end result is a total collapse of cohesion which can be reflected not only at individual cellular level but in human social structure itself . |