Example sentences of "but [prep] [adj] [noun sg] [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But for good measure we added extra benefits to ensure that the policy is right for the risks that householders face today . |
| 2 | But for some reason they did n't , for some reason I do n't know , for some reason they sort of burrowed into the of the earlier range , causing a couple of hundred years later in the early seventeenth century , absolute disaster because the whole of that range began to settle down . |
| 3 | I admit I came close , the night I delivered those flowers , but for some reason you did n't think to introduce us . |
| 4 | Stephen said this very seriously but for some reason it made the wedge-faced sergeant guffaw . |
| 5 | And it was such an obvious explanation that she ought to have thought of it herself , but for some reason it had never for one moment crossed her mind . |
| 6 | Now that cape , it would be raining on it all night , and we had no means of drying it so that cape was left on a hanger in the house and the next coat was taken and that was worn but for some reason it seemed to be always raining on nights and you had coat wet and you came to go out it was still damp . |
| 7 | His head banged against the wall when they reached the landing , but for some reason it did n't hurt at all . |
| 8 | This seemed to me a perfectly reasonable statement , but for some reason it set Nigel off laughing . |
| 9 | But for some reason she knew he was my brother , and she asked me how he was keeping these days . ’ |
| 10 | She should have become angry with him for his persistence , on cue , but for some reason she did n't . |
| 11 | She was vaguely aware that she ought to offer congratulations , but for some reason she did n't feel in a congratulatory frame of mind . |
| 12 | But for some reason she forgot on this occasion and I did not stop to remind her . |
| 13 | Her first thought was to pick a young teenager 's romance of the kind that is written for fifteen-year-old schoolgirls , but for some reason she found herself instinctively walking past that particular shelf . |
| 14 | Normally the building was the repair shop and garage for thirty AMX-10 battle tanks , but for this evening it had been converted into a temporary church with the aid of some camouflage nets , 300 chairs and a platform where a nativity play would be staged , and from which the Priest would read out the lesson . |
| 15 | He had lived outwith Scotland for only 5 years but during that time he had travelled further by land and had seen a greater number of interesting places than most people do in a lifetime . |
| 16 | I was only in that post for two years , but during that period we closed a lot of works . |
| 17 | At first , researchers attempted to place this style in the area from which it was assumed to originate — perhaps Persia , China or Central Asia — but through historical research it became clear that this was based on the false premise that the cloth was made in the original style of a certain group of people . |
| 18 | But through tight management it worked its way through a difficult year without having to call upon its bankers for an overdraft . |
| 19 | The following weekend , Elliott went to the Manor to meet Branson and discuss the proposition further , but after some thought he turned it down . |
| 20 | Not a single vehicle passed , but after some time they heard the roar of bombs going off at the airfield . |
| 21 | Carpets , being a dusty product makes display stands look neglected , but after this treatment it stood out amongst its rivals . |
| 22 | ‘ The gaffer was ready to hammer us for that but after this result I asked , where are we going next Thursday — a nightclub ? |
| 23 | With a high sense not only of justice but of dramatic effect he informed the judge that the only courses open to him were ‘ either to resign your post , or inflict on me the severest penalty if you believe that the system and law you are assisting to administer are good for the people ’ . |
| 24 | But amongst that circle he discovered a man whose claim upon her preceded his own , and to whom she was apparently devoted . |
| 25 | None was working against its basic instincts , but with each bird she had created something more . |
| 26 | Which was true , but with each step she took the shock grew less and her spirit rallied . |
| 27 | Both O'Flaherty and Sherington were severely wounded as they got into the warehouse , but with grim determination they staggered clear , leaving a few equally determined Germans in an inner room of the building . |
| 28 | Sadie would n't accept any of the various titbits I had brought with me , but with patient coaxing we made it home eventually . |
| 29 | With one part of his mind he knew he was getting the benefit of the backlash from an experience in Catherine 's past , but with another part he did n't care about any of that , there was no reality beyond her . |
| 30 | ‘ His voice , ’ he wrote , ‘ was rough to begin with but with constant practice it became memorably beautiful . ’ |