Example sentences of "but [pron] [be] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't know it then but I was receiving subliminal training for later business life . |
| 2 | ‘ Not in the conventional sense , but I was given moral codes of conduct to follow . ’ |
| 3 | Apparently not only had I collapsed on stage last night , but I was having intravenous chemotherapy between shows , sobbing and grimacing in agony in my dressing room . |
| 4 | But I 'm expecting great things of you , too . " |
| 5 | But I 'm watching Teenage Hero Turtles . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've always danced and sung but I 'm having intensive training for both now , ’ says Jonathon . |
| 7 | She thought it was empty at first , but someone was putting fresh flowers on the altar , and turned quickly when she heard the door close . |
| 8 | But you 're playing Russian roulette if you choose to treat cows individually , rather than the whole herd , ’ he warns . |
| 9 | which is to achieve greater equality but you 're having different means to achieve that . |
| 10 | ‘ But you 're doing English Literature at University . ’ |
| 11 | My father could n't come because he 's publicly declared his opposition to the wedding and my mother would n't dare come without him — but she 's sent good wishes through one of the cousins . |
| 12 | Nobody talked to her in particular , but she was sitting opposite Miles and , from time to time , a smile flew roughly in her direction , for which she was grateful . |
| 13 | Those people who do manage to stay slim but who are eating average foods , highly processed , high in fat , sugar , and salt but low in fibre , are likely to be damaging their health in the long term . |
| 14 | Wayne 's World may have made Scooby Doo hip , but we 're talking serious addiction to cartoon characters that even your five-year-old sister would think are naff . |
| 15 | But we are studying substantive interpretations of legal practice , not semantic theories , and our present interest in conventionalism lies in its negative claim that convention exhausts the intrinsic normative power of past decisions . |
| 16 | Our annual photographic competition is launched in the next issue , but we are giving advance notice of one of the categories . |
| 17 | We may not yet know what is safe , but we are identifying important criteria for assessment . |
| 18 | Sorry it was another long hard meeting but we are making good progress and I think by the end of our next one when we 've revised most of the procedures we 'll be well placed . |
| 19 | Malvern Hills college has been given a years notice to leave the buildings — but they 're hoping public support will make the council have a change of heart . |
| 20 | It is curious that these young Turks are turning away from the sportswear looks beloved of top American designers for a decade — but they are infusing fresh interest into the New York fashion scene . |
| 21 | In a Chinese phrase , they are in one bed , but they are having different dreams . |
| 22 | But they are making real advancements . |
| 23 | Um around the middle years of the twentieth century there was ah a good deal of well people were spotting signs which would nowadays be taken as evidence of child sex abuse but they were giving other explanations for them . |
| 24 | Now neuro-surgeon Mr Nath is intending to take part in a cross country half marathon on the North Yorks Moors in July but he is hoping local clubs and societies will also join in his fundraising push . |
| 25 | But he is giving fearless leadership in his deeply-troubled area , to both black and white . |
| 26 | He moved around France quite a lot , and not only was he a soldier , but he was writing comic operas and operas , and musicals and so on , and some of his work was pro produced and performed at the Opera Comic , in in France . |
| 27 | Helen gladly confirmed that not only was Charlie a little star at our school but he was illuminating other schools too , especially girls ' schools . |
| 28 | But it is varying cultural transactions of the past which encouraged Shakespeare 's plays to remain in wide circulating which empower Shakespeare 's continued circulation . |
| 29 | But it is considering other changes to please the market . |
| 30 | Failure to achieve a good set because of poor pollination cuts potential output , but it is thought compensatory growth in fertile grain sites can offset this . |