Example sentences of "but [pron] [verb] [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But I came down to the theatre and was assured it was suitable for children so we came with open minds , ’ she said . |
| 2 | ‘ No , but I went down to the quay one Sunday and I heard her . |
| 3 | I do n't know if it was the Irish temper in me or the Mexican , but I leapt on to the first marine I could reach . |
| 4 | But I reported back to the office on Monday morning . |
| 5 | I did n't need warming up but I pulled in to the kerb without hesitation . |
| 6 | But you went back to the hangar a second time with your matches to start a second fire — to destroy the very work which you did . ’ |
| 7 | A number of players had been tried , but none came up to the subtle demands of the job . |
| 8 | We have been to a few other Holiday sites/parks , but none came up to the standard of HIGHFIELD HOLIDAY PARK . |
| 9 | But she clung on to the post , her body sinking to the floor , oblivious to the groans that issued from her own throat , and the words that formed on her lips . |
| 10 | She was not particularly hungry , but she went down to the hotel 's dining-room around eight that evening , then returned to her room to spend a fitful night . |
| 11 | At first her father had tried persuasion , but she was intransigent : brute force , but she ran back to the woods the moment she could : custodial restraint , but he could not bear the sight and sound of her pining . |
| 12 | It had been unnerving for Martin and we had wasted a lot of time , but we pushed on to the final ridge . |
| 13 | Jamie and I got pushed about a bit and nearly fell down a couple of times , but we survived through to the end of the night without any scrapes . |
| 14 | Its criti-cisms could easily be dubbed ‘ elitist ’ ( not in fact a vogue word at that time ) , but they boiled down to the traditional media dilemma about how far people know what they ‘ want ’ until they have been shown choices beyond their existing experience . |
| 15 | But they went back to the same orphanages which were grim.There was a determination to help them . |
| 16 | There was a strong chase behind and the leaders never got more than a 25-second gap but they held on to the finish where Scott was strongest up the hill to 21 win by a second with Downey a further 14 seconds back . |
| 17 | I thought he was wandering off , but he went up to the counter and asked for a coffee . |
| 18 | He came out with a fantastic shot , but it screwed off to the right of the green , and went down oft the mound instead of falling in towards the flag . |
| 19 | But it comes back to the point of how much tempo passes in the one phrase . |