Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb past] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I went to a private school after that , I went to one run by a Mr , Mr E M . |
| 2 | But I looked to a philosophical point of view more comprehensive even than that of the early Collingwood , and I thought I had found the germ of it in the lectures he delivered in my last year on ‘ Nature and Mind ’ . |
| 3 | so it 's all hot on the plate and served straight away you know , luckily erm I managed it but I got in a little bit of a flap I will admit it whereas Shirl 's now got used to that I mean I when we first came we both used to do our own help each other out I used to help out but erm |
| 4 | I could hear the sound of rent cloth in my head , but I stood on a wooden chair while Lili pinned the seams closer , standing quietly like a broken horse to be saddled and bridled . |
| 5 | She was probably not born into the wild , but she lived as a feral dog . |
| 6 | Theda could not look at him , but she said in a subdued tone , ‘ It is what your godmother called me . |
| 7 | He had hoped to waken her gently , but she drew in a small gasping breath . |
| 8 | I had not realized how close they had been but she grieved for a long while for the grandmother to whom she had felt close and in whom she had found it easy to confide . |
| 9 | She heard John draw a sharp breath beside her but she spoke with a bright-eyed defiance , not to Lord Wyatt but at the crowd behind him , noting with pleasure their discomfiture and annoyance . |
| 10 | But we went for a long walk and Ally started talking about his work in a way I had n't heard before . |
| 11 | It was hard to know where to start but we went for a private sale and a Mazda 323 on the basis that Dave Baker ( our friend in Christchurch ) has a Mazda 323 and what 's good for Dave is good for us ! |
| 12 | But we lived in a middle-class neighbourhood and I met with a lot of disapproval . |
| 13 | I think they rather wanted me to wear my old farm clothes , but we compromised with a grey check skirt which a good friend gave me , and a blue jumper . |
| 14 | Some of them came to our house on some pretext or other , but they met with a chilly reception from my mother , who could look severe and forbidding when she wanted to . |
| 15 | ‘ The same thing happened to Arsenal last season after Benfica knocked them out , of the European Cup , but they came with a late run and it 's up to us to do the same . |
| 16 | There were threats to his academic career , but they came from a different direction . |
| 17 | On the other side of the stream there was a collection of farm buildings but they linked to a different road further down . |
| 18 | It was impossible to hurry but they moved at a steady pace , pausing seldom . |
| 19 | But he admitted to a great sense of satisfaction at having been in the job at a time when the world had ‘ seen the most rapid political changes in the past 50 years ’ , from the end of the Cold War to the dismemberment of the Soviet Union , and the appointment of former POCs like Vaclav Havel to become heads of state . |
| 20 | I 'd met Laura 's husband only for a minute or two , but he seemed like a regular guy . |
| 21 | She greeted him warmly but he responded with a perfunctory nod and immediately got up to leave . |
| 22 | But he dreamed of a free Namibia , and asked the conference to send Swapo a message of solidarity and support for a massive victory in a free Namibian election . |
| 23 | Jodami had never been cantered but he looked like a strong old fashioned chaser , ’ said the trainer . |
| 24 | No details are known of the conversion of Wulfhere but he reigned as a Christian king with a succession of bishops — Trumhere , Jaruman , Chad and Wynfrith — with their seat , at least from the time of Chad , at Lichfield ( HE 111 , 24 : IV , 3 ) . |
| 25 | Soapy moved on , but he walked for a long time before he tried again . |
| 26 | But he came to a dead end with that jeweller . ’ |
| 27 | Johnny had another couple of seasons as a player , but he retired after a nasty fractured cheekbone and broken jaw early in 1962–63 , only to turn to the commercial side of the game and build a new and successful career there . |
| 28 | Afternoon programmes were not designed for him , but he stayed on a black and white film . |
| 29 | She had a great temptation to rest against him , but he stood with a swift movement that was all anger and sarcasm . |
| 30 | Whether he guessed what I was likely to say I do n't know , but he spoke with a sudden rush as if to prevent me from saying something that we would both have to accept and talk about . |