Example sentences of "but [adv] [det] [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But so much football on TV is putting an end to the Saturday afternoon tradition . |
| 2 | Although there was clear authority at that time for the proposition that a man could not be guilty of the rape of a woman who lived with him outside marriage , Hale himself curtailed it by stating that cohabitation was not a defence but merely some evidence of consent . |
| 3 | There will be efforts at the maintenance of the house or apartment , but not much interest in improvement of housing level . |
| 4 | Yeah , but not this sort of stuff . |
| 5 | But always this trail of slime . |
| 6 | This provided not only an overview of the stated intentions of Major Project schools but also some kind of check that the six schools chosen as the focus for our study were in these terms not atypical . |
| 7 | There are many who require not only the further enhancement of their musical skills , but also some training in liturgy and theology . |
| 8 | However , for show purposes and parades , people like a horse that says ‘ look at me ’ , and to have this presence they need not only good looks but also some essence of animation or cheerfulness . |
| 9 | The dealer would try to persuade the new client to reinvest not just the £500 he got from selling his Rolls Royce shares , for instance , but as much money in addition as he could be persuaded to part with , regardless of how far this was in his interest . |
| 10 | Such lending ( generally up to two years ) can be unsecured but often some form of security , i.e. collateral , is demanded such as legal ownership of all or some of the exporter 's business assets . |
| 11 | He had a reputation in the town for dirty dealing , but surely this sort of thing was carrying things too far , even for him ? |
| 12 | Their maniacal screeching , the exploding bullets , the crackle and thunder of the approaching flames , the hammer-blows of the still booming church bells and the nerve-rasping wailing of the fiddle whirled around Owen 's head , but even that maelstrom of noise could not drown the cries of the villagers . |
| 13 | In the following year they staged a number of occupations of churches , but even that avenue of protest was closed to them in the end , because it became too dangerous . |
| 14 | But even this programme of divestment will take four years : it is being done on a stock by stock basis . |
| 15 | But even this sort of treatment does not make my ferrets become aggressive . |
| 16 | It is an extraordinary account , but then any vision of life at the end of the universe is bound to be . |
| 17 | The opportunities can be made known but too much pressure on recruitment will dissuade attendance . |