Example sentences of "but [conj] they [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should not be assumed from these statements that they do not move at all-they can be quite active at high tide by night but that they remain within the same general area of shore . |
| 2 | What Mr Major should have said , if he was intent on justifying his decision , was that many of the executions were grotesque by any civilised standards , but that they accorded with the code of discipline that was in force at the time . |
| 3 | But although they lived as the only intellectual representatives of their own language in so small a place as Rapallo , they were not destined to decrease each other 's mental loneliness . |
| 4 | But although they live on the edge of Wentworth Golf Course , Lady Haslam prefers gardening when at home . |
| 5 | If you can hear me you must be within five or six miles of them but if they get to the Motorway first they 'll be able to lose you . |
| 6 | ‘ But if they play with the same commitment and determination , against Villa at Highbury , I 'll be satisfied . ’ |
| 7 | The number of people to whom he is a friend , if not because he has met them but because they know of the good works that he has done not only in Britain but throughout the world , must run into many hundreds of thousands . |
| 8 | But after they returned to the gate of 888 , a guard said to Rilla , very quietly : ‘ Bel is dead . |
| 9 | Eva tolerated them since they paid for Dad 's thoughts and therefore her dinner , but when they went into the bedroom to chant I heard her say to Dad , as she put on her yellow silk blouse for that brilliant evening , ‘ The future should n't contain too much of the past . ’ |
| 10 | They all laughed and it helped to relieve the tension , but when they returned to the occupational health centre , far from being criticised for their performance , they heard only praise and found they were being treated as heroes . |
| 11 | ‘ And you know the two foresters who live here in the village : they 're fine when they 're at home , but when they go to the village they 're responsible for , in Dolpo , I bet they carry on like all the others do , terrorizing people . |
| 12 | But when they came to the Grove , they stopped and hung back . |
| 13 | Jones and another top Brit Ieuan Ellis have been flown in … the rest of the field has to be recruited … the New York marathon started with only 20 … but when they gather for the pasta party on the eve of the race … 150 have been signed up … 18 nations will be running |
| 14 | But when they got to the bottom of the Grove they were scared a little . |
| 15 | Notts in this first half are going to be as they like to be , attacking the Kop end , a Kop end which is utterly deserted because Pisa have n't brought any fans with them but they 've brought a very large following of journalists , and as I said in the initial two-way with Martin , there has been a language barrier between them and me , but when they pointed to the weather and all shivered together , I knew precisely what they meant . |
| 16 | But when they arrived at the meeting it was Oldfield who was wearing Branson 's horn-rimmed spectacles , riffling papers in his briefcase and doing his best to look brisk and businesslike , while Branson gesticulated in a parody of artistic eccentricity . |
| 17 | England are a good team but when they play against the ‘ Big Boys ’ they are also-rans . |
| 18 | But when they moved on the school lost its reason for being . |
| 19 | But as they processed into the Quire of the royal chapel in June 1988 the ancient families were in a minority . |
| 20 | But as they continued down the hill to Dingle and along the road that curved round the harbour to Ballingolin , she was even more bewildered to hear him reciting family history to her — history she had taken in with her mother 's milk and knew by heart . |
| 21 | ( They try ‘ West End Girls ’ but as they get to the line about The Finland Station , Wayne somersaults over the keyboard , does that crap dance that vaudevillians do where they move their hands across their knees , makes a shadow puppet of a seagull in the beam of one of the lasers , does the hitch-hike from Saturday Night Fever , and gobs on Derek Jarman . |
| 22 | But as they walked to the taxi rank he said : ‘ Could you get into Bath in the week ? |
| 23 | But as they walked into the dining room , which can accommodate up to 450 guests , their eyes could not have failed to take in the splendour of it all . |
| 24 | But as they walked towards the car park , buttoning up their coats against the frost , footsteps came up quickly behind and Pascoe joined them . |
| 25 | But as they swung along the road towards the BMW , his interest quickened . |
| 26 | But as they came into the finish it was the seven to four favourite , , running home to victory . |
| 27 | But as they came around the corner to the front of the house , they heard a familiar reedy voice hail them and , turning , found themselves confronted by Miss Merchiston herself , her pale eyes going from one to the other with the air of one who had known how it would be . |
| 28 | But as they hesitate outside the door marked Geo . |
| 29 | But as they descended to the next deck , then to the one below , the reason became obvious . |
| 30 | But as they sank to the floor , naturally , Jay sensed a tension in Lucy . |