Example sentences of "but [prep] [adv] [art] [noun sg] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But for now the army is prepared to watch and wait . |
| 2 | But for now the company are content to be doing well by being a cut above the rest . |
| 3 | But for once the weather was fine , the place was right on the other side of the airfield on the edge of open country , so we wandered about a bit , picking wild flowers and so on , and on the way back in the truck who should we see approaching in the distance , on foot , but our old pal Flt Off Gregory . |
| 4 | In France the LFA is divided into 4 zones ( plus the Article 3(5) areas ) ; in the UK there are now 2 zones but until recently no zonation was made in spite of considerable variation in the level of natural handicap . |
| 5 | Field of Corn it may be , but at least the corn is not over-ripe . |
| 6 | Unless they 're out carrying out their inspections but at least the administrator 's there , she will help all she possibly can in the absence of the fire safety officer . |
| 7 | But at least the issue is now more lively and from 1974 the disabled have had a special Minister for the Disabled , at the Department of Social Security , to champion their cause and coordinate provision for their needs . |
| 8 | We had almost completely forgotten about Christmas — but at least the kitchen was finished . ’ |
| 9 | Her brother was disgusted and called her a filthy collaborator , but at least the Englishman was safe . |
| 10 | But at least the snapper was quiet , sleeping in its cot . |
| 11 | But at least the food is there in a crisis — and is also there ready and waiting in the event that a government comes to power which is serious about getting food through to the poorest . |
| 12 | Bill frequently got his fingers burnt and even now he wonders if his servicing procedure was strictly legal , but at least the navigator was happy . |
| 13 | As she felt the muscular ridges pulsing and throbbing she almost sobbed aloud from a mixture of fear , curiosity and excitement , but at least the thing was no longer between her legs . |
| 14 | More than half of the gainfully employed population are in the very heterogeneous Class III but at least the coding is seldom changed . |
| 15 | We may think it hard-hearted of a Hagerhai woman to eat an animal that she once suckled , but at least the pig was recognised as an individual when it was alive — was even loved . |
| 16 | But at least the mystery was nearing a solution — even if she had no idea why Luke Hunter should want to go out to dinner with a woman whose sole contact with him up till now had been violently centred somewhere round the solar plexus . |
| 17 | A single one-off move may be disruptive to overall business activities but at least the process is carried out over a short time . |
| 18 | How much of these the foundation will manage to recover is an open question , but at least the collection is now safe ( there have been several attempts in the past to remove its best paintings to other museums ) . |
| 19 | The exquisite lyricism of line of his later paintings is not yet present , but by now the work is in his handwriting , unmistakably Modigliani . |
| 20 | An artillery shell struck here at breakfast time , but by now the base was on red alert , its soldiers under cover . |
| 21 | From Orwell Isabella and her forces reached London on 6 October , but by then the king was fleeing westwards to Wales , through Gloucester and Chepstow to Neath ; pursuing him , Isabella 's forces reached Bristol , where on 26 October the Prince of Wales was proclaimed the keeper of the realm . |
| 22 | But by then the revolution was won ; Palmer 's contribution was to up the ante . |
| 23 | But by then the damage was done ; the demons had escaped Pandora 's box and , not for the first time , the demands of laissez-faire capitalism had subverted traditional moralities . |
| 24 | Much to his evident surprise , he was invited back to do another Hancock series , but by then the show was in its death throes and Ken no more wanted to be a part of it than Hancock wanted to have him . |