Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [verb] [adj] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I take great pride in the officer 's performance . ’ |
| 2 | But I had considerable difficulty in tracking any down . |
| 3 | But I welcome any participation in the debate I have called for on these issues , provided that it addresses the issues in a realistic way . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , I do n't know , ’ says Charles , ‘ but I met this girl in television the other evening , and she said people are going to be dropping off your Matterhorn thing like fleas off a dog . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ But I have two youngsters in Stuart Spruce and Paul Atcheson who will hopefully put Jonathan under pressure . |
| 6 | But I have sufficient faith in the good sense of the public to believe that we might prove this wrong . |
| 7 | Some people think I am attempting the impossible , but I have enormous faith in the latent potential unexploited in this school . ’ |
| 8 | I met a brother-in-law who told me to leave but I stayed another night in our new house just outside the village . |
| 9 | I pretend to recognise the names because it pleases him , but I feel awkward being in the same room after finding the medicines , going through her belongings . |
| 10 | I said well now can I see his room , she said well really I 've cleared the room since he 's gone , but I found some papers in the room , which indicated that he was a convict on licence . |
| 11 | So the application is concerned with maintaining the accounting data and maintaining the integrity of that data but you have absolute flexibility in the tools that you use to access it and manipulate it and present it in your organization . |
| 12 | Ruth was fairly sure she could , but she had another question in mind of greater importance . |
| 13 | But she saw little hope in that notion . |
| 14 | ‘ Clarice Cliff was a hard taskmistress — I had to report to her every day — but she took great interest in the progress of young trainees and her husband , Colley Shorter , the chairman of her company , arranged for me to take day classes at Newcastle College of Art when I was doing National Service with the RAF stationed in Northumberland , ’ he recounted . |
| 15 | But she emphasizes cross-cultural similarities in women 's nurturant roles . |
| 16 | But she starts proper school in September . |
| 17 | The Lions selectors have an impassioned Irish performance to thank for that — and , according to coach Gerry Murphy , a little divine inspiration : ‘ We were going to keep it a secret , ’ he quipped , ‘ but we spent last weekend in Lourdes ’ . |
| 18 | But we make common cause in attaching more significance to them than do the theories ( except perhaps for Idealism ) discussed so far . |
| 19 | He agreed , but we had some difficulty in deciding what . |
| 20 | But we shoved some veg in it . |
| 21 | ‘ But we want proper pedestrianisation in High Row and Skinnergate . |
| 22 | They were absolutely not a disaster for women , obviously I would have preferred to stay on the shadow cabinet , but we have three women in the shadow cabinet , and we have a number of women in senior positions outside the shadow cabinet . |
| 23 | Cheshire have traditionally be one of the stronger counties in the Western Division , but they suffered two defeats in their opening three matches . |
| 24 | Guatemala , receiving a one-goal handicap start , surprisingly led 5–1 at the end of the first chukka as the Argentines appeared very nervous , but they scored four goals in the second chukka and dominated the rest of the game . |
| 25 | The appointment and overthrow of individual emperors were largely matters of Italian politics , but they had significant repercussions in Gaul , not least because of the close personal connections between Ricimer and the Burgundian royal family , the Gibichungs . |
| 26 | The Liberal Democrats did much less well than had the Alliance in 1986 in terms of votes , but they had more success in targeting and retaining council seats . |
| 27 | But they keep Soviet might in mind , however remote the threat now seems . |
| 28 | The under-21s were without John Stannard , their number one short corner specialist , whose car broke down en route , but they managed comfortable wins in the regional qualifiers with goals all scored from open play . |
| 29 | But they merit special emphasis in the approach to be adopted to the construction of a statute , such as the Financial Services Act 1986 , which in some respects introduced radical new solutions for old problems . |
| 30 | The number of personnel is small but they work full time in the unit and are not concerned with the rest of the corporate planning department 's roles in the planning process . |