Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [adv] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | They drive me to distraction : at first I refuse to fight back , on the grounds that life is sacred and it is not their fault that they are mosquitos , but I eventually join in the swatting that punctuates the quiet every so often . |
2 | For a little while I was afraid I was going to land in the middle of a town , but I mercifully drifted to the edge of this . |
3 | Well I can have one every sort of , but I just get into the bath just after the water is slipping out . |
4 | But I soon recovered from the chloroform and really appreciated the company of the other Mums . |
5 | It briefly attracted my attention , but I soon returned to the more intellectual business of marking exam scripts . |
6 | They do n't always dress up of course but I soon got in the habit by trying on a Tommy Cooper-styled fez . |
7 | It is well known that I disliked what was in the first three-year letter of intent , but I wholly approved of the principle . |
8 | I had only recently heard of the existence of such places , but I gradually came to the conclusion that she was running a small brothel of which she herself was the centre of interest . |
9 | ‘ Marginally , perhaps , but I always come by the street and pick up uncle 's paper from the newsagent on my way . ’ |
10 | knock and shove me but I always get in the way . |
11 | That one , but I actually got onto the the server . |
12 | In deference to you , Mr. Speaker , perhaps I had better not respond to the last part of my hon. Friend 's question , but I entirely agree with the spirit of his comments . |
13 | The slow version has the most depth , and maybe it 'll turn up on a 12-inch some day , but I really opted for the fast one , because it seemed a really nice way to start the album . ’ |
14 | The slow version has the most depth , and maybe it 'll turn up on a 12-inch some day , but I really opted for the fast one , because it seemed a really nice way to start the album . ’ |
15 | ‘ I did n't notice any but I never went inside the house . |
16 | ‘ But I never get past the bouncers at the Wag . ’ |
17 | I used to wrestle with my conscience as to whether I should ask Francis Bacon , but I never did in the end . |
18 | ‘ I knew we was onto a good 'un when we comes to Sinkport , but I never guessed as the old scallywag 'imself 'ud be 'ere . |
19 | That too was a heady experience , but I still hankered for the farm life . |
20 | ‘ But I still cling to the hope that I 'm mistaken , ’ Steve went on seriously , ‘ that I was n't in love and it was in fact infatuation . ’ |
21 | But I certainly got to the delegate meeting . |
22 | ‘ But you surely know about the dolls and hobby horses and baby houses and all ? ’ |
23 | Some people call it the nook but you just sat on the jam stones . |
24 | If you have a majority of ticks here , you appreciate and enjoy the natural world , but you also look at the way that animals and plants can serve human beings . |
25 | ‘ But you obviously plumped for the army . ’ |
26 | Yeah but you only knit on the welt , then you put the needles on it spare pin , on a pin |
27 | That 's part of the trouble , part of why he is so lonely , but she just looked at the carpet in silence , at the dark place where Luke had once spilled black coffee . |
28 | She understood his grief and his sense of loss and loneliness — she had been there herself , after the King 's death — and she knew about the feelings of despair and the long , long time the scars would take to heal , but she also knew about the importance of carrying on . |
29 | But she also concurred in the view that I was like my father . |
30 | Many of her remarks today were about her constituents in Gateshead , but she also referred to the national picture . |