Example sentences of "but [adv] [pron] [verb] [that] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She denied it at the time , but soon she realized that those were his inclinations . |
| 2 | But nevertheless I think that these colleagues , if they look carefully at the fundamentals of their own assumptions , will find that they are begging just as many questions as I am . |
| 3 | But later I discovered that this and the surrounding fields — 850 acres in all — were the proposed site of a 5,000-house new town . |
| 4 | But now we understand that these things really did n't amount to much . |
| 5 | Undecided , she had wondered if it might be too formal , but now she realised that this was going to be no jeans-and-sweater occasion . |
| 6 | But now he believes that little can be done to help . |
| 7 | During this month I led the life for which I had always yearned hunting big game on my own in the wilds of Africa ; but now I realized that this expedition had meant more to me than just the excitement of hunting . |
| 8 | But today we learn that those criticisms have been withdrawn . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm just coming , ’ called Lydia , thinking how amusing it would be to make a big splash and drowning noises , but even she knew that this would not be the action of a nice woman . |
| 10 | But then he realized that many of these bodies were indeed moving , but not very much . |
| 11 | This would offer great possibilities for travel in space and time , but unfortunately it seems that these solutions may all be highly unstable ; the least disturbance , such as the presence of an astronaut , may change them so that the astronaut could not see the singularity until he hit it and and his time came to an end . |