Example sentences of "[noun pl] but [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said he was impressed by the range of stands but wished he was ten years younger because he thought the help on offer was best for younger people . |
| 2 | He followed her eyes but found she was only staring at a door . |
| 3 | These moral issues , which troubled those who wished to enjoy the company of animals but felt they had to judge them on a set of human values , have caused less concern in recent years . |
| 4 | She no longer kept them in cages but allowed them the run of the house and garden . |
| 5 | The plant alkaloid ryanodine opens the channels at low ( nanomolar ) concentrations but closes them at higher doses ( micromolar ) . |
| 6 | Once back upstairs in the box , he could not leave the mystery alone and his mind conjured up all sorts of solutions but analysing them brought no relief . |
| 7 | And the fact that the film is not frightened of its sexual aspects but treats them with some taste is another point in its favour . |
| 8 | Teletext not only gives up-to-date news and a wealth of information on different subjects but keeps you informed of sub-titled plays and many special TV programmes which can be followed visually . |
| 9 | During Allen 's second day in the witness box , he admitted taking the nude pictures but denied they were pornographic . |
| 10 | Previously , they had been presented in the basic , unaffected prose of fanzines but knew they had officially arrived in the real world of music journalism when Neil Taylor asked them to pose outside Buckingham Palace . |
| 11 | I know that you tend to be inundated with questionnaires but hope you will agree that this is a vital area of concern and will help us find ways of reaching new ways of assisting young people in and into sport . |
| 12 | We have all heard of the addiction caused by long-term taking of tranquillisers but did you realise that the effect of sleeping pills can last well into the following day and many antihistamines ( commonly taken to relieve colds or allergies ) can make you so drowsy that you should not drive for some hours after taking them ? |
| 13 | As Mr Leslie had explained earlier he was completely sober and was not given to imagination , he screwed his eyes up looking for the reason for the footsteps ; he could n't see the feet but heard them quite distinctly passing him in the ballast below . |
| 14 | Sandison tried to catch a glimpse of her feet but found it difficult . |
| 15 | They were so free in expression she wondered if they had been read at all by his parents but presumed they could hardly have escaped their eye . |
| 16 | He has ruled out any keel or mast changes in the four days left before the final trials but hopes he can find more speed by using new sails . |
| 17 | Erm and so now rich peasants are actually actively seeking to join er associations but finding it difficult , I mean they have to be er pay an additional admission fee may be ten yuan or , or whatever , you know , usually far higher than the normal peasant or erm they have to get someone to actually put their name forward to say that you know they 're not such a bad bloke . |
| 18 | She duly turned to the Psalms but found them equally disturbing . |
| 19 | At Play In The Fields Of The Lord ( 15 ) Hector Babenco 's lengthy ( over three hours ) but stunningly-wrought ecological tragedy , shot entirely on location in Amazonia , centres on a group of missionaries and a Cheyenne half-breed who set out in different ways to ‘ save ’ a tribe of rain-forest Indians but bring them only death , disease and destruction . |
| 20 | At the heart of the problem is the fact that the Government is selling off 10 different companies but presenting them as a single package . |
| 21 | This does n't give curls but leaves you hair thicker and easier to style . |
| 22 | Boots have stopped selling car seats but say they will offer further information to people who 've bought the Rainbow seat . |
| 23 | Under the previous legislation the Secretary of State had the discretion to turn down applications but exercised it only 519 times in the space of five years . |
| 24 | As I remember , it went , ‘ Do not heed the siren voices of the appeasers but seek ye the enemy within . ’ |
| 25 | The count stayed with the holiday party for 12 days but said he left when his relationship with Mellor became strained . |
| 26 | ‘ I could n't tell you much about Liverpool 's players these days but ask me about Uxbridge 's outside-right and I 'll give you a Dimbleby lecture — if you can stay awake long enough , ’ he jokes . |
| 27 | and things , you think is it worth it because the car would be sat out here , if , if say , say I transferred and still did three days but did it when you work |
| 28 | They took the net down after a few weeks but kept it handy , you know . |
| 29 | Thus the ‘ qualities ’ covered a wider range of sports but gave them proportionately much less space overall than the populars . |
| 30 | He was a taxi driver in Newton Aycliffe for two years but gave it up as it was ‘ soul-destroying ’ . |