Example sentences of "but things " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I left lecturing to try and see what the big wide world had to offer , but things never worked out . |
| 2 | But things did get eventually get better . |
| 3 | But things went Karpov 's way when he found a move that had clearly been overlooked by Yusupov 's analysts . |
| 4 | But things could be a great deal worse . |
| 5 | But things were not equal . |
| 6 | But things started going a bit wrong before she could start . |
| 7 | But things went wrong right from the moment she landed in Britain . |
| 8 | I get up and have a look round the room , but things are blurry on account of my tears and I ca n't find her fags . |
| 9 | I would 've yesterday , but things are different today . |
| 10 | But things would have been much the same . |
| 11 | ‘ Really Bodo , do n't you think of anything but … but things and money . ’ |
| 12 | A letter to The Times of 1923 , for example , drew attention to ‘ the dangers arising from the Americanization of the British Empire from the excessive number of American motion pictures shown ’ , but things came to a head in 1924 . |
| 13 | But things have now improved and sales in comparable shops are currently ahead of last year , if only by a neck . |
| 14 | ‘ It will take a long time , we are just emerging from the dark ages , but things do n't happen if you do n't make them . |
| 15 | At least eight people were killed and many more injured ; but things could have been much worse . |
| 16 | Well-laid plans are all very well , but things beyond the control of economists or politicians can make one country 's reform happen faster than another 's . |
| 17 | Spirits are not perceived by sense ; they are not ideas but things which have ideas . |
| 18 | His debut in the disastrous series in Australia was not a happy one , but things improved at home to India and then he really came into his own against England , finishing with 28 wickets at under 13 . |
| 19 | But things change , even within one generation . ’ |
| 20 | The old loon looked puzzled and might have retaliated , but things were defused by a nurse bringing in the trolley of books that constituted the hospital library . |
| 21 | But things are turned topsy-turvy right enough . |
| 22 | ‘ Oh , but things change , I understand that . |
| 23 | But things started to change when a friend mentioned that since I had lost a little weight whilst being away on a beach holiday with my boyfriend ( not deliberately , just through not eating much in the heat of Spain ) several people had said how I looked better . |
| 24 | Batty was magnificently constructive throughout but things refused stubbornly to gel up to the interval . |
| 25 | But things have come to a pretty pass when obesity is confused with the wobbly bits the good Lord designed for girls — the bits that should stick out at the front and back of a strapless ballgown . |
| 26 | Obviously it was once a depressed area and equally obviously much remains to be done , but things have certainly changed since the advent of the HIDB and WIIC . |
| 27 | For what are your possessions but things you keep and guard for fear you may need them tomorrow ? … |
| 28 | ‘ I ken you were all right when the Prince was here , ’ he continued , ‘ and there are plenty in Glasgow that will keep you safe , but things have changed for the worse since you went away . |
| 29 | Last summer we counted over thirty bars in all on our various refreshment excursions to Faliraki , but things are happening so fast that who knows how many there will be this summer ? |
| 30 | Most modern central-heating systems work very well , especially if they are regularly serviced , but things can go wrong with even the best-maintained system . |