Example sentences of "[pron] but [verb] [pron] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So he did nothing for Mary or Rufus that morning , did not even seek them out , scarcely knew whether Rufus was still asleep on the terrace or back in bed with Mary , and when he found further sleep impossible because of his shivering body and pounding head , he sat in the kitchen making instant coffee for himself but took none up to them . |
| 2 | it was someone else that told me but told me not to tell anyone and I had to beg it out of him cos I just wanted to know . |
| 3 | Let me but let me just say one thing . |
| 4 | There will be moves to tighten up this part of the bill in the Commons to try to stop some of the waste imports from countries which can dispose of them but find it politically expedient to export them . |
| 5 | As in the past , James 's smile promised everything but gave nothing away . |
| 6 | Michelle does put her hair up herself but said it usually slips out because ‘ there 's just too much of it , besides , it 's just so well-conditioned ! ’ |
| 7 | Overbalancing , she clutched at Finn to save herself but pulled him over with her . |
| 8 | ‘ This should help her but give it as sparingly as possible at first , ’ he said . |
| 9 | Santerre hastened to open it but told us not to bring any torches in . |
| 10 | It looks as if there is a walk down there but we 've never been on it but tell you where you may be thinking of , you may be thinking of that walk that goes towards the erm adventure park at the other side of Buckfastleigh . |
| 11 | A lioness , having caught a gazelle , may not kill it but drag it back alive to her cubs and give it to them so that , crippled though it is , the cubs may have a little practice in how to bring it down . |
| 12 | I glanced quickly at it but found it too difficult to understand , so I gave it back . |
| 13 | Maidstone had not parted with it but held it firmly in his left fist . |
| 14 | She found she had torn most of the mourning band away from her sleeve and there was nothing for it but to pull it off entirely . |
| 15 | As the days went by and the busy little transport box seemed to be making only slow way into the huge heap of lime , he no longer eased it out on the blade of the shovel for the wind to take it but scattered it anywhere out of sight , anywhere to be rid of it . |
| 16 | She was sitting on the bed with her album — that sparsely-peopled record of whatever it was that she 'd left behind and she was n't leafing through it but hugging it close , as if it was a physical source of comfort to her when times were at their lowest . |
| 17 | In the end , after the tea had been made and drunk , there seemed nothing for it but to escort them home , leaving Ianthe at her front door and walking the short distance to the vicarage with Penelope . |
| 18 | And you might like , on paper , have the money like , by the end of the like , year or whatever but paying it out in one go or |