Example sentences of "[noun] but [adj] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | News at Ten may have been ahead of the BBC 's Nine O'Clock News in the ratings but last night it seemed unsure of what it was trying to do . |
| 2 | ‘ I can cope with football but one thing I ca n't cope with is treachery , and that 's what I had at Swindon . ’ |
| 3 | With the playback that in fact erm as has said it showed me what in fact I was doing right and wrong , erm I 've been on television before once when I was running the London marathon but this time it was actually me and me alone in a work element and I could in fact see what I was doing and why I was doing it and understand in fact the corrections from the morning to in fact the afternoon presentation when I came back for the second one . |
| 4 | Fiona telephoned during the afternoon to say that she 'd brought Harry home and he wanted to see me , so with a sigh but little reluctance I abandoned the empty page and walked down to the village . |
| 5 | It was still the strongest weapon in my armoury but this time I added two pounds of black treacle to the mixture . |
| 6 | Normally we go to Cavendish Square but this time it had been cordoned off . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've been writing short stories and poems for years but last year I decided to try and get something published . |
| 8 | If , for example , your boss asked you for ideas but each time you produced one he totally disagreed with it and rejected it out of hand then , assuming you found this unpleasant , your behaviour of putting forward ideas has been punished . |
| 9 | It is true we did increase the pupil to teacher ratio to one to thirteen in line with the F E er guidelines and that of course did provide some extra nursery places but last year we did put in real resources and actually increased the number of nursery places by about four hundred which involved the development of several new nursery classes , so it is completely untrue to say that the Conservatives attempted to increase nursery education on the cheap . |
| 10 | they were four , I mean there 's only four beds but one day they had four in there but there was a need for urgency |
| 11 | She took no interest in Rain but this time she did not care about Oliver either , or anyone else . |
| 12 | ‘ Madonna likes being in the eye of the storm but this time she was safely tucked away in New York . ’ |
| 13 | He 'd tried loads of different clubs but this time he said , ‘ We 'll go for it today . ’ |
| 14 | She has spent the last year following her sailing pursuits but this year she gave priority to her GCSE exams and has done much less sailing . |
| 15 | Wexford won the Cup last year after a titanic struggle but this year they will face very stern competition indeed , not least from Dublin and Belfast . |
| 16 | His family has been farming the same land for generations but this year he has sown no cereal crops and has not even bothered to string the hops in the hop gardens . |
| 17 | Three times , local architect Val Welham offered 110,000 pounds of her own money but each time it was rejected . |
| 18 | Well it certainly is but er I 've grown potatoes myself for years and never had any trouble with them boiling into the water but this year I can not get a good potato , all of my usual favourites like Estima which I 've found is a usually good all round potato , it it 's a monkey for boiling into the water and one thing I can only assume is that the weather 's had a lot to do with it , my ground 's been waterlogged most of the season . |
| 19 | It was the second Cultural Revolution but this time it came from the students and the workers and this time it was nonviolent , peaceful , gentle . |
| 20 | It had never hurt before in anything but high jump but this time it hurt long jumping . |
| 21 | You will be angry I know and accuse me of all manner of evil things but one thing you can not accuse me of Lily is not caring for your son upon whose life I swear I love him truly and want only what is best for him . |
| 22 | The former England Under-21 player has found the net just twice in 20 matches this season but last night he insisted : ‘ My confidence is still sky-high . |
| 23 | Usually she enjoyed the tasks of morning but this morning she was grateful above all mornings for the constancy of the small demanding chores : to shake out the fire , scatter the ashes on the grass outside , to feel the stoked fire warm the room . |
| 24 | It was fortunate that there was no bother on Sunday morning but next time we might not be so lucky . |
| 25 | NEIL FOSTER faces an Essex fine for kicking stumps in anger but this weekend he could be punching the air in delight if he receives an England recall for next week 's second Test against Australia at Lord 's . |
| 26 | NEIL FOSTER faces an Essex fine for kicking stumps in anger but this weekend he could be punching the air in delight if he receives an England recall for next week 's second Test against Australia at Lord 's . |
| 27 | For younger children , play the same game but this time they can hit the ball with their hands to keep it in the air . |
| 28 | After it 's over we cut to another scene and there 's somebody who might be the little guy again and he 's still strapped to a chair but this time it 's a tall hospital chair with wheels and a little fold-away table in front of him and the straps holding his torso would be easy to undo but his hands are limp . |
| 29 | Principal environmental officer , Bernard Cribbs : ‘ We used to get lots complaints about dog packs but this year we have only had about two which shows how effective the scheme has been . ’ |
| 30 | For the last two years the public have been asked to nominate winners for the Korn/Ferry prize but this year it will be decided by a judging panel alone . |