Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] the [noun] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | Are there works which you had hoped to borrow for the exhibition but which are not being made available to you ? |
| 2 | Thus a certain sales figure may remain as the target but the spending habits of the income group from which the sales were to come may have shifted . |
| 3 | Footsteps are heard all over the building causing surprise and apprehension and expectancy in those visitors who have heard about the phenomena but have n't experienced it . |
| 4 | Desert Orchid 's owner Richard Burridge said : ‘ Yes , I 've heard about the plan but I do n't know exact details . ’ |
| 5 | Athelstan had heard about the fellow but this was the first time he had met him . |
| 6 | General cargo continued to flow through the port but there was a gradual decline in dock activity . |
| 7 | No official reason was given for the dismissals but commentators interpreted them as adding to the shift of power from the police to the Army . |
| 8 | When the taxi driver spotted the police he asked about the goods but was told to keep driving . |
| 9 | It still sleeps with its mother in the rudimentary nest she builds for the night but practises building nests for itself . |
| 10 | As I crouched in the slit trench in the semi-darkness I could hear the odd British shell that had been intended for the Germans but had dropped short in the orchard explode with a terrific roar close at hand , causing a shower of dirt to fall from the roof of the trench . |
| 11 | She hardly listened to Mr Lessing 's explanation ; the tutor was his cousin , who had been intended for the Church but proved to have divergent views from his bishop , and had resigned . |
| 12 | He soons starts squawking and wiping his eye and stamping about the place but if he 's like that all the while to them so what is . |
| 13 | She ducked under his arm and made for the door but he caught her arm . |
| 14 | The captain , of Warren Cottage , Acton Turville , Badminton , would not comment after the case but a member of his legal team said an appeal was planned . |
| 15 | he tried to go out the door but she reached him back , but she has n't |
| 16 | ‘ I do n't know about the rest but anyway I 've got to pass the word around . ’ |
| 17 | Mind its weight , I do n't know about the size but mm . |
| 18 | I tried to reason with her that he should know about the baby but she refused to call back or write to him . |
| 19 | In such cases the claimant 's doctor could be telephoned for the information but it is likely either Europ Assistance or H.O . |
| 20 | In such cases the claimant 's doctor could be telephoned for the information but it is likely Europ Assistance or H.O . |
| 21 | People in the city had voted for the metro but others in LA county had effectively vetoed the project . |
| 22 | There was a Susan-shaped contour in the stone , so nothing was sticking into her , but rock-chill seeped through the flimsy but modest garment . |
| 23 | Mr Buxton would not say how many companies were bidding for the work but he hoped the successful tender would be accepted in March , allowing work to start . |
| 24 | Four men have been quizzed about the murder but no one has been charged . |
| 25 | Only four wheeled drive trucks were able to pass through the floods but apart from them and buses and lorries , Debenham was cut off . |
| 26 | Since opposite charges attract , the reason why the electron does not gravitate towards the nucleus but stays in orbit around it ( even though it is radiating and losing its energy in doing so ) is because it retains a certain energy called ‘ ground-state energy ’ . |
| 27 | Clarke headed towards the net but Nicol cleared . |
| 28 | If , and it was a very big ‘ if ’ , Riddle 's body had been substituted for the Scapegoat he felt sure that it was not as a convenient way of disposing of the body but to give more effective expression to the hatred which had inspired his killing . |
| 29 | Like much of France , vineyards were found scattered throughout the region but none of the eight farms visited grew any grapes . |
| 30 | There 's an untidy second in which I dive forward to knock Casey off balance , and he lurches against the wall but keeps upright while Des scrambles to his feet . |