Example sentences of "[verb] but [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He pretended to bump into them ; Jezrael wanted to turn and watch but her cultural modesty would n't let her . |
| 2 | You were sent instructions to evacuate but your own computer equipment was unable to receive our instructions and advice , as you very well know . |
| 3 | Well the R Y A is Britain 's National Authority for the sport of sailing , simple as that , we look after every aspect of sailing and powerboating but our particular role in training is to set the syllabi pre to the courses , to train the instructors and to make sure the standard of teaching in every centre is up to scratch . |
| 4 | So okay , well we 'll make a start and then we 've got but my first remarks were a little bit , bit so there we are . |
| 5 | ( Even at this point either psychogenic or physical impediments may arise but our illustrative pair are uninhibited and highly desirous of each other so we will assume it does not ! ) |
| 6 | The queen mother remarried but her new husband , Sir James Stewart , the Black Knight of Lorne , was soon seized by her enemies and ‘ put in a pit and bollit ’ ( presumably boiled in a pit or pot ) until she agreed to relinquish her son to one scheming clique . |
| 7 | I do not wish to carp but what this book lacks is a list of MPs ' secretaries together with their personal details , buttressed where necessary with photographs . |
| 8 | My night is spent trying to sleep but my impending fame and fortune keeps my mind awake , dwelling on tomorrow 's descent . |
| 9 | These are features that simple word processors were never designed to incorporate but which low-end desktop publishing packages find simple . |
| 10 | When a misdemeanour was committed , it was not the offender alone who was shamed but his whole family . |
| 11 | The SPS will probably never be attempted but its theoretical viability is suggested by the fact that NASA took three years and spent $16 million on assessing the concept . |
| 12 | Mr Litman refused to discuss details of the money involved but his Russian associates are clearly expecting a considerable boost to their meagre pensions . |
| 13 | Certainly it 's a sad loss for Lyneham and particularly the squadrons involved but our operational task remains and the training goes on to achieve that |
| 14 | Mrs Thatcher has gone but her intellectual legacy lives on , not least in the Labour Party . |
| 15 | It is English or nodding but their own sort of Spanish . |
| 16 | some of your constants go but your important thing that comes out is this |
| 17 | We found hot springs to bathe in and waterfalls to admire but our first outdoors adventure was near Whangarei , where Mount Manaia rises very steeply and with spectacular jagged outcrops to about 1500 ft . |
| 18 | Einstein 's famous equation E=mc 2 already existed but its full import for the release of vast energies in radioactivity and other nuclear processes still lay in the future . |
| 19 | I heard he was changed but my dear life , he 's an old man ! ’ |
| 20 | Emmerdale ( ITV , 7pm ) TURNER tries to regain some street cred but his feeble attempts just are n't worth it . |
| 21 | BELVILLE : I stepped out of my chariot to walk across the meadow and whom should I spy but your humble servant , Mr. Williams . |
| 22 | I would n't normally ask but me own lad is a greet big jessy and can not stand up for himself let alone kick f*** out of Roger Cook . |