Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] [det] but [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I cut all but the strongest , straightest stem away close to the base and planted the resulting ‘ twig ’ in a pot of good compost . |
| 2 | yeah , er , well I follow that but the argument would go , er the article |
| 3 | Yeah I realize that but the thing is if we 'd had a phone call to say look , we 're going to be this late , |
| 4 | They eat all but the smallest prey by tearing the carcases apart before ingestion , holding the body of the prey in their talons and tearing small parts away with their hooked beaks . |
| 5 | The VAX 7000 600 systems come with a 91MHz CPU and DEC claims that they outstrip all but the most expensive IBM Corp mainframes . |
| 6 | Their minds are so preoccupied with feeding they ignore all but a monumental catastrophe . |