Example sentences of "[pers pn] but [vb base] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't mind you talking to the person next to you but keep the noise down please . |
| 2 | MAN-MADE membranes that allow some charged molecules ( ions ) to pass through them but prevent the passage of others are important components of many medical and technological systems . |
| 3 | We but ape the actions of our ancestors ; unconsciously , slavishly , those things we consider most distinctly ours — that strange interplay of mind and nerve and sinew that we term gesture — formed a hundred generations before their use in us . |
| 4 | If Labour Members abandon the trusts , which , from the terminology that I have quoted , are so close to their own policy , would they but acknowledge the fact , it is not the Conservative party that would be the loser but the delivery of patient care in Scotland . |
| 5 | I have loads of it but hate the colour . |