Example sentences of "[noun sg] but [adj] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I can cope with football but one thing I ca n't cope with is treachery , and that 's what I had at Swindon . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It was still the strongest weapon in my armoury but this time I added two pounds of black treacle to the mixture . |
| 5 | She took no interest in Rain but this time she did not care about Oliver either , or anyone else . |
| 6 | ‘ Madonna likes being in the eye of the storm but this time she was safely tucked away in New York . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Three times , local architect Val Welham offered 110,000 pounds of her own money but each time it was rejected . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It had never hurt before in anything but high jump but this time it hurt long jumping . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | It was fortunate that there was no bother on Sunday morning but next time we might not be so lucky . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | For younger children , play the same game but this time they can hit the ball with their hands to keep it in the air . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Things have got out of hand in the past but this time it 's just a fashion show , ’ said Mrs Deborah Keily of the NSPCC , which hoped to raise £20,000 from the show . |
| 21 | I also went to Prague , Czechoslovakia , hardly sun sangria and sea , Councillor but one thing I 'll say about Prague , and this is where all the arguments about Brussels fall down , it 's alright to go to Brussels and not to Prague . |
| 22 | Later , in the boat and shouting again because of the whoosh of water behind them as well as the noise of the engine , Tucker told her , ‘ We could 've gone round by road but this way you get a better feel . |
| 23 | The dilemma threatened to spoil Sally 's happiness but one thing she was certain of — whatever it took she would do it because she could n't bear to lose him . |
| 24 | Several times they set out to make their way across by what seemed to be a path but each time they were forced to stop . |
| 25 | He took her hand but this time he did n't raise it to his lips . |
| 26 | He says normally he would have lost the cost but this time it stayed there . |
| 27 | He did play really well in the Championship year but any time I saw him last year he seemed to be nervous on the ball , surely not a good thing for a Centre Half . |
| 28 | We got funding for one year but next year we 're left with it . |
| 29 | I usually let him out of the pram but last week I lost him for five minutes in Tesco , ’ she said . |
| 30 | In normal circumstances , Melissa would have found him stimulating company but that evening she found her thoughts constantly wandering . |