Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] the [noun sg] 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 | General cargo continued to flow through the port but there was a gradual decline in dock activity . |
| 3 | he tried to go out the door but she reached him back , but she has n't |
| 4 | He held his hand out in a gesture for her to come into the house but in that second she knew she never could . |
| 5 | Moreover , former farm workers and other locals who have ceased to work in the village but who remain resident there and commute to nearby towns , may also involve themselves in leisure activities over a much wider geographical area than hitherto . |
| 6 | ‘ I do not want the beauty to come from the material but from within myself , ’ he wrote later , taking direct responsibility for this process of redemption . |
| 7 | It 's a word you are unlikely to find in the dictionary but , if you think of it as the opposite to ‘ extrude ’ , meaning to thrust or push out , then the term becomes more understandable . |
| 8 | We might be able to come to the mass but I 'm not sure . |
| 9 | The third time she went she got Debbie to come to the door but not to let her in . |
| 10 | They 're happy to come to the rescue but most of all they want to see tighter rules regulating the ownership of such animals . |
| 11 | He knew the time because they had arranged to meet on the hour but he was a few minutes late and she was waiting . |
| 12 | Israel initially refused to comment on the report but it was finally confirmed on Dec. 28 by Arens who denied that there had been any direct contact with Iran . |
| 13 | No-one from the club was prepared to comment on the demonstration but an insider said a board meeting is due to be held on Tuesday . |
| 14 | The two MPs refused to comment on the meeting but said that they were working to " close the gaps between the PLO and Israel " . |
| 15 | I have no desire to rake over the past but we should have the right to refer to matters of historical record . |
| 16 | A more likely cause of restlessness and dissatisfaction among farm workers occurs when friends , neighbours and kin among the ‘ locals ’ cease to work on the land but commute from the village to nearby towns . |
| 17 | The bronze versions are very recent and faithful to Ernst 's instructions : when he returned to France after the war , he had planned to work on the project but did not manage to reach agreement with the current owners . |
| 18 | This is because many children want to talk about the subject but can not find an adult in whom to confide or who is willing to talk about it . |
| 19 | He was willing to serve under the Protectorate but his loyalties were essentially republican and he welcomed the restoration of the Rump early in 1659 . |
| 20 | Cyclists and horse riders are keen to progress with the scheme but there has been some opposition from one particular village . |
| 21 | The rich north , with no reason to be smug , would be wise to listen to the south but not , in the end , allow itself to be diverted from the blue to the red . |
| 22 | He was pleased that he and his wife had been able to talk to the doctor but he was still not sure that he understood about either the X-rays of his bowel or the surgery which might be necessary . |
| 23 | It might be part of her job to parade through the ballroom but she surely did n't want to have to prattle facts and figures for what she was wearing now , a skin-tight concoction of bugle heads and sequins that probably cost more than she 'd make for the entire year . |
| 24 | Occasionally Princess Margaret 's son , Viscount Linley , and the Princes Andrew and Edward might come to play for the afternoon but there certainly were n't the comings and goings many have assumed . |
| 25 | She said another member of the family would have been able to help after the theft but it would have caused more inconvenience . |
| 26 | Melanie offered to help with the washing-up but Aunt Margaret shook her head . |
| 27 | Grandad , who had been reading his paper , said , ‘ Eh , I 'd like to help with the cleaning but you see I promised Angus up at the farm that I 'd help him with the lambs today . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Can none be found to play with the king but only his brother which hath no wish to play because of sickness ? ’ |
| 29 | Clint says he has been sitting on the story of Unforgiven for 15 years waiting to grow into the part but denies that this could be the last time he saddles up and rides off into the sunset . |
| 30 | She was too tired now to walk over the moor but she would set off first thing in the morning . |