Example sentences of "but [pron] [verb] [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were all sorts of different views of the future , but everyone had the same ideas about what was worth preserving . |
| 2 | He worked in another part of the factory , but everyone used the same coffee bar . |
| 3 | The majority of the flowers and leaves in the design were chosen for their tones of silver and grey , but I added a few silvery pink flowers to give some additional colour and interest to the design . |
| 4 | But I had no such indication regarding the black population . |
| 5 | But I bet a few of the lads in the carriageworks were smiling . |
| 6 | I am doing my best , but I wish a few more would give a few hours of their time . , . |
| 7 | ’ I do n't nick stuff myself , but I know a few people who do . |
| 8 | But I spent a few bob buying drinks for a couple of old OSS types who 'd turned up in their London station and they took pity on me and let drop the codename : Winter Garden . |
| 9 | I had thought I might stroll out towards the famous Liseberg Gardens , but I got no more than a couple of hundred yards before I was turned back by the pitiless downpour . |
| 10 | Not that she supported any other party , but I gather the former deb failed to register in Westminster , where she has a Notting Hill flat . |
| 11 | And your man would come up to us afterwards and say , ‘ Those were some very obscure cover versions you were playing tonight , but I liked a few of them … yeah , quite interesting . |
| 12 | but I realize the same thing , I said erm , |
| 13 | But I have no such courage . |
| 14 | Of course people need places to stay when on holiday and I 'm all for economical breaks such as caravanning , but I have a few suggestions which might help to improve the look of unsightly caravan parks . |
| 15 | ‘ But I have a few more days before Chelsea have to decide whether to buy me . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ But I have a few things to do first . |
| 17 | I 'm not English , Irish nor French , but I have the same opinion as both Mr. Schwabb and Dr. O'Donohue . |
| 18 | ‘ But I think a few rats did survive . |
| 19 | A variation that we used to do , but which takes a little practice to get right , is to cut an elastic band , hold one end with your thumb or finger tip just below the implant , reach round the back with the other hand , stretch the elastic and , keeping it stretched , bring the end round and over the section under your thumb , grip it in the same way , pass round again and over the starting point . |
| 20 | Many speakers highlighted the apparent paradox of a party which gave its blessing to separate internal organisations for both women and young people , but which denied the same privilege to its black members . |
| 21 | This was achieved by examining brooches which are pairs , those not paired but which are very similar and those which are of a different design but which share the same characteristics . |
| 22 | How could a policy be devised that satisfied the aspirations of the local majority , but which provided the same rights for other nationalities ? |
| 23 | ( iii ) has had an order made against him which is not a bankruptcy order but which has the same or a similar effect under the law in force in any territory outside England and Wales ; |
| 24 | When challenged about this you replied , Yes , but you have the least experience in the golf industry . |
| 25 | Oh yeah , oh there 's hundred 's of jobs want doing round here again , but you do the same ones over and over again and I think to myself what a waste of a day . |
| 26 | Cecilia thought it remarkable , an instance of the inexplicable ways of nature , that a child could be so unlike his parents , but she thought no more than that . |
| 27 | But she died the same merciless death at the remote nature reserve on the Indian Ocean , 220 miles north of Durban — repeatedly stabbed and hacked to pieces . |
| 28 | Her stilted smile reappeared , placing a dent at one corner of her mouth , but she waited a few seconds longer , making sure that the ghost had retreated again . |
| 29 | Ann thought it unseemly to kiss her husband in public , but she had no such reservations as far as her son was concerned , and hugged him tight , choking on her words as she whispered to him to take care of himself . |
| 30 | She supposed that if she were normal , she would be hoping for what was known as a ‘ nice boy ’ to come along , but she had no such faith . |