Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb base] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I love her but I take an intense , cold interest in noting the signs . |
| 2 | The industry still has problems but I sense an increasing willingness for its component parts to work together for the common good . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , we 'll get the cars to keep an eye out for her , but I have an awful feeling in my gut that she is not coming home . |
| 4 | This is not an educated guess , call it a completely uneducated guess , but I have an odd feeling that this is one of your planes , sir — an American plane . |
| 5 | Of Twin Oaks , Gordon Richards said : ‘ The owner is keen to run but I have an open mind . |
| 6 | But I think an important addition would be an analysis of women and cars . |
| 7 | ‘ No name 's been mentioned , but I understand an international construction company has bought out the business lock , stock and barrel , so now the parque aquático will be their baby . |
| 8 | A criticism levelled at these fish is that they are not too attractive — but I feel an active male and female pair in the well-planted tank under optimum light have their own beauty . |
| 9 | This is a modern health services research unit but you hold an antiquated view of science . |
| 10 | It 's not a big deal in the scheme of things but you get an awful lot of hassle when all your mates are going to university , or start bringing home the bacon . |
| 11 | This limpness is far from universal — parts of the system are excellent — but you get an uneasy feeling that the tax inspectorate is not one of the better parts . |
| 12 | I get a bit frightened myself sometimes — we all do , as no doubt you realise ; but you help an awful lot to restore my courage . |
| 13 | But you have an adopted daughter . ’ |
| 14 | But you play an open E and there 's this huge rumbling noise , then you play E on the G string and … nothing ! |
| 15 | We do n't do any astronomy in this department , but we teach an elementary astronomy course , and astronomy of course now is just the physics of outer space ; astronomy has stopped being a separate subject . |
| 16 | But they make an important contribution to the problems of many older people . |
| 17 | Lanto Synge , Mallett & Son , London ( leading dealers in English furniture ) : Themes certainly do stretch us artistically and commercially but they present an interesting and challenging exercise . |
| 18 | In Guide , authors see the document as a reader does , but they get an enhanced view of the document , which shows structural boundaries . |
| 19 | But they provide an accurate picture of what had taken place under Justinian . |
| 20 | The policies require the support of the local authority and proper resourcing but they provide an ideal framework for schools seeking to become more responsive to their pupils and the Communities they serve . |
| 21 | Its front is Georgian , and inside it looks rather ordinary , but they do an excellent pub lunch and in winter there are roaring log fires . |
| 22 | An own goal from Sunderland 's Gary Owers , left the Reds two one up at the interval , that 's how it stayed and Liverpool are now three points clear at the top , but they have an inferior goal difference to Arsenal . |
| 23 | They are not so much status-based as functional , but they have an all-pervasive influence on the individual 's life far beyond the narrow functions which are their specific object . |
| 24 | Data analysts must not be put off using the best techniques available in case they are misunderstood , but they have an important responsibility to explain what they have done to try to ensure that misunderstandings do not arise . |
| 25 | But they add an extra dimension to a country walk , a drive by the sea , even a journey on a train . |
| 26 | But they pay an unexpected price , which is itself one of the underlying differences between old age in the past and in the present . |