Example sentences of "but [noun] [verb] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But old-timers know this match is a PGA gathering , viewed by television . |
| 2 | But Mexico got this support only because it had sorted out its economy . |
| 3 | The trend in golf-course building is towards courses over 7,000 yards , but Liphook shows this emphasis on yardage is rather misguided . |
| 4 | It was common in Kenya for Masai to allow Kikuyu to cultivate a patch of ground within their grazing circuit in return for services rendered ; but administrators seeing this practice and not realizing its customary nature tried repeatedly to get rid of the Kikuyu and leave the Masai in undisputed possession of what they supposed to be their sole territory . |
| 5 | But Wilkinson considered this incident , along with subsequent events , as part of Cantona 's ‘ Le Brat ’ antics — and was no longer prepared to tolerate them . |
| 6 | But Nyasha knew this snake and she was n't afraid . |
| 7 | But Adam had this idea of phoning his mother to tell her he would n't be back that night . |
| 8 | The police claimed that they had been forced to act to disperse the crowds when troublemakers attacked police stations , but protesters disputed this account and described the police action as a massacre . |
| 9 | But Ransom said this week : ‘ I have no anxieties about the commitment of that council to the social work function , and I have a very strong track record of leading a professional service . ’ |
| 10 | Some other animals can manage to convert vegetable oils into these fatty acids , but cats lack this ability . |
| 11 | But Mike handled this contract himself so I 'll have to dig in the files and ring you back . ’ |
| 12 | But Marx opposes this approach , on the grounds that human needs do not spring out of nothing , and suggests instead that a theory must be constructed which has no ‘ starting-point ’ . |
| 13 | The monitor hypothesis This is a development of the first hypothesis and suggests that acquisition processes create the utterances in a second language ( producing fluency ) , but learning monitors this production . |
| 14 | In the non-competition condition P.P. made fixation shifts to the target in his left half-field , but competition reduced this performance much more severely than in the right half-field ( Fig. 2 ) . |
| 15 | But man had this animal desire within him to do what Mr Lion did to Mrs. Lion but he had no mate to fulfil his desire . |
| 16 | The motorway is notorious for being prone to bad weather conditions like fog , but police say this morning 's crash was the result of bad driving . |
| 17 | But George uses this dream to give Lennie hope , and a purpose to all that they do . |