Example sentences of "but [verb] [adv prt] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing for it but to go back the way you came , to Neu St Johann , thence down the Toggenburg valley through the resorts of Nesslau and Ebnat-Kappel to Wattwil . |
| 2 | The object is not to create damage and disorder per se , but to carry out an act which is guaranteed to enrage the victim without doing what he thinks you are doing , i.e. stealing his machine . |
| 3 | Richards trailed 13–5 after ends but wiped out the deficit on end 11 . |
| 4 | Forster was sorely tempted to nip out and confirm that the noise was coming from George by twiddling the volume and tuner , but fought down the urge . |
| 5 | A few seconds later the pipes are assembled and I enter the town playing Highland Laddie , not at the front of the column , but bringing up the rear . |
| 6 | Today we can talk about sex without modesty or fear , but bring up the subject of death and you will be treated with the same social horror as if you had brought up the subject of masturbation at a Victorian ladies ' tea party . |
| 7 | The meeting voted for a revision of the Constitution to allow the head of state to appoint a Prime Minister but ruled out the introduction of a multiparty system . |
| 8 | As for the Gascons , they are gossipy , licentious , and poorly dressed ; although they eat and drink far too much they do n't sit at table but squat around a fire ; they all share the same cup and when they go to sleep they all share the same rotting straw , master and mistress , servants and all . |
| 9 | He ignored Sir Ralph 's corpse but lifted back the insignia over the hospitaller 's and the canvas sheet which lay underneath . |
| 10 | Hornet 's Richard Wolfenden points out that the company has not been liquidated but put on the back burner until production can be resumed abroad with lower costs and overheads . |
| 11 | 67-year-old , took early retirement from engineers seven years ago , but came back a year later to become the head office caretaker . |
| 12 | There is no need to over-play the slightly pathetic quality but seek out the eagerness of his search for something to do . |
| 13 | Fashion garments may and do cost a great deal , but break down the component parts of that price and the sum paid for the natural fibre fabrics begins to look a little odd . |
| 14 | ‘ We are aware there is a degree of anxiety among the public and so we have taken steps not only to contact those people concerned but to set up a helpline so any member of the public can ring in and have private counselling . ’ |
| 15 | The brief descriptions of the récit and the first entrée ( shown in their entirety in illus.l ) suggest that the opening numbers of the ballet served not only to introduce the subject of the work , but to set up a mechanism for getting the musicians on stage . |
| 16 | This whole thing of the bride being , well often not , but frogmarched down the aisle and being transferred from being her father 's property to being her husband 's property |
| 17 | Treasury spokesman Alan Beith told the Tories : ‘ Go , but clear up the mess first . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Yeah , but hang on a minute , Randy . |
| 19 | But hang on a minute … |
| 20 | The small study of children developing reading reported by Kyle ( 1981b ) confirms the general view , but shows up the gap between vocabulary development , where progress is made throughout schooling , and sentence comprehension , where deaf children frequently reach a plateau at about the 8-year-old level . |
| 21 | But add up the ledger : psychic terrorism aimed at party members , disruption and intimidation of opponents , elevation of politicial demagogues , hoodwinking of the public , and an ideology teetering between right and left , between provocative symbolism and head-spinning paranoia . |
| 22 | So ten years later and the man comes back , the ma they cos they 've never come and checked on them they just sling the food through a but open up the cell where the man had Samantha Fox and millions of little kids come running out , all different ages and sizes , millions of them . |
| 23 | These Washington DC labelmates to Fugazi have palpable roots in hardcore , but open up the term considerably with their oblique , textural workouts . |
| 24 | Willie has caddied in the US , unlike some of his contemporaries , carrying for Ray Floyd , Sam Snead , Gary Player and Gay Brewer among others , but turned down the chance of working for Trevino at El Paso and taking his bag on the US Tour . |
| 25 | Whether , at the tender age of nineteen , he will be able to withstand the gruelling concert tour he has won remains to be seen ; Radu Lupu , who won the competition in 1966 , accepted the trophy but turned down the year of free promotion and international débuts . |
| 26 | Lord James Douglas-Hamilton , the education minister , had been considering an appeal for support but turned down the college in December . |
| 27 | This perfect little mountain may only be just over 2,000 feet in height , but going up the south face , in my state of physical unfitness , you really know that you have had a climb , and regret all the long , glass-happy evenings of days past . |
| 28 | But get out the Union Jack and wave it frantically — there are some real gems now being released by UK companies Kosmos , School Software of Ireland , Europress ( with their latest Fun School products , Paint&Create , and Spelling Fair ) and from the Scottish software house , Lander . |
| 29 | These comments are not intended to challenge Hsu 's competence as a social anthropologist ( later on he was to become President of the American Anthropological Association ) , but to point up the fact that the understandable , and indeed laudable , desire on the part of some social anthropologists to study their own society is beset with hazards . |
| 30 | If that person has no real exposure as a concomitant of trading activity but takes on the risk as a means of generating income , he is referred to as a " speculator " . |