Example sentences of "but [vb base] [adv prt] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The crack above is quite awkward to start , but press on to finish this long pitch in one . |
| 2 | Vincent decided not to hang about for the landlord , but head back on foot the way they had come . |
| 3 | But cut off from God his source and out of relationship with the Trinity and the angels , that glory is almost extinct . |
| 4 | But look out for Ajfan |
| 5 | Having dropped out of school in Sweden and returned from Africa to do little but hang out in New York , she leapt at their invitation to move to London and join the group in 1980 . |
| 6 | DIR — but read on for warnings about using BACKUP with pseudo-devices . ) |
| 7 | The black-on-white culture banter is predictable and Harrelson seems out of his depth , but watch out for Rosie Perez on Jeopardy |
| 8 | United have drawn their last two matches … but watch out for Stoke 's top scorer … |
| 9 | At least there is good news from South Africa , where apartheid has finally been scotched by President de Klerk 's courage — but watch out for trouble fomented by Terreblanche and his neo-Nazis . |
| 10 | I 'm not telling , but watch out for Dameron ! |
| 11 | Stick with me ; but watch out for Mabel Nostil , that 's her at the end with the black hair . |
| 12 | Equality before the law , certainly , but last in for God 's sake slam the door . |
| 13 | In particular actual benefit rates are not included in such legislation but set out in regulations which are regularly updated and amended |
| 14 | Both they and Saracens had hard-fought draws in one of their pool matches but go through by virtue of scoring more tries . |
| 15 | There seemed nothing left for him to do but go back to London , provide Fiona with some trumped-up evidence of adultery by spending the night with a prostitute — something he had never done before — and try to find a job . |
| 16 | She said in a whisper , ‘ Wait here ; but … but keep out of sight . |
| 17 | from here but turn down at West Parley , take the right hand turn instead of going on to the airport |
| 18 | ‘ Get here as quick as you can , but stay out of sight . |
| 19 | Forget Ascot , she told herself , ride your race , but stay out of trouble . |
| 20 | And yes you ask and open probe , but follow up with secondary and tertiary open probes , what they mean if you broke your back and could n't pay the bills , how would you suffer , what would , what would be the problems if , god forbid , you did die last night , what would you want your family to have how much do you want them to have , when do you want them to have it what would they go without if they did n't have it okay so they start building mental pictures rather than saying okay you need hundred thousand pounds worth of life assurance , because that 's a fact |
| 21 | Toby checked carefully through the boarding annexe after school , and then there was nothing to be done but hand over to Hilary Frome . |