Example sentences of "but [indef pn] [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But nothing eased the pain . |
| 2 | Oh , it brings plenty of its own unique disappointment and despair , but nothing to solve the dilemma of today . |
| 3 | Nothing is actually bad , but nothing sets the heavens aflame and sends you screaming for the toilet with its bowel-opening magnificence . |
| 4 | But nothing erased the images from Abie 's mind . |
| 5 | Nearly 30 millimetres of rain was recorded.Flood warnings had been issued … but no-one expected the river to rise so quickly … surging 10 feet above normal levels . |
| 6 | But no-one stocked the John Pearse and I ended up with the Levin . |
| 7 | Everyone knows the war has to end before Azerbaijan achieves genuine prosperity , but no-one supports a compromise which would involve the slightest concession to Armenia . |
| 8 | Oh , there are plenty of people who want to eat , but no-one has the money to pay . |
| 9 | But everyone enjoyed the opportunity to relax , socialise and soak up the sun . |
| 10 | I 'm rather dreading that , but everyone has the problem some time , do n't they ? ’ |
| 11 | They were ‘ filth ’ but everyone appreciated the stories , he said . |
| 12 | No but someone had a crack at him . |
| 13 | But nobody had the right to be that nasty ; not even if his backside was black and blue . |
| 14 | Everybody asked questions , but nobody knew the answers . |
| 15 | I am all set to say , ‘ It 's me ’ , but nobody answers the phone . |
| 16 | But nobody made a fuss about another repatriated group , the 55 people sent back last week to mainland China by the Hong Kong authorities . |
| 17 | But nobody told the fish over millions of years of evolution that one day they would be prized for their decorative/educational/food value and put in overcrowded conditions ( relatively speaking ) in glass tanks/bowls , or ponds . |
| 18 | You see everybody casts their tuppence worth into the pool but nobody details the route to a better future . |
| 19 | but she were n't there so , whether and then I rang down Susan 's , I thought they might be there but nobody answered the phone , so I thought well |
| 20 | The recession , education , health , taxation , etc. are all being hotly debated , but nobody mentions the problems being experienced by social services , so vital to disadvantaged people , the chronically sick and disabled people , and the mighty army of the elderly . |
| 21 | But nobody wants the culprits caught more than the victim . |
| 22 | Several new members complained that their subscriptions had been misused , but nobody running the society bothered to answer the complaints . |
| 23 | Australian Mel denied using a double for the scene , adding : ‘ You feel weird doing it , but nobody gives a damn . |
| 24 | For me I can not remember who said it , someone far wiser than far wiser than me but somebody said a judge is civilization by the way he treats the |
| 25 | We do n't know but somebody had a look at it , Shirley , the teacher . |
| 26 | Bde. in the Gulf is ( 5 ) , 2⅝ in. wide — a revival of the wartime shape , in black on pale fawn or khaki ; but somebody forgot the jerboa 's eye , and one foresees the inter-brigade humour , with consequent violence , on the theme of ‘ the blind 4th … ’ ( 6 ) , 1½in. wide , is the tank commander 's patch worn since spring 1990 in The Queen 's Royal Irish Hussars : an emerald green shamrock bearing a black tank , on a dark piper green square . |
| 27 | The afternoon was full of towering performances right through the team but none bossed the action with more grandeur than Paul Ince , described as ‘ a colossus ’ by Coventry boss Bobby Gould . |
| 28 | Not only were nearly three-fifths of the people here unable to scrape together sufficient personal property to reach the tax threshold of £2 , but none got the alternative of 20s. wages in the year , as did many in the Midland and southern counties who were in the same position . |
| 29 | But none took the trouble to complain , to seek out the origin , true name and the lair of Rubberneck . |
| 30 | Forty two patients ( Table I ) who had responded satisfactorily to a four to eight week course of elemental diet proceeded to investigation of possible food intolerances. eight had evidence of stricturing on barium radiographs but none had a history suggestive of obstructive episodes . |