Example sentences of "but they [adv] [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought them beautiful , but they clearly alarmed Mr Singh who was not used to my wife 's Celtic colouring . |
| 2 | normal trainers but they just got spikes in them . |
| 3 | They thought they were such big stars , but they just created tension . |
| 4 | Football was their chief interest but they also followed cricket . |
| 5 | But they also brought reports of strong , fortified cities , and inhabitants as big as giants , and these , as chapter 14 now makes clear , make more impact on the people than the assurances of fertility . |
| 6 | The saints were God 's friends , but they also remained men 's kin . |
| 7 | But they also retained Tutorial Classes as one of the types of course eligible for grant ; incidentally they also defined terms long familiar to the WEA — ‘ Sessional ’ ( ‘ courses lasting for one educational year comprising not less than twenty meetings ’ ) and ‘ Terminal ’ ( ‘ courses comprising not less than ten meetings ’ ) , to describe other courses . |
| 8 | It is true that extensive reviews of research in the United States ( Lipton et al. , 1975 ) and in Britain ( Brody , 1976 ) found it to be generally the case that different penal measures had similarly unimpressive outcomes in terms of re-offending , but they also found examples of reformative programmes which seemed to work to some extent with certain groups of offenders ( see Palmer , 1975 ) . |
| 9 | Barcelona had already been refused a penalty , but they soon drew level through Julio Salinas , the deceptively inelegant striker who has taken Gary Lineker 's reluctant ill-fitted role on the right wing and , on Saturday , made such a good job of it that he might have had a hat-trick but for Francisco Buyo 's reflexes . |
| 10 | The efficient parts were not perceived as significant and powerful by the public but they nevertheless had power and " governed the many " . |
| 11 | Leicester 's Geordie boss Brian Little , in contrast , paraded his strongest side but they rarely threatened Newcastle . |
| 12 | Sulphur hexafluoride , which normally filled the tower as an insulator , should have been removed beforehand but they mistakenly began work before the tower had been properly vented . |
| 13 | Tony Phillips asked the two men to leave 15 times but they only went minutes before police arrived . |
| 14 | There were lesbians on the staff at my school , but they only taught things like hockey and sewing . |
| 15 | He could think of two of his fellow students who might be suitable but they too had degree courses to finish and Adam was beginning to think very seriously of not returning to college . |
| 16 | But they too had expenses , notably the cost of maintaining their buildings , and if voluntary gifts were insufficient to meet requirements , they might well run into difficulties . |
| 17 | Honestly , people talked about the kids today as though they were all Dior models , but they still had spots and puppy-fat just like kids always had , and always would have . |
| 18 | The Chinese may not be the force they were , but they still beat England easily in the last match at Bletchley Sports Centre this week — good match it was too . |
| 19 | I do hope the senders do not mind my reproducing them , but they certainly brightened Mike 's and my days as we slogged through the sorting and despatching process : |
| 20 | They may not have enthused him for their particular brand of political idealism , but they certainly sowed seeds of great potential musically . |
| 21 | But they certainly alerted employers to the possibility of employing women and therefore roused the immediate distrust of the unions . |
| 22 | It 's been a good run and they are still top of the Premiership table but they hardly looked champions today . |
| 23 | True , they have lost only one seat , but they almost lost Mr Bruce and his predecessor as Scottish leader , Sir Russell Johnston . |