Example sentences of "but mr [noun prp] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The clubs co-own the ground , but Mr Waddington said he understood that if one club consented to sell , the other had to buy them out or agree to sell . |
| 2 | The artifacts remain in the National Collection , but Mr Hopkin informed us that if successful with our application then we will retain them for ten- year periods . |
| 3 | An extreme case , perhaps , but Mr Cawley believes it is nonetheless symptomatic of the financial malaise affecting all authorities . |
| 4 | The policy was working and inflation was falling , but Mr Lawson said he had to admit that it was ‘ proving a slow process ’ . |
| 5 | Several delegates expressed disappointment at the delay in the electricity privatisation timetable , but Mr Wakeham said he would make no apology . |
| 6 | But Mr Donnellan claimed they wanted him to admit a lesser charge to get him out of the college quietly . |
| 7 | Take up of set-aside and ever reducing fertiliser usage might satisfy some of the requirements of the directive in time but Mr Buchan said he hoped that farmers would take urgent note of the board 's action and start planning ahead . |
| 8 | They said their lives had been ruined , but Mr Lanaghan says it 's his family who 've really suffered |
| 9 | But Mr Blair says he suspects the caller was a unionist attempting to ‘ stir things up ’ . |
| 10 | But Mr Harper says he needs more help . |
| 11 | Washington has expressed its willingness to change the venue for the summit from Vancouver to Moscow if the Russian side makes such a request , but Mr Clinton said he was working on the assumption that it would take place in Canada as planned . |
| 12 | Her family said their relationship had ended , but Mr LIffen wanted it to restart . |
| 13 | It 's called the ugly duckling , but Mr Summerfield loved it because the woman looked like his mother whom he adored . |
| 14 | Pc Court had threatened to take the force to an industrial tribunal last year alleging sexual discrimination in a case supported by the Police Federation , but Mr Newing agreed she had been disadvantaged after the arbitration service ACAS was brought in . |
| 15 | But Mr Curry told them he had specifically asked to take the debate as there were many sheep farmers in his Skipton and Ripon constituency . |
| 16 | But Mr Cook said he did not believe the party could leave the leadership in abeyance . |
| 17 | But Mr Davidson felt they had not been unfair in their treatment of him . |
| 18 | But Mr Raisin says he doubts the Labour Party 's criticism that the budget itself is too small . |
| 19 | The Vicar was reluctant to accept as he knew nothing of this , but Mr Baker insisted he should accept as was his right . |
| 20 | A supporter said yesterday : ‘ What they want is to have somebody they can control , ’ but Mr Field found it impossible to operate on that basis . |
| 21 | But Mr Alton accused them of ‘ sour grapes . ’ |
| 22 | But Mr Wallace said he had put forward such ideas last year and nothing had happened : ‘ I think everyone is asleep in it . ’ |
| 23 | But Mr Patten told him good government should be founded on fact , not fantasy . |
| 24 | He was a good local caddie but Mr Palmer made him nervous , and I could tell he 'd sooner be with Gary player and a quiet life . |
| 25 | Only sixpence , but Mr Evans sent her off to return it at once . |
| 26 | Post-mortems carried out on two of the dead swans have proved inconclusive , but Mr O'Sullivan said he suspected the birds had fallen prey to the same disease which hit the colony before . |
| 27 | But Mr Hume said he was ‘ quite willing ’ to talk to unionists as well . |
| 28 | But Mr Melding says he is happiest standing on municipal benches with his megaphone , annoying the socialists of Abertillery . |
| 29 | But Mr Fallon said he would not support it as foxes needed to be controlled . |
| 30 | But Mr Way said it will not be long before Vauxhall workers are laid off for part of the week because of the company 's dependency on its export market . |