Example sentences of "but in [pron] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Orkney had a number of young part-time farmers who saw this as a potential constraint but in their cases it was linked to their desire to become full-time farmers as soon as possible . |
| 2 | Her own parents had played such a game , but in their case it was her father who had played the mild , the foolish role . |
| 3 | But in their minds they turned us into pixies . |
| 4 | We can attach variable importance to either factor , in each individual case , but in their outcome they are often inextricably fused . |
| 5 | If , however , a culture has not got beyond a point at which satisfaction of one portion of its participants depends upon the suppression of another , and perhaps , larger portion — and this is the case in all present-day cultures — it is understandable that the suppressed people should develop an intense hostility towards a culture whose existence they make possible by their work , but in whose wealth they have too small a share . |
| 6 | So the real question facing us at the moment is not whether there should be a relationship , or whether there should be a link but in what way we should modernize it and arrange it today . |
| 7 | But in what mood she would be listening was not so certain , considering everything that had happened . |
| 8 | The directors are probably used to the supernatural events that happen from time to time ; the very fact that the building has connections with the railways has possibly something to do with the old railwayman but in what context I do not know . |
| 9 | Heat , plainly , was needed but in what form she was unsure . |
| 10 | But in her case we allowed it for obvious reasons . ’ |
| 11 | My wife , Joyce also came close and peered , but in her case I believe she was looking for a miracle . |
| 12 | But in her case I was able to leave her in here much longer . |
| 13 | Compliments were useful tools of the friendship trade , I told myself , but in her case it was true . |
| 14 | She was wearing the same sort of leather harness that the dragonriders had been wearing , but in her case it was much briefer . |
| 15 | ‘ End of an era ’ is a phrase too often used to lament a death , but in her case it is appropriate . |
| 16 | Dame Sybil was the most gracious , helpful , generous woman you can ever ask to work with , you know , you 'd expect me to say that anyway , I 'm not gon na say anything else er but in her case it really was true . |
| 17 | He was not generally in favour of such a cerebral course , but in her case he felt she might gain from taking a more philosophical approach to the part . |
| 18 | She had been much comforted by Craig 's presence in the house these past weeks , but in her heart she had known the situation was an explosive one and could n't last . |
| 19 | Her voice was sincere , but in her heart she meant every word she said . |
| 20 | Bertha Cohen wished she could believe that that was the explanation , but in her heart she knew it was n't . |
| 21 | She thought often of his words , but in her heart she did not believe them . |
| 22 | But in her heart she knew there was no way in the world she would ever take up this incredible offer , which had been prompted by motives she could not even begin to fathom . |
| 23 | But in her heart she had felt a pang of unease . |
| 24 | She had no evidence to back it up , but in her heart she knew that Luke would never deal with a man like Martin , no matter how much he stood to gain from it . |
| 25 | ‘ But in her hand I found a piece of dirty paper . ’ |
| 26 | The pain was excruciating , but in her terror she barely noticed it . |
| 27 | Leslie is loving , soft and very feminine away from the job but in her uniform she is a real professional . ’ |
| 28 | But in its way it does talk back . |
| 29 | But in its way it is more exciting and more of a challenge than the current enthusiasm for plate tectonics and sea-floor spreading . |
| 30 | but in its opinion it was |