Example sentences of "but [noun] [noun prp] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | SHAKEN Gripping stuff , but Roger Moore left it the stuntman in Octopussy |
| 2 | People usually liked her , but Roman Wyatt regarded her with loathing and she knew that was n't how she wanted him to think of her . |
| 3 | Arabella Buckley hissed out the words , but Sven Hjerson thought it very likely they had been carried by the sticky breeze as far as the couple in the prow . |
| 4 | But Lin Foh interrupted him . |
| 5 | ‘ But General Schellenberg gave us express instructions to … |
| 6 | Down at the valley there was only one goal … and the league leaders Charlton got that early on … bit of scramble … but Garry Nelson made it count … |
| 7 | But Jim Walker told me that , despite these good developments , he was worried that the new system for community care might be underresourced . |
| 8 | Alex Salmond did n't go looking for a fight but Ian Lang gave him one anyway . |
| 9 | But if you do n't want to hear it … ’ he made as if to go but Herr Nordern took him by the elbow . |
| 10 | Abbot Kenneth was holding a cup of medicine to the old man 's lips , but Eachuinn Odhar pushed it away and turned , eyes hooded , to face his son . |
| 11 | " I did n't know him — I only spoke to him for a few minutes , but David Fairfax recognised him . " |
| 12 | Perhaps the spiral designs originated in the ‘ Bandkeramik ’ of the Danube basin and arrived in Crete by way of the Cyclades , where stone pyxides were made with spiral ornaments ; but Stylianos Alexiou thinks it more likely that the spiral came from the Middle East , where it was used in gold wire jewellery from an early date . |
| 13 | But Downing Street made it clear that it was the Cabinet which set the £244.5 billion spending target — and it can increase that figure if it wants to . |
| 14 | But Richard Wilson says he regrets the fact that units like the Ritchie Russell have to find money from outside the NHS . |
| 15 | The mix of calls was confusing , but Edward Jackson talked us through . |
| 16 | But Miss Shearer said she was accused of starting a food fight and leaving a trail of food and debris down the casino stairs . |
| 17 | But Miss Shearer said she was accused of starting a food fight and leaving a trail of food and debris down the stairs . |
| 18 | He said the dead woman 's car was not indicating to turn right but Miss Gynn said she was certain Tracey was . |
| 19 | She was ready to speak out , but Miss Jarman beckoned her over . |
| 20 | But Miss Jarman dismissed her with : ‘ In a minute , Salt . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's a fine idea , but Mrs. Olinton told me the other day that Mr. Olinton would n't lend any of his buildings to Scouts or Guides or Brownies or Cubs . |
| 22 | But Mother Francis supposed it was only natural . |
| 23 | But Sue Hampton says she 's perfectly capable of carrying on , and has been treated unfairly . |
| 24 | ‘ So I was n't actually that interested , but Jean-Luc Ponty gave me a tape and on one side was ‘ A Trick Of The Tail ’ and on the other side was ‘ Wind And Wuthering ’ . |
| 25 | But Aunt Maureen thinks I should tell him straight away . ’ |
| 26 | But Fenella Fielding survived it all and enjoyed the experience . |
| 27 | But Senator Norris says it is ‘ a wonderful irony and absurd that an act of censorship should be made public in the library ’ . |
| 28 | But Cranog Jones says she 's invented the whole story to set him up . |
| 29 | I was as surprised as you , but Ray Plummer wants you in on it . ’ |
| 30 | We might reply that the simplicity of cave communities is idiosyncratic rather than typical : we might ask what general ecological insights we are going to obtain from communities that lack photosynthetic plants and herbivores , and are maintained by detritus flushed down from above : but Dr Culver gives us no answer . |