Example sentences of "but [verb] that [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ But given that Bryan Robson is fit , there is only one possible change in the side which has pulled off two excellent wins — and that 's Eric Cantona . ’ |
2 | It is typical of this Tory government , a government that has not had a constructive idea all the time it has been in office , but thinks that union bashing is the only answer to the country 's problems , that thinks it is the only way to unite the Tory troops . |
3 | On May 9 Albie Sachs , a civil rights lawyer and member of the ANC legal and constitutional affairs committee ( who returned to South Africa on May 4 after 24 years in exile — see also p. 36073 ) , revealed that he had helped to draw up a 1985 code of conduct outlawing torture , but acknowledged that detention camps still existed . |
4 | Got up like a tart with her new frocks and her jewellery and all that muck on her face , and not a bleeding thing to do all day long but watch that colour telly and ring up her pals . |
5 | But notice that position A is socially preferred to B or C , involving as it does lower prices and greater output for both products . |