Example sentences of "but [prep] [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His back towards her , he was engaged — not in rifling the boat as she had supposed , but in cooking himself a meal on the Calor gas stove . |
| 2 | It is at this stage that the various approaches — use of quality adjusted life years , lotteries , sanctity of life — may be useful , but in discussing them the authors raise a series of straw men . |
| 3 | Actually , Hayworth is n't intent on following the classic Cinderalla theme , but in telling us a pleasantly absurd tale of country life in the Thirties . |
| 4 | This will no doubt be welcome , but before accepting it the company should be sure that it is aware of all the consequences of doing so and can handle them . |
| 5 | This will no doubt be welcome , but before accepting it the company should be sure that it is aware of all the consequences of doing so and can handle them . |
| 6 | Here the A.87 goes forward into Glen Shiel , heading for places south , but before following it a detour to Glenelg and Loch Hourn is strongly recommended . |
| 7 | But by leaving yourself a bit of slack it will not be so difficult to get out there and do it because you know you can reduce the numbers without phenomenal pain . |
| 8 | Thus the Earl of Nottingham , Secretary of State from 1702 to 1704 , and a chief advocate of such a strategy , wrote in 1703 that " we shall never have any decisive success nor be able to hold out a war against France but by making it a sea War , and such a sea War as accompanies and supports attempts on land " . |
| 9 | The industry had responded to the great challenge of a whole era of ‘ Busybodies and Meddlers ’ by not only cleaning up minor abuses but by becoming itself an agency of social improvement . |