Example sentences of "but [prep] a [noun] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The decision to compete with the fiction lending libraries altered things , but for a while the old remedy of pulping was resorted to , sometimes with amusing consequences as the flood of popular titles reached ever greater strength . |
| 2 | Monetary values depend on the size of the organisation but for a company the size of Lucas Automotive the potential savings from each review have generally run into hundreds of thousands of pounds . |
| 3 | The wife of the Kha-Khan was saying something , but for a moment the Yek was incomprehensible . |
| 4 | But as a boy the cloud hung over me . |
| 5 | This seems a bewildering tangle of dates , but as a rule the traveller would take note only of the month and the day . |
| 6 | But after a while the Yugoslav government took them over , and converted them into agreements to supply oil . |
| 7 | They were very sympathetic but after a while the tension began to build with ever-increasing rows . |
| 8 | But after a while the Zionists got impatient for ‘ Brits Out ’ so they started a ‘ Kill the British ’ campaign . |
| 9 | But after a while the White Rabbit came past again , looking for his white gloves and his fan . |
| 10 | At first Dr Jaffery told more Mullah Nasir-ud-Din stories , but after a while the conversation became more serious . |
| 11 | But after a while the brain gym produces a sense of slipping away , while flashing colours play like a beautiful slow-motion firework display before your eyes . |
| 12 | But after a while the chaste quality of their relationship grew irksome . |
| 13 | Roland 's stag night was planned the same Saturday but after a week the best man realized that he was going to be skiing then ! oops . |
| 14 | There was no answer , but after a moment the scratching was repeated . |
| 15 | Some of the demonstrators were denied access to the Diamond by police tenders drawn up across Shipquay Street but after a time the RUC withdrew altogether and the Diamond was filed by the vast crowd . |
| 16 | As it was no longer raining they had not taken shelter in any of the caves , but after a time the thin man out of sheer restlessness looked into the nearest and came out carrying a sack . |
| 17 | The reader begins by being faintly amused at their sheer improbability ; but after a time the response turns into pained embarrassment . |
| 18 | But after a time the book fell from his hand . |
| 19 | But after a time the right person could tie you down . |
| 20 | But in a sense the cataclysm of the French Revolution was only the outward political symbol of a much greater cataclysm : the rise of the new system of economics that Thomas Carlyle called ‘ industrialism ’ . |
| 21 | But Roxburgh reasoned : ‘ This match may be the World Cup key for Scotland , but in a way the heat 's off Gary . |
| 22 | But in a way the nineteenth century was the century of history , because it was erm thought at that particular period of time that in order to understand what was going on in contemporary life , you had to have some historical appreciation , knowledge and perspective , and erm a great deal of the explanation of other subjects in the nineteenth century was , erm if you like , historical in character . |
| 23 | But in a letter the Department has recommended schools should report subject attainments by level whether pupils have reached the end of a formal ‘ key stage ’ or not — though it is not mandatory . |
| 24 | Again Fincara 's laughter streamed out ; it was difficult to bear , and Ruth tried to turn her head away ; but in a moment the laughter had melted into song , clear and cold like raindrops tracking a windowpane . |
| 25 | But in an instant the laughter was gone from the Political Officer 's mouth . |
| 26 | But in an election the facts speak for themselves ; if you do not get the right message across to the right people , you lose . |
| 27 | But within a fortnight the Indian Round Table Conference had opened in London , and the second fissiparous issue had filled any gap left by the temporary subsidence of the first . |
| 28 | The liquid dispersed the frost , but within an hour the ground was freezing again . |
| 29 | From the surrounding dales , Ingleborough 's finer parts are often hidden by the billowing folds of its foothills , but from a distance the stepped profile is easily recognisable , and dominates the countryside of West Craven . |
| 30 | Stones can be moved around until you get it right , but on a lawn the pattern should be laid out with pegs initially . |