Example sentences of "but [pron] [verb] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But nothing seems to stem the decline of engineering |
| 2 | When I went to the bus I realised I only had one bag instead of two so I rushed back but no-one had seen the bag in the pub or the shops . |
| 3 | Others have discovered that if you depress a note behind the slide , the string passes under it enabling it to sound ; but no-one has taken the technique to the extent that this man has . |
| 4 | We had been a little apprehensive about our chosen date as the May Fair was in full swing in the streets of Leominster , but everyone managed to reach the right car park and transport their offerings for a bring and buy produce stall which raised over £30.00 for the College Appeal . |
| 5 | ‘ They had the highest scorer and won more games — but everyone seemed to enjoy the evening . |
| 6 | I did n't bring any of it with me but everyone 's seen the tall hat have n't they ? |
| 7 | People came from all over Britain — from a quiet Scottish village to the suburbs of Manchester — but everyone appeared to have a relatively comfortable background . |
| 8 | People around here have taken it up with different parties but everyone seems to pass the buck . |
| 9 | It 's always easier to talk about warts and carbuncles than it is to focus on beauty spots , but I hope to get the balance right this morning . |
| 10 | After dinner the people watch the television but I prefer to watch the tropical fish in the Smiths ' tank : give me piranha fish any day over cricket or soap operas . |
| 11 | In the old days people used to put ashes on top , but I prefer to use a utensil and I take it out on to the pasture . |
| 12 | You can knit row one at the usual cast-on tension , but I prefer to increase the tension to three on one of the carriages . |
| 13 | My stomach went all queer inside but I managed to push the message between her icy fingers and kiss her forehead before I pulled my hand away . |
| 14 | It was down to the practice ground in the gloom for Jack and myself but I managed to get a message to Sally to meet me an hour later than planned . |
| 15 | ‘ But I managed to get a shilling for the horsehair chair , with the bed thrown in . ’ |
| 16 | It took me about a day each to write , seal , stamp and post this letter of mine , but I managed to get the thing off in the end . |
| 17 | I was n't in I was n't in in that song but I went to watch the play |
| 18 | and rung the A A , so as I got through to the A A man I says erm , you know , I says I , where I was parked and all like that and where I was stood and the chap says oh I 'll get a , a van up to ya as soon as I can , but I says wait a minute , I says my car 's just arrived and Joan was the mechanic , he lifted bonnet up and touched something and you brought it down did n't you ? |
| 19 | But I intend to drive the strategy that is already in place and leave my successor to drive it even further . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ You have to be competitive to keep on competing but I try to instil the value of the social side of it in my dancers . |
| 21 | In the end I agreed to do this but I remember leaving the meeting literally , I am afraid , in tears and saying that although I would obey the majority I would resign from the Government afterwards as quietly as I could because I should have failed to uphold an almost lifelong conviction … |
| 22 | But I remember having a day off from teaching at the time , probably because of the various strikes , and watching the lunchtime television . |
| 23 | I really liked both of these guitars and would urge anyone to try one , but I 've saved the best news until last : just look at the prices … |
| 24 | But I 've noticed a few faces in the crowd and it wo n't be long . |
| 25 | Now some of you , if you 've only been with the company a few months or whatever it was , may not have noticed too much of a change , er , but I 've noticed a bit of a ch , I 've noticed a tremendous change in two and half months , two and a half years , and there 's some people in the room who must have noticed tremendous changes . |
| 26 | ‘ But I 've become a cult figure over the past 18 months , I have respect now ; people do n't walk up in the street and say ‘ Hi Chris ’ and clap me on the shoulder . |
| 27 | I did n't suffer from morning sickness but I 've become an insomniac over the months and had the good fortune ( or so they tell me ) to have a healthy foetus that started kicking me at thirteen weeks . |
| 28 | ‘ But I 've heard the stories ! |
| 29 | But I 've made a few enquiries about him , discreetly , of course , from Mr Tucker in Nassau . |
| 30 | but I 've lost a few pounds since last week . |