Example sentences of "but [pron] [adv] [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The paint surface grew a little cracked and mouldy , but nothing else seemed to be happening . |
| 2 | Their lascannon ball turrets swivelled alertly but nothing else seemed to be in the vicinity . |
| 3 | There was talk of Minton in addition illustrating a book for Elek on South London but nothing ever came of this . |
| 4 | We made lots of plans , but nothing ever came of them . |
| 5 | Shortly after this Marty Stone , our second engineer , and I re-enacted the whole thing for the benefit of two Daily Mirror journalists who were supposed to be writing an article about the work of the Cutter Service , but nothing ever came of this . |
| 6 | Robin and Jenny were the ones who had adventures , fell walking or sailing on the lake , always coming home with hair-raising stories ; but nothing ever happened to Ruth . |
| 7 | John , with his weight , could get up momentum ( and courage ) enough to go hurtling and somersaulting off the end ; but everyone else came to a halt before the end , despite desperate jerks , which added no more than inches to the length of their slide . |
| 8 | For a little while I was afraid I was going to land in the middle of a town , but I mercifully drifted to the edge of this . |
| 9 | He expected me to ask questions but I carefully refrained from showing interest . |
| 10 | But I also began by raising the question of Milton 's sense of dedication because I want to talk a little bit about the egoism of creation . |
| 11 | He made as if to say something , but I just beamed at him and he had to let it go . |
| 12 | When the man came from I would n't know , but I just felt as a op coopted parish councillor that I should make my voice heard on behalf of all the people that complain to me . |
| 13 | But she was saying this that and the other but I just felt like saying oh , listen I know more than you anyway ! |
| 14 | And she called me later , and said , ‘ Excuse me , but I just talked to Fred and I told him the story , and he 's invited you to tea tomorrow at his house . ’ |
| 15 | Well , having had to avail ourselves of the help of the officer who got rid of our gigantic wasp nest , I should like to say what a superb job they do , but I just wondered in view of the tremendous number , whether there is some kind of way of preventions . |
| 16 | But in latter days they came with a tank and they put it out and put it in a trailer you see but I just worked with bags when it was the first of it . |
| 17 | near , well not quite seven so I mean I do n't have to do a lot but I just liked to er take my time and you know |
| 18 | Outside there were several neighbours obviously listening to what was going on in our house , but I just pushed through them . |
| 19 | Actually , I 'd been waiting for somebody else but I just happened to be on hand and I could n't just stand there and watch her struggle with all those boxes , suitcases , typewriters , bicycles , stereo systems and so on . |
| 20 | ‘ But I just tried to be patient , and one day everything just started to be okay again . |
| 21 | Most of them were small , gnarled , dark-furred exters , but I scarcely glanced at them . |
| 22 | I 'm a governor at present er working in prison service headquarters in Edinburgh , but I previously worked in Pentonville , erm I think it depends on what you mean by do by prisons do a good job , I think that 's a terribly vague and wide ranging question |
| 23 | But I soon recovered from the chloroform and really appreciated the company of the other Mums . |
| 24 | It briefly attracted my attention , but I soon returned to the more intellectual business of marking exam scripts . |
| 25 | I picked up my knife and attempted to copy the old lady but I soon got into difficulty . |
| 26 | But I soon got into it . |
| 27 | They do n't always dress up of course but I soon got in the habit by trying on a Tommy Cooper-styled fez . |
| 28 | It is well known that I disliked what was in the first three-year letter of intent , but I wholly approved of the principle . |
| 29 | I had only recently heard of the existence of such places , but I gradually came to the conclusion that she was running a small brothel of which she herself was the centre of interest . |
| 30 | Because of my long commitment to Liberalism , I never in fact joined the Scottish National Party , but I occasionally appeared on their platforms and continued independently to promote the idea of Scottish autonomy . |