Example sentences of "but [conj] [noun] [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if people move on , it 's understandable , in the event that everyone moves on , and I 'm left dangling in the recording studio — then it would seem to confirm everything I 've ever thought about the cruelties of life . ’ |
| 2 | But whilst Mackenzie carried on and ended up editing the Sun , Sutton began to question what he was doing . |
| 3 | But before Budd came on , they had to listen to Andy Roberts , who stands at the opposite end of ufology to Hopkins and whose new book , Phantoms Of The Sky ( written with Dave Clarke , published by Robert Hale ) , gave the conference its name . |
| 4 | Erm but before Mike comes on I would just like er Norman to make a few comments er on his commitment to the group 's er quality system . |
| 5 | But when Khan goes on to describe the crowds a little more closely , this picture of prayerful pilgrimage undergoes something of a transformation : ‘ On seeing beautiful women carrying in their hands porcelain bottles of perfume , the crowds become uncontrollable … the ecstatic people move around as though being swept into a whirlpool … |
| 6 | Indian youngster handled England 's other bowlers with ease , he looked in tremendous form but when Botham came on and bowled him a harmless straight one , somehow managed to edge it into his pads and nearly played on . |
| 7 | at the start , but as things went on , and just the fact that we never had any talks between the union and the management . |
| 8 | In the afternoons there was little to see other than the skateboarders who came to clatter back and forth in the bowl-shaped space under the Festival Hall , making a sound that was somewhere between a roller derby and a kendo match ; but as evening came on , bags and boxes would start to appear in the best-lighted spots under the concrete . |
| 9 | But as time goes on , people seem to lose sight of the reason why it is necessary to issue licences to these people and certificates of airworthiness for aircraft , etc. , etc . |
| 10 | Their initial relationship is one of icy formality , but as time goes on they seem to have more in common … |
| 11 | But as time goes on , you begin to realise that all these things do tie in . ’ |
| 12 | Very often , puberty for example , that depression will become more enhanced , so it might present itself as a problem that seems to be rising out of puberty , but as time goes on and through school help that does n't seem to be resolving that problem , I think that 's the point at which the specialist within the school , the teacher within the school , must think about , ‘ This does n't seem to be resolving itself . |
| 13 | No they had n't a no they they started alright on that picket but as time rolled on and they was getting erm fed up with it , you know they that 's how it went as they were getting , oh I we wo n't go up there today , bugger it . |
| 14 | But as time dragged on and I obviously got worse , I suppose my friends decided to take action . |
| 15 | But as time went on he realised he could not convey how the style had evolved without understanding the techniques at first hand . |
| 16 | But as time went on , it became less of a joke . |
| 17 | It was impossible to catch her , but as time went on , she started to venture nearer to houses and populated areas . |
| 18 | But as time went on and the numbers grew , more organized arrangements had to be made ; and the abbot of Cluny had from time to time to undertake mighty journeys . |
| 19 | But as time went on , the quality of her life deteriorated . |
| 20 | But as time went on they began returning to the box , which was what we wanted them to do . |
| 21 | But as time went on he seemed not to mind who saw him , who heard about his infidelities . |
| 22 | They were likely in the early days to come from families connected with the trade , but as time went on , recruitment was wider . |
| 23 | The original monastery physic gardens were fairly plain , with rectangular or square beds in lines , but as time went on , and private households began to grow their own medicinal cures , food flavourings and fragrances , the sites devoted to herbs became more elaborate , until they were often laid out in the " knot " style , an intricate arrangement of beds said to have taken its name originally from the lover 's knot . |
| 24 | Tracy was persuaded , but as time went on , decided she did n't really want to be with him , so she left him . |
| 25 | I knew it was wrong but as time went on I found that despite myself I was hoping that Iraq would win . |
| 26 | They often responded positively to being given a chance , but as time went on , the same families ended up with the father on the dole and older brothers and sisters unable to find work . |
| 27 | But as time went on , the new state , conscious of its strength and achievements , became less and less willing to accept this situation . |
| 28 | But as time went on and techniques advanced , they found that peculiar sorts of molecules turned up , rather unusual ones , things that were n't expected — molecules that are very uncommon on the earth and in fact a number of molecules were discovered in interstellar space before they were discovered in the laboratory . |
| 29 | But as time wears on , the novelty wears off and dissatisfaction results . |
| 30 | But as Nithard went on to observe , the policy had originally , back in 823 , been that of Louis the Pious himself . |