Example sentences of "but [v-ing] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jones was in his room in the Cabinet Offices , carrying on the routine business of a Labour Government , of which paradoxically he was throughout his life a consistent voting supporter , but enjoying none of the intimacy with MacDonald which he had achieved with each of the three preceding Prime Ministers . |
| 2 | True , he 'd had that weird feeling in the hall , but seeing her on the landing a moment ago had been no illusion . |
| 3 | But seeing him for the first time was like when you buy a new make of car you never noticed that kind before , then you realise they 're all over the place . |
| 4 | She had been tricking herself earlier into thinking that he did , that their friendship was nearly as important to him as it was to her , but seeing him in the garden with Marise tonight , and hearing about his marriage , unhappy though it had been , had made her realise that friendship was never as important as passion — at least , she was sure , not to a man . |
| 5 | But protecting themselves against the deadly virus by practising safer sex is another matter . |
| 6 | I understood that it was what The Wedding Present wanted , but explaining it to the head of the sales force was a problem . |
| 7 | Nurturing confidence is one thing , but cosseting them from the harsh realities of top provincial competition could prove totally counter-productive come the two games the count against the New Zealand XV , who themselves will not include any of the All Black tourists in Australia for the Bledisloe Cup series . |
| 8 | I suppose someone could have come from Royston , perhaps leaving after us but passing us in the mist to plan their ambush … ’ |
| 9 | But facing me in the nets for two winters , he got to know my bowling inside out and by the end of our stay in Cape Town he was hammering me all around the practice area . |
| 10 | But getting it for the Megatape ? |
| 11 | They say they 've tried everything — including secure accommodation — but sending him to the Costa Blanca to stay with his grandparents seemed the most appropriate course of action . |
| 12 | Quoting messages ; The only way I can see of ‘ reply'ing to a message , but sending it to the listserver is by FORWARDing it . |
| 13 | Escaping is bad enough but doing it in the middle of the night is inexcusable . |
| 14 | By comparison with a freighter , moored so close her black stern virtually hung over Isvik 's knife-edged bows , she looked very small , but viewing her from the standpoint of the maxi in which I had raced round the world , I guessed she was roughly the same size — at least twenty-five metres long with a good beam and what looked like a deep V-shaped hull . |
| 15 | But mixing it with the hard men of football is no problem for a kid brought up the hard way on the mean streets of Leicester . |
| 16 | Not to be outdone by the bright lights and razzle dazzle of their closest competitor , but having nothing in the size league of the 53f5 , Jeanneau unveiled ( literally ) their new Jeanneau one-design which has an overall length of 34ft 9in ( 10.6m ) and a displacement of about 7,716lb ( 3.500kg ) . |
| 17 | Still gripping Nicola 's shirt , Goldman pulled her in and punched her , missing her face when she lurched away from the blow , but taking her on the body . |
| 18 | If you took them in the daytime , they 'd come back , but taking them in the dark , when they were asleep into the woodlands , they 'd settle much better do you see . |
| 19 | How to keep doing what one enjoyed doing as a child but adapting it to the changing circumstances . |
| 20 | After emancipation the state could transform recruitment by enlisting more people each year but putting them on the reserve list much sooner . |
| 21 | but putting it around the , well apparently does n't work . |
| 22 | You obviously harbour some resentment against your ex-boyfriend too , but telling him about the abortion now wo n't necessarily help you to cope with the guilt you are feeling . |
| 23 | ‘ Hilary 's not like that , ’ said Rose , struggling with a handful of vowels , but watching him from the corner of her eye as he made his way nonchalantly up the path . |