Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [verb] some [noun] " in BNC.
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31 | The H registration year has n't been a good one so far for the car industry , but you have some successes . |
32 | She has still not given up the search , but she fears some animals are exported to Ireland or to the continent . |
33 | No , but she had some credit cards , I thought . |
34 | She finished at the college at one but she had some shopping to do . ’ |
35 | But she had some information . |
36 | Hardly a day went by but she saw some lass or other picked up by them snots . |
37 | Mary said nothing , but she drank some tea and ate a little bread . |
38 | She would have no trouble catching him on paper , but she took some photographs just to make sure . |
39 | But she took some coffee and began to drink . |
40 | Midori Suzuki , spokesperson for FCT , reported that the Japanese public has so far been denied access to cable TV ( CATV ) , but she outlined some possibilities for access in the future . |
41 | The house , Wychwood , from which I like to think that Eliot derived the name in The Family Reunion , was easily within walking distance ; but we felt some responsibility for getting the great man from London without subjecting him to too much fatigue ; and if my brother reached home by a circuitous route , it was partly in order to show off the beauty of the place . |
42 | ‘ It was a hard-fought game , but we played some quality football and won 3-2 . |
43 | He agreed , but we had some difficulty in deciding what . |
44 | I knew almost nothing about physics but we shared some jokes about the Rome telephone system . |
45 | But we shoved some veg in it . |
46 | Most are couples but we have some singles as well , ’ says director Pauline Sturgeon . |
47 | But we have some time before the treasure is found , and there are some honest men among the crew . |
48 | United 's record is n't a lot to sing about , but they deserve some cheers for the way they keep plugging away and its not always they 're fault . |
49 | ‘ Other financial reporting work ’ is not defined by the ICAEW but they give some guidance by stating that other financial reporting assignments include assignments requiring a professional opinion or a reporting assignment where a document has been prepared in contemplation that a third party may rely on it . |
50 | ‘ They have a lot of ability and are good players , but they need some tact . |
51 | The man below could not have seen the movement , but he felt some shifting of the air above him , or heard , perhaps , if he had a wild beast 's hearing as he had its gait , the mere rustle of a sleeve against the stone . |
52 | I had some guys come up , and they were , they were really pissed off with me because , my mum sort of like , this guy just done this with th th the stall next door , but he left some stuff that he obviously already had things of , which he did n't think it was worth him buying , and this guy came round , and they were obviously from one of these , you know how you get erm , secondhand erm record stores |
53 | Since then he has turned in some useful performances for the under-21 and England B sides but he has some way to go before becoming a player of real international class . |
54 | Almost certainly , he has a weak visual memory , and so any teaching should aim to help him to strengthen that ; but he has some difficulty with the auditory side , too . |
55 | But he has some news of where she might be , and he continues north in his motor car , still looking for her . |
56 | He bought a new radio for her though she said she did n't need it , but he wanted some evidence of what he was achieving , something in the flat that proved he was doing all right . |
57 | Granted , Vitor continued to blame her , but it represented some kind of progress . |
58 | The famous Marx Brothers ' contract scene in A Night at the Opera ( " The party of the first part shall be known in this contract as the party of the first part " ) exaggerated the worst excesses of legal drafting , but it had some basis in fact . |
59 | Surely a forlorn ambition , but it goes some way to explain , what would otherwise be so difficult to understand , why eminent members of the nascent |
60 | It probably means that the average family is a much more relaxed affair than the traditional Scottish household used to be , but it goes some way towards explaining the numbers of children at risk in our society from adults outside the home , as well as from their own undisciplined emotions . |