Example sentences of "but [pron] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Poverty , he defined as ‘ having no surplus ’ , i.e. having the bare essentials much of the time , but nothing to spare to provide for a crisis such as unemployment , sickness or death in the family . |
| 2 | But nothing had prepared her for the angry letter she received from the Duke of Edinburgh , says Morton . |
| 3 | But nothing had prepared her for the monumental size and sheer glamour of the building . |
| 4 | The Cabinet had been summoned for 5 o'clock , but nothing had leaked out . |
| 5 | It seemed like hours since she had slipped away to find Ace , but nothing had changed much . |
| 6 | She had been coldly beautiful until the day she died , but nothing had brought her happiness . |
| 7 | We 're checking out the name but nothing 's come up so far . ’ |
| 8 | Er Alcuin want twenty fifth anniversary but nothing 's come about that has it John ? |
| 9 | ‘ I deserve a world title shot but nothing 's happened . |
| 10 | Yeah I know but nothing 's happened since that time to change what we originally agreed |
| 11 | A government deal to bring hours down to 83 hours a week was agreed last June … but nothing 's happened yet . |
| 12 | Of course there have been discussions between the Trust and civil servants but nothing has gone to PESC ( the expenditure talks ) . ’ |
| 13 | England captain Graham Gooch offered no excuses for his team 's humiliating defeat , saying : ‘ We set off for this series with high hopes but nothing has gone right for us . |
| 14 | But nothing has prepared us for this divine outburst . |
| 15 | But nothing has happened . |
| 16 | I suffered dreadfully but nothing has happened to him . |
| 17 | ‘ The British Legion has been in touch with Warrington Borough Council about putting a plaque on the cenotaph but nothing has happened yet . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ The war has finished , but nothing has changed . |
| 19 | When I move on to three eight one , three eight two there 's a lot of things been said about these benefits this morning which does n't leave much left for me but looking at the situation of the way this Tory government has in the last thirteen years , certainly since nineteen eighty two crucified the benefits paid genuinely to people is in itself a crime upon society and it reminds me of the the words of the song it 's the rich that get the gravy and it 's the poor that get the blame and nothing , but nothing has changed since those words were written many many years ago . |
| 20 | But nothing has has really changed it 's surely implicit that green field sites will have to be released to meet the justifiable needs for development erm that there are ways clearly to minimize the impact by by first redeveloping the existing sites by by releasing sites in less sensitive locations , or developing sites that have minimal impact on on existing settle settlements or patterns of development un unless in exceptional circumstances there is for example the need for a new settlement . |
| 21 | But nothing has come of it , and the only way to reach Wadi Halfa from Aswan is by a regular boat service that plies the lake . |
| 22 | He obviously desired an immediate reply but nothing has come to light to suggest that there was one , favourable or otherwise . |
| 23 | But nothing hath wrought such an alternation in this order of people as the introduction of trade . |
| 24 | In 1953 there was a move to ‘ modernise ’ the Peppard trophies but nothing appears to have been agreed , for today the old ‘ Taylor Cup ’ is unchanged and clearly dated 1895 , its winners listed from that date . |
| 25 | Gwendoline watched eagerly to see what would happen when Mary-Lou opened hers but nothing did happen . |
| 26 | But nothing seems to stem the decline of engineering |
| 27 | But nothing seems to make sense . " |
| 28 | well perhaps , but women get very angry as well , but nothing seems to change , I mean what the heck do you do about it when some estimable er gentleman and it almost invariably must be a gentleman since their by far the huge proportion of er presiding judge 's and magistrate 's comes out with that kind of comment about er a woman 's victim reputation or behaviour as he sees it , I mean what is , what is the answer there ? |
| 29 | I 've had dandruff for some time and now my scalp has started to itch as well , but nothing seems to clear it up . |
| 30 | But no-one managed to eschew forecasts entirely . |