Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The girls had always worked quickly and willingly but nothing satisfied Miss Meers and Mrs Dyson seemed afraid to stand up to her . |
| 2 | The plan had been for the Americans to discover an unknown for the lead female role but no-one had Miss Leigh 's screen magic . |
| 3 | The thin man complained and continued to argue but no-one took notice but Michael , who growled tersely at his cowardice . |
| 4 | But everyone took care of her , from the brassy madames to the scruffy young page-boys and the sinister young bartenders . |
| 5 | But everyone had soup , ’ he added defensively . |
| 6 | But everyone knew Mr Major was a pleasant person ; it is a quality which his opponents have used to patronise him . |
| 7 | Walker 's ex-wife , Anna Somers Cocks , editor of the Art Newspaper , says : ‘ Oxford had its Brideshead element , of course , but everyone smoked dope . |
| 8 | But I meant content rather than presentation . |
| 9 | I have not done that before in my career , but I knew things would not happen for us without action being taken . |
| 10 | There had been no point in looking for a towel at the squat , but I knew Seymour Place baths hired them out . |
| 11 | but I knew Sheila that he would n't get done |
| 12 | Now I was talking to Dad I wanted to tell him about how Mum and I had found Granny and what wicked things Mum had done , but I knew Mum 's eyes were on me so I thought better of it . |
| 13 | But I sa but I knew Mick was doing |
| 14 | But I knew Elsie would start at the top and not go very far down . |
| 15 | But I knew humans are capable of evil and it did n't change my view of humanity . ’ |
| 16 | I could n't do anything about it but I knew Wes was out there somewhere . |
| 17 | Six bloody words , but I knew Firmin would n't say them . |
| 18 | The story about the dinner was a fantasy , but I envied Harvey his welcome just the same . |
| 19 | The students had not yet arrived , but I took meals in the refectory with a few of the college authorities and professors who had already started the new term 's work . |
| 20 | " We began with history , and covered the early years of Queen Elizabeth , and we were to have some music practice , but I persuaded Miss Powers to leave that until later this afternoon , lest it disturb you . " |
| 21 | Obvious cracks soared to the left and right , reminiscent of Fairhead in Antrim , but I craved subtlety after the brutal corner we 'd just climbed . |
| 22 | But I heard explodings and that . |
| 23 | ‘ I never met him but I heard Sir Fulke talk of him , and once Philippa repeated the name in her father 's presence . |
| 24 | Er I never actually had any part in it but I heard tales about er the rivet boy in particular , the they would er they would give him a wage equivalent to what they thought was was a was a reasonable wage for him , because of the fact that they were on piece work , he had to see that the rivets there on time . |
| 25 | ‘ No , but I saw Mark lurking in the background as though he did n't want to be seen . |
| 26 | But I saw torches moving , less powerful than lighted matches against the first crack of tarnished gold in the eastern sky . |
| 27 | ‘ Do n't say anything , but I saw Bob Lamb going along the beck , so I sent her off that way , too . |
| 28 | ‘ I have n't heard how they got on but I saw Mick just before he went and he was very positive , ’ said Ronnie . |
| 29 | But I saw judgement in your face , and it shattered me , precisely because I know I must seem to deserve the very worst that anyone could imagine . |
| 30 | Well I expect she did but I saw Debbie Thursday night and she said about her and er I said er how long has she been in , she said Tuesday she had the op she said and she 's due , she 'll probably be coming out tomorrow |