Example sentences of "but [noun prp] [vb past] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Jan said it was better working than sitting at home watching the dust settle , even if it was working with a bunch of loonies . |
| 2 | But Pascoe found her a great deal of help in restoring his rather worn manly pride . |
| 3 | But Nicandra knew he would stay with her . |
| 4 | ‘ But Venutius opposed her and civil war broke out with husband and wife leading the warring factions . ’ |
| 5 | He was going to take a leak on the girl , but Amelia pulled him out of the circle with a cry of ‘ not on my carpet ’ . |
| 6 | That took some planning but Kelly loved it . ’ |
| 7 | His tone was without menace , but Lisa sensed he did not believe her . |
| 8 | ‘ On what list ? ’ blurted Karen , but Jessica pulled her roughly by the arm , towards the knot of people gathered at the square steel entrance to the boat . |
| 9 | She reached out to Sarah longingly , trying to hold her hand , but Sarah thrust her away , unmoved by the quivering lips and tear-filled eyes her rejection caused . |
| 10 | Sarah 's flatmate Lucinda Craig Harvey recalls : ‘ Diana hero-worshipped her but Sarah treated her like a doormat . |
| 11 | ‘ I suppose you 're very experienced , ’ she said apologetically , but Sarah took it as a question . |
| 12 | The Braun Independent heated up very quickly , but Sarah found it tricky to use the tong without the ends of her hair having a kink . |
| 13 | Mm I think I but Sarah did it at work , she did it sort of plaited it from here round |
| 14 | She started to tuck the bedclothes more closely around her aunt , but Sarah pushed her away . |
| 15 | He was the epitome of conservative respectability , but Patrick knew he had a hand in some of the most hairy activities of the secret intelligence services . |
| 16 | Sir Henry was very unhappy about this , but Holmes asked him to help us by doing everything Holmes ordered him to do . |
| 17 | But Nutty believed him , and the consequences of the turn of events gradually came home to her , and her face , instead of lighting up with joy , dropped with dismay . |
| 18 | But Hirst showed he is close to being back to his sharpest again , pouncing on a clever Chris Waddle ball in the 84th minute to beat Alan Kelly . |
| 19 | In the morning , Punch brought a letter from Trelorne , whose contents Aunt Emily did not reveal , but Alexandra found her in the drawing-room after luncheon . |
| 20 | I think I called a warring , but Ward ignored it . |
| 21 | Gómez began to turn away , but Ward stopped him . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm not sure , but Edwin told me once that there was less than a dozen pictures altogether . |
| 23 | Over a loudspeaker came a voice speaking Latvian , but Harvey handed me earphones that carried an English translation . |
| 24 | She took a playful swipe at his face , but Harvey caught it on the flat of his hand , then she struck at him with the palm of the other hand and they did a pat-a-cake routine . |
| 25 | The arm lying across her was relaxed and heavy , but Isabel knew it could become an iron band , trapping her in an instant . |
| 26 | FitzAlan 's eyes were like daggers , but Isabel faced him unflinchingly . |
| 27 | But Will made it clear he 'll be happy to work with me and was keen that we all pull together . ’ |
| 28 | I had to stay at home , but Will told me all about it when he came back . |
| 29 | But Will told her not to hurry . |
| 30 | But Will took it lying down — all in a good cause of course . |