Example sentences of "but [verb] that [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her hands moved to unbutton his shirt , and , that done , she not only wanted to stroke the golden down on his body , but to see that body , to see him . |
| 2 | ‘ You 're inviting into your lives a negative force , welcoming that which tempts us all , but transforming that emptiness , that jealousy , that hatred into a living , breeding monstrosity . |
| 3 | He ends up with the non-voice of Mark Knopfler but given that gentleman 's sales figures ( Dire Straits ' Brothers In Arms was the UK 's best-selling album of the 1980s ) Geldof will hardly complain about the comparison . |
| 4 | They are permitted no naturalistic embellishment , but given that choice the stylisation should be taken further . |
| 5 | We were surprised at the continuing estimates of fixed costs , as we would have expected a minimal time investment after the first year of familiarisation , but given that training was identified as the major cost , it may be that this forms the bulk of the continuing cost . |
| 6 | How can you ask but using that word at the beginning of it ? |
| 7 | It is typical of this Tory government , a government that has not had a constructive idea all the time it has been in office , but thinks that union bashing is the only answer to the country 's problems , that thinks it is the only way to unite the Tory troops . |
| 8 | The hon. Lady was also worried about methods of debt recovery , but admitted that legislation states that a court order is needed . |
| 9 | Knowing my partner 's dislike of traverses I laced it with gear — but inserted that final , final nut before making the last heave to safety . |
| 10 | Do n't hurry , but bring that chair in with you when you come . ’ |
| 11 | We may be able to put it off for a while , but make that decision , we have got to , some day or another . |
| 12 | Some of them offer the beguiling idea that skill can influence the odds in our favour , but acquiring that skill usually means spending more time and money . |
| 13 | By King James 's will , she is made Regent but forfeits that position by marrying the Earl of Angus . |
| 14 | It was young men now , older than herself ; she liked them tough and full of talent ; she was not ambitious directly but found that life with the obscure is less interesting . |
| 15 | Many mothers recognized that their children 's health was endangered by unhygienic homes , by their own inability to buy sufficient food or milk , to breastfeed adequately , to obtain treatment for their sick children , but found that advice rarely met these real needs , which were the products essentially of poverty . |
| 16 | It has discarded lectures , but accepts that familiarity with concepts of the Welfare State is important so that the trainee is not fearful of the information expectations . |
| 17 | The other dealt with weights and seesaws , but forget that balance on a seesaw is governed by weight multiplied by distance from the pivot : in fact for a rigid body the entire weight might as well be concentrated at the body 's centre of gravity , so there 's no way of discriminating head weight from body weight like this . |
| 18 | To put this a slightly different way : a contract which fixes prices but specifies that output will equal whatever is demanded must ex ante be sub-optimal for firms . |
| 19 | Going into the studio — you have a record deal that says the record company pays for that — but has that contract been examined ? |
| 20 | For a few days I had even considered calling the shop Trumper and Salmon , but dropped that idea when I realised that would only tie me in with Charlie for life . |
| 21 | But to reach that point in our dealings with others a great deal needs to have taken place within us . |
| 22 | And then a Taste : but let that Taste be giv'n |
| 23 | Actually , I never mentioned picketing , mass picketing or otherwise , in my speech , but let that pass . |
| 24 | But let that pass . |
| 25 | I think not , Clive , but let that pass . |
| 26 | The concepts which we humans are aware of are certainly much more subtle ; but let that pass . |
| 27 | Some may doubt whether a myth may be stratified , but let that pass . |
| 28 | ‘ But clear that shit up , first , ’ he said , nodding toward her fallen tray and its spillage , and then he swung his chairback around to her as if she 'd ceased to exist . |
| 29 | On May 9 Albie Sachs , a civil rights lawyer and member of the ANC legal and constitutional affairs committee ( who returned to South Africa on May 4 after 24 years in exile — see also p. 36073 ) , revealed that he had helped to draw up a 1985 code of conduct outlawing torture , but acknowledged that detention camps still existed . |
| 30 | Got up like a tart with her new frocks and her jewellery and all that muck on her face , and not a bleeding thing to do all day long but watch that colour telly and ring up her pals . |