Example sentences of "but [adj] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These phenomena did not move with movements of the eye and appeared to be true hallucinations , centrally caused , but due no doubt to the long and unusual strain put upon the eyes . |
| 2 | It may be it is not the hair itself but possible the style of fishing associated that could be the problem . |
| 3 | Janet stated that the Executive Committee had agreed to a membership fee of £1.50 but that the fee for O.A.P . 's and under 16s would be 50p . |
| 4 | but another an hour later , caused thousands of pounds damage at Habitat . |
| 5 | Always the librarians were there , not telling the answers but guiding the students through the process of research . |
| 6 | But this the way it 's it 's er accepted here is completely unacceptable in my view . |
| 7 | For example , he moved his army from Italy to Saxony to surprise tribes in revolt , a distance that is still great today with modern transport ; but this the Franks traversed at speed with an army mainly on foot , with horse support and a massive baggage train . |
| 8 | The Battalion assembled at the Brussels-Waterloo road junction and went into position in a southern suburb of the town with the Victory Mound but half a mile away . |
| 9 | But half a mile on , I find I am quite enjoying the mist and fine drizzle . |
| 10 | But half a century on and the most basic Jeep will , according to UK importers TKM , be as much as an impulse , fashion buy as a Harley-Davidson motorcycle or , though on a slightly less grand scale , a pair of Ray-Ban Aviator sunglasses . |
| 11 | Mrs Bradshaw was a kindly lady , but half a lifetime as the wife of a top civil servant at the Ministry of Defence had given her an authoritative air which at times verged on the imperious . |
| 12 | Marchon and Sunderland Flo-Gas came second and third in the Wearside League section , but half a street behind . |
| 13 | The cloak has T 2 and W 8 , but half the Wounds inflicted on it by characters other than the wearer affect the person wearing it . |
| 14 | Lands to the value of 300 marks were found for him in England , but half the endowment was found by persuading Guy de Blois , another French hostage , to surrender to Edward the County of Soissons , worth 500 marks a year , which Edward then granted to the new Earl of Bedford . |
| 15 | But half the ex-Yugoslavs who have come to Western Europe since the start of the Balkan fighting have not applied for asylum . |
| 16 | Luck has always played a key role in doing the pools , but half the fun was thinking that skill mattered . |
| 17 | But half the sugar in the drink came from the milk and was not thought to cause tooth decay . |
| 18 | I wish that I had found the Opposition 's citizens charter a little more convincing , but half the ideas that they put forward in their citizens charter , as a spoiling exercise to the Government 's , were already in operation and the other half were vague promises and side-stepping some of the problems that have been created by Labour-controlled local authorities up and down the country . |
| 19 | ‘ Berlioz is usually known for his noisier moments , but half the score of Béatrice is composed of quiet , gentle music of tremendous wit and subtlety . |
| 20 | I would dip blanket after blanket in boiling water , wring them out almost without realising that I was scalding myself , take off the old strips of saturated cloth , wrap the new ones round each leg and tuck them into the corners of affected muscles , but half the time not really knowing what I was doing . |
| 21 | They use the handouts you give them — but half the time they put some snide twist on the story . |
| 22 | Marshall is called Chief Accountant , but half the time he does n't really know what 's happening . |
| 23 | And also , but half the time it 's the problem arises because it 's , the machines gone to personnel without something , and then we 've got to spend time either chasing it up or getting another bit or going round in circles . |
| 24 | She could scream blue murder , but half an hour later would be the life of a dinner party , for she was very vain and never missed a chance to show herself off . |
| 25 | I felt very lonely , but half an hour later I heard his voice calling to me through the window . |
| 26 | But half an hour later he again addressed the Conference on European Security and said his speech had been a spoof . |
| 27 | It is as stiff as many a leather boot , yet required but half an hour 's breaking in . |
| 28 | ‘ Onstage , ’ Fred reflects , ‘ he 's this outrageous lunatic camp person , but half an hour after the gig he 's back at the hotel reading Somerset Maugham and Rob and I are being disgusting to some barmaid completely off our head . ’ |
| 29 | Like his tennis , his movie-making seems to lack instinct , but half an hour in the locker room and lunch on the terrace tells you everything you need to know about the constraints under which he operates . |
| 30 | When she laughed and giggled it stretched from ear to ear , but half an hour after leaving her you found yourself remembering Harvey 's claim that she was the most beautiful girl in the world . |