Example sentences of "but [art] [noun sg] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the river Severn at Gloucester is by no means the worst area of pollution . |
| 2 | But the river Severn at Gloucester is by no means the worst area of pollution . |
| 3 | There was the usual pub smell of stale tobacco but the river Thames laps against the old smugglers ' inn and its odours mingle with the rest . |
| 4 | No , Cubillas was not an exotic mixer but the striker Teofilio Cubillas who , in the world cup in Argentina , pricked the inflated hopes of Ally 's Tartan Army with a majestic thirty-yard shot . |
| 5 | But the Exchequer Levy increased by £2million to £8.9million . |
| 6 | But the chambermaid Miss Kenton had left in attendance stood up upon seeing me and began to shake my father 's shoulder . |
| 7 | But the judge Mr Charles Harris said he simply did n't believe him . |
| 8 | NOT MANY preserved steam railways can boast two unique happenings in two days , but the West Somerset Railway did just that at its sixth annual Vintage Vehicle Rally and Steam Fayre over the weekend of August 1–2 . |
| 9 | The doctor said there was nothing wrong with me , but the Operation Raleigh people rang to warn us : they had been in the rainforest at the same time as us , and 50 to 60 per cent of their people had gone down with river blindness . |
| 10 | He would n't be gone long , he assured us , but the look Karen and I exchanged confirmed that it would be long enough . |
| 11 | ‘ But the lady Anne is my bride . ’ |
| 12 | But the part Micky 's playing … why not ? ’ |
| 13 | No volume of correspondence similar to Alcuin 's survives to illustrate Charlemagne 's dealings with other Anglo-Saxon kingdoms but the support Charlemagne is known to have given to Offa 's enemies reveals widespread diplomatic activity around the borders of Mercia . |
| 14 | That not only had he stolen her savings , but the money Aunt Jane had left her when she 'd died ? |
| 15 | He was a little out of shape ( or a lot , if you take into account Niki 's manic standards ) but the money Dennis and Marlboro offered ( the rumoured figure is $5 million ) was an inducement . |
| 16 | Hardy was always sensitive to the sound of voices , but the taciturn Gabriel 's motif is his flute . |
| 17 | Cluster of four fielders round 's back now , they 're all crouching as Tufnell comes in to bowl to , is it an appeal from Tufnell as the ball raps him on the pad but he 's playing well forward , but the question Tufnell is asking really to John Hampshire is he playing a shot ? |
| 18 | But the charity Oxfam is interested . |
| 19 | The Manager-of-the-Year award will presumably go to either Alex Ferguson or Howard Wilkinson , but the way Steve Gritt and Alan Curbishley have fashioned a promotion side in testing circumstances makes the Charlton joint-managers equally worthy of their profession 's most prestigious award . |
| 20 | And it was n't just because of what happened with Mortimer … that was part of it , but the way Guy made her feel , deep inside , must surely mean that any damage done by Mortimer Harrison had been transitory … must n't it ? |
| 21 | But the way Rembrandt 's nose is worked should equally provide a corrective to rhetoric or elision in the writing on bureaucracy . |
| 22 | But the way Bridges plays him he 'd be the first sicko picked out of an identity parade . |
| 23 | But the way Bridges plays him he 'd be the first sicko picked out of an identity parade . |
| 24 | But the way Brian Harley is playing at the moment he must have been hoping to double that at least . ’ |
| 25 | But the way Wycombe came back at us in the first game should serve as a warning that it will not be easy . ’ |
| 26 | The old school site has now been developed for housing , but the name School Road remains . |
| 27 | But the name Woodall rings a bell . |
| 28 | It no longer has interests in madeira wine , but the name Leacock continues as one of the most distinguished brand names within the Madeira Wine Company Lda . |
| 29 | But the elder Kim retained the military title of Marshal . |
| 30 | But the elder Piggott went out of bounds off the tee and the 15th was lost through bunker trouble . |