Example sentences of "but [pron] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought of several things to say to him , but nothing sounded right . |
| 2 | Kate tried to giggle , reading out the directions on the stew , but nothing seemed funny . |
| 3 | Very substantial improvements have been identified and are being realised but nothing stands still . |
| 4 | I have tried endless products which claim to remedy this , but nothing has any effect . |
| 5 | You may live in a modern house where the style of bare floorboards is acceptable , but nothing beats good carpeting as insulation . |
| 6 | Figure 9 is also incomplete on the output side : it has a system to mediate spoken output , but nothing to mediate written output or drawn output . |
| 7 | According to one observer , there were over 200 mourners ; Gubyenko made a touching speech , but no-one shed any obvious tears . |
| 8 | We also appealed to the Government to respond to an extraordinary press conference given by the Iranian chargé d'affaires in London on the anniversary of Terry Waite 's imprisonment a few weeks ago , but no-one took much notice of that , either . |
| 9 | I am sure they provide very economical motoring , but no-one gets much enjoyment out of it shall I say . |
| 10 | It 's bloody and frightening , but no-one gets hurt . |
| 11 | ‘ As far as we know they 've no reason to expect us anywhere , ’ the Leader said , but no-one believed that . |
| 12 | Restaurants do not provide a memorable gastronomic experience , but no-one goes hungry . |
| 13 | But no-one seems interested in the fact that you 've almost certainly stinted yourself for years . |
| 14 | He said that everyone knew that clubs were involved in too many matches but no-one did much about rectifying the situation . |
| 15 | Oh , we all knew it was him with his stout legs and big arse , but everyone became involved in the pantomime . |
| 16 | FOUR vehicles were involved in a pile-up in Liss on Saturday morning but everyone escaped unhurt . |
| 17 | True there 'd been found in Alicia 's desk , but everyone thought that was just an accident , now they began to wonder if someone had put them there , not Alicia , Lizzie would n't do a thing like that , but somebody , it was getting near half term and new the girls were excited because some of them were expecting visits from there parents . |
| 18 | But everyone has high hopes for him . |
| 19 | But everyone knows real old people who do not fit the stereotypes : so discarding follows . |
| 20 | But everyone knows such conjecture is idle . |
| 21 | The school fees have been a bit of a pain , but everyone finds that . |
| 22 | I know it 's my fault , but me feeling guilty do n't help any . |
| 23 | I did hear some buyers indicate that the EUROAIM scheme made it easy to avoid , en masse , many troublesome independents , as they were all grouped conveniently together , but I trust this was a minority position ! |
| 24 | But I knew that was easier said than done . |
| 25 | I wanted to be alone with him , but I knew that was n't possible . |
| 26 | It could have been an accident , but I knew that was hardly likely , not with the file missing . |
| 27 | His name did n't come out in court , but I knew one of the women involved . |
| 28 | But I knew this was wishing for the impossible . |
| 29 | But I knew this was a vain hope because the house was always locked securely . |
| 30 | But I knew this was not always the case . |