Example sentences of "[noun sg] but [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mary tottered up on her perch from side to side but nothing wiped the mild , sweet benignity from her doll 's face as she dropped the dew of her mercy down from heaven on the mortal exiles below wailing and weeping in the vale of tears . |
| 2 | I really thought I was not only his girlfriend but someone that he really trusted because he knew I was energetic and dynamic and could get things done . ’ |
| 3 | The caffeine gives her numbed brain cells a temporary boost but nothing can increase the speed with which the body disposes of alcohol , and the coffee does n't make her any more sober . |
| 4 | She recognized her wedding ring but nothing else . |
| 5 | This might suggest that France won the War of the Spanish Succession but nobody in Britain and not many people in France saw the result this way ; it was regarded more as a struggle in which the British asserted themselves militarily on the continent of Europe and began to show signs of a policy of taking over the smaller colonies of other European powers by conquest . |
| 6 | Can I close by thanking Rod our Chief Racing Coach for what I thought was a very excellent presentation of the R Y A Ye Year of Youth Sailing and I have great pleasure in launching that initiative for ts er this year 's Earls Court Boat Show again it seems horribly self evident that it 's only through increasing the involvement of the young that we assure thriving clubs and associations and classes for the future but nobody up here is going to say that it 's easy and I believe though that the work that the official , the officers and the R Y A put together will make it easier than it once was and I hope that the literature that they have put together and the programme that they have put together will be a help to all of you so please make use of it . |
| 7 | But how much longer can these companies survive with nothing to sell to bring in revenue but plenty to spend money on ? |
| 8 | Imagine a normal single coil split in the middle , with one side then reversed ; the result is still a single coil pickup but one which is n't susceptible to noise . |
| 9 | There is no evidence that he has actually coached his chosen club but one feels that he has spent a lifetime imbibing its history . |
| 10 | They have been members of some very dodgy Latvian old-pais club but nothing else is known . |
| 11 | The wind whipped the words away and they were lost in the gale but someone must have heard the banging . |
| 12 | Mum had been civil to me since the soap episode but something had gone between us . |
| 13 | He obviously desired an immediate reply but nothing has come to light to suggest that there was one , favourable or otherwise . |
| 14 | His mother 's name was Peggity but everyone called her Pegs . |
| 15 | Our overall consumption figure of 22.6mpg P which included testing at Millbrook , about 500 motorway miles and lots of urban motoring — is a reasonable result but nothing more in the light of the identically powerful Volvo 850 's 25.9mpg . |
| 16 | There are other ways of achieving the same result but none , I suggest , as effective as this method . |
| 17 | She lost weight but nothing was allowed to interfere with her work and she regularly sewed till four or five in the morning . |
| 18 | It must be remembered that you do not just want someone whose opinion is going to carry weight but someone who is also going to provide persuasive evidence both in their report and at trial . |
| 19 | Those whom it has encouraged are the likes of Saddam Hussein , who are fundamentally correct in claiming a link between the two occupations — hardly a flattering analogy but one for which many people may be about to pay for America 's 30 years of pusillanimity in the Middle East . |
| 20 | ‘ We realised we were cutting through a bit of red tape but everything seemed to be in the baby 's best interests . ’ |
| 21 | This was based on four cases including two cases of non-Hodgkin lymphoma but none of leukaemia . |
| 22 | To minimise borrowing rates and maximise investing rates you should always get more than one quote , a simple rule but one often overlooked in the pressure of events . |
| 23 | Further potential for ill-feeling and hardship arises when the tenants are all jointly responsible for the rent but one decides to move without warning , creating a rent hardship for those who remain . |
| 24 | I do n't say this is totally going to crack rural crime but anything we can do to help ourselves to bring the numbers of criomes down , it 's always going to help . |
| 25 | But he 's like you , he 's got the talent but nothing to say . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ It 's a stunning setting but everyone was so silent it was like playing in a church . |
| 27 | It was not proper fighting but something more frightening . |
| 28 | The term does not cover only threats of violence but anything detrimental or unpleasant according to Lord Wright in the civil case of Thorne v MTA [ 1937 ] AC 797 . |
| 29 | Up until today they have been winning praise for the quality of their football but everything seemed to go wrong this afternoon . |
| 30 | A lightweight or young paddler can cope with the blade close to the boat but anybody above about 13 stones must extend the blade . |