Example sentences of "[noun] but [pron] [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I sensed the warmth screaming out of the atmosphere to be replaced with the absolute zero of his clinical persona but I could n't stop myself . |
| 2 | I mean no was ringing in my ears but I could n't say that . |
| 3 | At the end of the day , if , having done all this , you are convinced that one of them is dishonestly taking stock but you can not find out which one , you can dismiss both . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've got to be patient with players in the side but I ca n't afford to be patient for too long . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ It would be easy to spend heavily to appease fans but we wo n't do that . |
| 6 | She might close her eyes but she could n't blot out what had happened the night before . |
| 7 | He was saying sorry on Tuesday but you could n't fault him here , ’ said Lions boss Mick McCarthy . |
| 8 | Oh yes and and then it got too big for them they are no longer able to control it they 're not big enough for a big power two very big big brothers but they could n't run a company the size they built it . |
| 9 | Roxburgh said : ‘ It 's a big disappointment but I wo n't make any decision about a possible replacement until the other midweek matches have been played . ’ |
| 10 | Not only must we limit the scope of animal goals but we must also limit the sense of the claim that animals act for the sake of goals . |
| 11 | ‘ They like the rush of blood but I can happily do without it . ’ |
| 12 | The top of the ladder is the eventual target of the programme but we can never climb a ladder starting at the top . |
| 13 | ‘ I know it was a shock for the club but I would n't have gone if it meant leaving them in the lurch . |
| 14 | ‘ I know it was a shock for the club but I would n't have gone if it meant leaving them in the lurch . |
| 15 | Local authorities have the power to register and inspect residential and nursing homes but they ca n't touch home care services . |
| 16 | We all know the grave problems in some of our children 's homes but we ca n't run away with the fact that er they 're unique to or the problems do n't exist elsewhere because we all know they do . |
| 17 | ( b ) The Government may be able to ignore the opposition but it can not afford to ignore its own supporters . |
| 18 | We now face a life sentence of misery and uncertainty but we will never rest until we know what happened that night . |
| 19 | and that will drive the car but it wo n't unlock the glove box or the boot |
| 20 | I do n't expect Scott and Emma will come in your car but I would just go with you if that 's okay . |
| 21 | We may have mixed feelings about scientific triumphs which have included nuclear weapons as well as electric light but we can not deny the comprehensive debt we owe to the emergence of scientific method . |
| 22 | I can excuse them for not knowing all the facts that have now come to light but I can not forgive them or the government for failing to steer the health of the nation . |
| 23 | ‘ We know we can get the inhibitor genes into a cell but we ca n't tell whether we 'll be able to produce this inhibitor efficiently enough until we test it . |
| 24 | There must have been some great stars and some ecstatic moments in those cosy halls but there must also have been many second- and third-rate performers , constant recourse to stereotypes , excessive repetition , and buckets of sentimentality . |
| 25 | In ten years ' time we shall no doubt still be using the techniques discussed in this chapter but we may also have opened up new avenues of research by widening the range of materials examined and by using other scientific techniques which at present are only at the development stage . |
| 26 | I would love to have a chauffeured Cadillac but I ca n't afford it . ’ |
| 27 | Detective Superintendent Pat Crossan said : ‘ Mrs Wignall must have gone over it 1,000 times in her mind but she ca n't think of anything that triggered the attack . |
| 28 | Like her mother Jeanne was of a more sceptical frame of mind but she could not remain unaffected by the atmosphere of piety in the fifth-floor apartment . |
| 29 | Jo began frantically to try frame a lie in her mind but she could not think clearly . |
| 30 | It was right at the back of her mind but she could n't get it out . |