Example sentences of "[noun pl] but [pron] [verb] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was able to live quite comfortably from the fruits of his labours but he had always wanted just a little more land . |
| 2 | Bangor have proved they have what it takes to challenge for the major honours but they have never won the league or the cup . |
| 3 | One of the main purposes of o of a consortium is actually looking at the health needs erm it 's impressions that I 've I actually got o on a number of occasions that I 've er I think involvement in assessing health needs but I 've actually answered anywhere er , and I 'd very interested as to how or what kind of input erm we will be looking to on that ? |
| 4 | A report by the human rights organization Amnesty International , released to coincide with the anniversary and cataloguing a history of discrimination , violence and injustice , stated that " the mass killings of indigenous peoples may have reduced over the past 500 years but they have never stopped " . |
| 5 | Now Paul this is what I 've found out since you see , Paul erm said to them , Why suddenly this ? and he says , Oh we 've actually had them printed for the last two years but we 've never had the time to give them out . |
| 6 | The food industry has been rather quiet for a couple of years but we have recently finished a Jaffa cake plant for McVities/United Biscuits in Manchester and a sugar refining job for Tate & Lyle . |
| 7 | ‘ I have been a nurse for ten years but I have never seen a bullet wound . |
| 8 | The judge , Mr Justice Humphrey Potts , said he would have put Casabona behind bars for two years but he had already served an equivalent term on remand . |
| 9 | She said oh been saying he 's gon na build one for five years but he 's never got round to it . |
| 10 | Cecilia had passed Cambridge School several thousand times and been inside it several hundred times but she had never got over her feelings of loathing it . |
| 11 | I have always had women artists but I 've never made a point of it . |
| 12 | Liza and I had wanted to go into the big shops in New Street and Corporation Street for ages but we 'd never dared to pass the attendant who stood in the doorway ready to shoo small children off . |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't know whether a place as small as this keeps registered poisons but I 've just moved labs … ’ |
| 14 | Ha the information that we 've put out so far were our second reprint of the er of the black booklet of which there 'll be twelve thousand , they are quite an expensive item and , but our feeling was that er in order to sell the thing you 've got to do it properly and er spending money does n't come easily but er er in order to market the thing er thought that was the , the way to go and we 've done other things , stickers and badges and posters and so on and so forth , the normal sort of things but we 've really tried to spread these around the country and get the message that it 's a vibrant young er interesting fun thing to be involved in for young people . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've been involved in a few of these things but I 've never seen anyone bring it up to the level he did — he turned it up a few notches . ’ |
| 16 | These avenues have not only taken up a lot of the time and energy of the present generation of activists but they have also reduced the reliance on the politics of the street demonstration by presenting alternative means of expression and action . |
| 17 | Stable companion Boloardo faces a tougher task in the Listed Magnolia Stakes but he has also come through the winter to the complete satisfaction of his trainer . |
| 18 | The Government has taken steps to improve court procedures but it has steadfastly refused to introduce a legal right to interest . |
| 19 | If I 've got to print them off from my computer and the computer 's er not exactly in bits but it 's just taken apart a bit at the moment so I need to put it back together again and print them off . |
| 20 | You could just see them at low water and er that was one of the danger points but I 've never seen ships coming close to Skerrymor at all . |
| 21 | Most of their sales were originally through traditional bookshop outlets but they have increasingly developed distribution through department stores and leisure electronics stores . |
| 22 | At the time I thought she was keen for me to do my bit to help others but I 've since found out that while I was getting a prick in my arm she was ( I know what you 're thinking ) getting some peace and quiet . |
| 23 | Jean owns a shop which used to sell clothes but she has now decided that given the location she would make more money running a restaurant at the same premises . |
| 24 | Judges have occasionally commented on her melanomas but it has never affected her placing in the show ring . |
| 25 | I 've bought Smiths records but they have never altered my way of thinking . |
| 26 | It 's just that some of these words say they , they might have used them , I mean I 've done the and the ones but I 've never come upon anyone that 's heard of the , the cant . |
| 27 | The Socialists have been unable to clinch a similar deal with the Greens but they have now announced that they will unilaterally pull out their candidates in favour of better placed Green candidates in the second round . |
| 28 | Werewolf had opted for clear plastic goggles but he had already dispensed with them , tying them to his belt . |
| 29 | Not only had he transformed the political situation among the western Saxons but he had also established himself as the most powerful ruler in southern England . |
| 30 | He has gone missing on previous occasions but he has always returned within a short time . |