Example sentences of "but [pron] [be] [adv] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a cheap alternative to buying from local merchants , but I was only allowed access to the provisions at points of safety such as towns and wells . |
| 2 | But I was still denying emptiness . |
| 3 | ‘ No , I damn well do n't know what the hell is going on in that pretty little head of yours , but I 'm fast losing patience . |
| 4 | I do n't know how you all managed to worm your way into our confidence , but someone 's already taken care of one of your friends , and the other will be lucky if he lives until his trial . ’ |
| 5 | They carried an authoritative piece on how Nobody but Nobody was even thinking Kiwi any more , let alone giving them fridge room . |
| 6 | Much of our daily work was ten years in advance of the official police community involvement programmes and yet our actions were only an extension of those social welfare activities the police have been heavily involved in for generations , but which are never given status as ‘ real police work ’ simply because of the institutional emphasis placed upon summons lists , numbers of arrests , crime detections , and other statistical returns . |
| 7 | And they go on holiday and they 're not supposed to , you know , they neither of them of told their boyfriend they go in this club and one of them , the married one , starts dancing with this man and like he , he thinks cos she 's dancing with him she likes him but she 's just having fun . |
| 8 | They played well together but she was still having difficulty balancing the needs of two children since the younger one could walk and demand a lot of attention . |
| 9 | But we are still drinking coffee in a dog kennel . |
| 10 | So they 're los they 're , they 're falling behind the peasant movement but they 're also losing control over their own party members and that was as important as erm following the peasants . |
| 11 | The lake birds appeared to be healthy enough , but they were always scrounging food from the tourists and picking over the debris that washed up on the lake shore . |
| 12 | They never asked questions but they were inevitably acquiring information that could be fatal . |
| 13 | Not by much , but they were definitely arriving off-centre . |
| 14 | Edward lives in a different part of town , he espouses different ideas — but he 's also seeking acceptance , due to a romantic interest in shy , true-blue Serana . |
| 15 | He 's awa' jist noo , but he 's always hame fir Christmas . |
| 16 | But he was always having fun so I suppose its the imagination that counts is n't it . |
| 17 | The wind or Spirit of the Lord is indeed power , but it is morally defined power , designed to communicate the will of God and bring his creation into conformity with it . |
| 18 | But it 's beautifully finished piano playing all the same , and most truthfully reproduced . |
| 19 | Most of it is covered in water but it 's still called Earth . |