Example sentences of "but [adv] [pers pn] [verb] [pron] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But eventually it cost him a term at Her Majesty 's pleasure . |
| 2 | The Chinese are very good singers , and practically every other person seemed to have a good voice and a repertoire of songs , a lot of them popular revolutionary songs , but also they gave us a rendering of ‘ old Man River ’ and a few others , and we all rounded the occasion off with Rio Grande , Old MacDonald had a farm ( during which the Chairman of the Institute Revolutionary Committee looked a bit bemused ) and Auld Lang Syne. and I also did our bit , singing a few English songs including ‘ Turpin Hero ’ , and we even attempted a rendering of two Chinese songs from the opera ‘ the White-Haired Girl ’ , much to everybody 's amusement and applause . |
| 3 | Not only was he engaged in his publishing work , his meetings of the Moot and the Chandos Group , and his visits to Oxford for the Christian News Letter , but also he set himself a punishing schedule of conferences , talks and lectures ; in the first week of January 1941 , for example , there were six full days of such conferences . |
| 4 | Sometimes this means they have more room for wheel toys , but often it gives them a chance to make their own den to hide away in with a favourite toy . |
| 5 | But now I mean what a difference . |
| 6 | I used to think it bad enough parting from you , but now I feel it a hundred times worse . |
| 7 | ‘ But surely you like him a little ? ’ |
| 8 | But then we developed it a bit further like we did with negative numbers . |
| 9 | But then we asked him a bit more about it and he made his fatal mistake . |
| 10 | And we pushed her all round the pool but then we bought her a ring , just a ring nice little one an she 's fine in that . |
| 11 | I usually work him in for an hour , but when I 'm riding him around in the arena before the bell goes , I 'm still thinking , ‘ How on earth am I going to get this thing up the centre line ? ’ because he 's gawping at everything , but then I give him a jolly good boot and we get on with it … ’ |