Example sentences of "but [art] [adv] [pers pn] [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.

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1	But the longer she stared at that tiny betraying smudge , the more she realised that it was the only explanation that made any sense at all .
2	But the longer she looked at herself the more she knew that she was going to buy this hat , or perhaps these two hats , and this beautiful , beautiful outfit .
3	But the further they got from the area , the easier it became .
4	But the nearest they came to scoring was in the forty third minute ; Neil Keller in the Rayners Lane goal saving brilliantly from a fifteen yard volley from Martin Shepherd .
5	But the more I thought about his view the less happy I became about it .
6	But the more I fished for bream and studied their behaviour the more I began to question the correctness of this theory , for I became aware that sizeable bream are rarely taken near to the margins .
7	The more I became involved in the executive work of CBC the less I liked it , but the more I worked with Ira Dilworth the more I liked him .
8	It should be clear to anybody that the basic idea behind the prison system is corrupt and unjust , but the more I worked on the film , the more I understood how extreme the injustice was .
9	But the more he thought about it , the more ridiculous it all became .
10	It was all horribly sordid , but the more he thought about it , the more he became certain that , far from being a disaster , leaving the Highways Department was in fact a real step forward .
11	The fact that she had mentioned Nigger defused his excitement somewhat , but the more he heard about her , the more he ached to see her .
12	But the more she thought of Silas 's kisses the more infuriated she became , and as she recalled her own response her fury turned to bitter humiliation .
13	But the more she thought about his arrogant assumptions , his conceited certainty that she was his for the taking , the more she bristled with indignation …

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