Example sentences of "but that [pron] [verb] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 but that they have swallowed us .
2 Anthony returned soon after five o'clock with the news that there was no penicillin in the city at all , but that he had telephoned everyone he could think of who might supply it and had sent a telegram to UNRRA headquarters .
3 He told the meeting of MPs that he would prefer to see a more democratically-accountable bank but that he refused to support anything which jeopardised the treaty .
4 In a press conference on Aug. 1 Danforth stated that he " had given up on the administration " but that he intended to introduce his compromise bill when Congress reconvened from its summer recess .
5 Before I call the Home Secretary , I should say that I understand that a notice of appeal has now been lodged but that I propose to exercise my discretion in respect of the sub judice rule to allow questions covering the Home Secretary 's statement .
6 I explained how it was that as a child I had been told I was an eidetiker but that it had meant nothing to me .
7 He also says that the nickel content does not , for all practical purposes , make any difference to the hardness , but that it does make it more stain resistant .
8 As she talked Eva revealed it was not just that she was coming back to God , but that she had realised she must give her whole self to him for the ministry .
9 She shivered in her armchair through cold and impatience , thinking that Swod relished a captive audience but that she hated forming it .
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