Example sentences of "but [noun] [vb mod] [adv] [verb] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Cardiff could not tell whether it was the storm … or the thing jammed in the window aperture , free at last . |
| 2 | Mr Lamont also gave the green light for the Jubilee Line extension in London , but work will not start until a banking consortium has been set up to provide £400 million of private-sector money for the Pounds 1.8 billion project . |
| 3 | Other voices joined in , in a low growl , but Robert could not hear whether they were repeating what Rafiq had said , or , indeed , whether they were speaking English at all . |
| 4 | But Britain will only succeed when its political leaders start treating voters as informed citizens with shared concerns , not as ignorant consumers to be manipulated . |
| 5 | Children may learn to pass urine and faeces in it but accidents will still happen when they are preoccupied in play or are in a place where they do not know where the lavatory is . |
| 6 | But Bobbie could n't move because her legs were shaking too much . |
| 7 | A new one has to be built from scratch but fabrication can only start when plans are eventually acquired from York . |
| 8 | The pram was by the dresser but Wycliffe could not see whether or not the baby was in it . |
| 9 | ‘ Education is a matter of wide interest and shared responsibility ’ but innovation would never succeed unless the ‘ professional judgement ’ of all who worked with children were harnessed . |
| 10 | Her mouth opened and closed , but Clive could not tell whether she was making any noises . |
| 11 | But cells may also move as individuals over quite long distances , such as the skeleton-forming cells in sea-urchins . |