Example sentences of "but [verb] [pron] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They each fall utterly under his spell and promise to obey him in everything , whereupon he tells them that he has to go on a journey and gives them the keys of his magnificent house but forbids them to enter a room which is opened by a particular little key . |
| 2 | Beck , who had been woken up by the Oscar-nominee , offered him a bed in the living room but told him to take a cab over . |
| 3 | This type of filter can be time-consuming to maintain , but allows you to use a lot of media effectively . |
| 4 | But let us keep a sense of proportion . |
| 5 | Mrs Gordon ( 61 ) who lives in Kingshurst , West Midlands , and now works at a nursing home , admitted in an official statement released by solicitor Steven Jonas that she had not carried out a smear test before joining Dr Kumar 's practice , but claimed she followed a technique he taught her . |
| 6 | Similarly with public goods : there may be many potential suppliers of television broadcasts , but funding them presents a problem . |
| 7 | But suppose we have a figure which , though it looks perfectly round , may in fact be slightly flattened on two sides , and in reality be an ellipse . |
| 8 | Bull evaluated translation tools from UK firms Sterling Business Systems , High Wycombe , Buckinghamshire , and from Liverpool-based Fraser Williams , but decided it needed an emulator to enable GCOS applications to fully function . |
| 9 | Catt accepts that it was only a minor detail in her boyfriend 's sacking but feels it has a relevance . |
| 10 | But to allow you to get a bonus point , if he continues at the same level , will we require further annualising from him . |
| 11 | Peg was all right , but to marry her seemed a deal of foreign new trouble to face for the sake of off-loading the known old pain of loneliness before sleep . |
| 12 | ‘ But do ye want a lift ? ’ |
| 13 | John the Fletcher took them out of the water and out of his power for a while , but do you think a man like Isambard would ever forget or forgive the crossing of his decree ? |
| 14 | Your school may well have school rules and even a discipline policy but do you have a policy for catching children being good ? |
| 15 | Probably not , she thought , but do I have a choice ? |
| 16 | I assume I have a soul , but do I have a soul ? |
| 17 | But did something take a bite out of this oar ? |
| 18 | A man may appear as Johanne atte Asshe in one record , then a few years later as Johanne de Fraxino , but did he have a surname and if so what was it ? |
| 19 | But does anybody give a toss where you 're from these days ? |
| 20 | if he was a , always available but see you got a lot of , you got a players like Dominic |
| 21 | But have you got a form or something to get at the garage ? |
| 22 | Walter , I know you were n't there Walter so we ca n't blame you for whatever 's happened but have you got a theory about it ? |
| 23 | You have n't had an affair with a man — that 's understood at your age — but have you had a feeling for a man ? ’ |