Example sentences of "but [noun prp] [adv] [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Allen increased the lead from a penalty corner but Germany soon narrowed the margin when Michel flicked a good goal following another corner . |
| 2 | But Davidson actually makes the claim that you to assign no more structure than what 's required by a truth theory just to get the coming out right . |
| 3 | But Bernard always believed the lack of cash to be merely temporary . |
| 4 | Ceausescu 's aim in issuing such a threat was probably to frighten Hungary , but Romania already has the delivery system in the form of Soviet built Scud missiles and is believed to be developing its own missile with the help of Egypt and Iraq . |
| 5 | Above all , he wanted to get up , but Surere still held the knife close to his throat , and every muscle in the man 's body was taut . |
| 6 | He said but David only saw the surface . |
| 7 | The hatch on Lord Jim was always locked , but Richard never forgot the key . |
| 8 | On May 20 a 50 per cent wage and pension increase for state workers was accepted by union negotiators , but UITUA subsequently rejected the agreement as inadequate . |
| 9 | But Proust also regards the world of people as being just as fluid and difficult to grasp , indeed more so , than the world of objects . |
| 10 | In the story the Czech had to beat Harry Hayes over nine miles , which he did , but Hayes still broke the six-mile European record . |
| 11 | Harbury tried to grab the apparent opportunity but Wickham neatly turned the conversation so that Shildon was able to go on where he had left off . |
| 12 | Her method of accounting was unusual , but Nigel finally got the hang of it , and it was always exact . |
| 13 | But Finniston still harbours the belief that the wealth of experience he acquired during his ten years at British Steel could have been put to better service for the nation . |
| 14 | There was a shod scuffle with police , who thought the demonstrators were trying to get into the Guildhall , but Cooper successfully diffused the situation . |
| 15 | Hector squealed as the trap lifted a fraction , but Theda quickly drew the foot out and the trap sprung back with a clang . |
| 16 | But Lévi-Strauss also claims the structure of actual kinship ties as a system of meaning : |
| 17 | But Ember still understood the question . |
| 18 | But Yorke wisely confines the psychology to the sub-text and contents herself with keeping the narrative moving . |
| 19 | The objective criteria for a hierarchy of types of adaptive organization have been variously discussed ( see also Simpson 1944 ; Rensch 1950 ) but Huxley greatly advanced the analysis by suggesting two types of shift in levels : first , an increasing control by the organism over its environment ; secondly , an increasing physiological and behavioural independence of the organism from its environment . |
| 20 | There was little to choose between the sides in the line-out and scrums , but Sudbury always had the edge away from the forward skirmishes . |
| 21 | But Malcolm suddenly gave the job to Chrissie instead Because , I suppose , she was older and more rock ‘ n ’ roll with her leather jackets , whereas I was still at school and pretty straight . |
| 22 | But God still created the world to provide the materials things . |
| 23 | No figures were given and no equity is involved , but MTI clearly sees the investment as a payment for partnership . |
| 24 | But France still has the power to undermine the economic stability of the European Community . |
| 25 | Wivenhoe were missing the suspended Mitchell Springett and Christian McClean , two of the club 's top three scorers , but Dowman still felt the display was ‘ unacceptable . ’ |
| 26 | Lansdowne enjoyed territorial advantage in the third quarter without threatening the home line but Ballymena gradually regained the ascendancy with McAleese the speedy Bell and Nicky Rainey spearheading a number of promising attacks . |
| 27 | But HMG totally underestimated the coolness of the banks . |
| 28 | But HMG totally underestimated the coolness of the banks . |
| 29 | This information is essential for interpreting the fossil assemblages , but Stuart rightly stresses the lack of work on cold-blooded vertebrates fishes , amphibians and reptiles . |
| 30 | I could have sat and stared all evening but Benjamin suddenly realised the drift of my eyes as well as my lechery and , at the appropriate time , seized me by the arm and hustled me from the hall . |