Example sentences of "the [noun sg] but [conj] they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem is not that parents want to spike the afternoon but that they do not think . |
| 2 | A palace aide said last night : ‘ We were all a bit apprehensive about the lunch but when they arrived they put everyone at ease . |
| 3 | Brown and Kulik ( 1977 ) were struck by the fact that people were generally able to answer this question without difficulty , the important point being not that they remembered the assassination but that they remembered apparently irrelevant details such as where they were and what they were doing when they heard the news . |
| 4 | I do n't know if I know I understand obviously monies not around at the moment but if they made some way of creating some kind of jazz pub closing it down making it part of the theatre again it 's it 's just a like a pub and I I do n't ever feel comfortable going in there and buying drinks on rehearse . . |
| 5 | But he said : ‘ The fans may not think Ian 's the best man for the job but if they lay off him for a bit then he might get it right for them . ’ |
| 6 | He saw them to the door but when they rode past a minute later , it was already shut . |
| 7 | What is remarkable about the text-books ( which describe the chemical structure of the various chains in loving detail ) is not so much that they do not explain the discrepancy but that they do not even notice it ; nor are they apparently interested in the fact that the work of fracture for a material like Polythene or Nylon is at least a hundred times higher than it is for most of the thermosetting plastics . |
| 8 | It was a private lair , and though they 'd often wished to have a fire they 'd never done so — not because they feared for the dry wood of the spinney but because they knew that rising smoke would sooner or later be investigated . |
| 9 | It was returned to the company but when they needed Mrs Dibble 's carriage as well , she turned to Lena for help . |