Example sentences of "[noun] but they [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're in love with rhythm but they still believe in songs . |
| 2 | Leicester 's Geordie boss Brian Little , in contrast , paraded his strongest side but they rarely threatened Newcastle . |
| 3 | So , in this , very animal loving assembly , I think er , you would agree er , only twenty one are vegetarians and seventy nine people love animals but they also enjoy chewing on them from time to time . |
| 4 | They were concerned about their own roles but they also felt there was no historical evidence of local authority commitment to mental health services and they therefore feared losing hard-won resources to these authorities . |
| 5 | His next-door neighbours , who are getting married at the same time , also booked with Darlington Wedding Cars but they too have changed their booking . |
| 6 | the pink bits the bit that fits onto ridge , they 've got three screws in each piece but they only need two to hold them , so I 've taken the centre one out of each one and used it to do the |
| 7 | Such choices may be exploited , and fed , by commercial considerations but they ultimately reflect an actual desire for a specific type of medium . |
| 8 | normal trainers but they just got spikes in them . |
| 9 | There were modest alternatives available to an antislavery readership but they either propounded the outlook of a minority tendency as did the Anti-Slavery Advocate , edited by the Irish Garrisonian Richard Webb in the 1850s , or had a predominantly local circulation as was likely with the short-lived Anti-Slavery Watchman of Manchester produced by the Garrisonian group around George Thompson and his son-in-law F. W. Chesson , or propounded a particular remedy for slavery in the case of the Quaker Richardson family in Newcastle through the Slave 's stress on the free produce movement . |
| 10 | I thought coming forward Leeds played brill on saturday but they still looked a bit lazy and complacent at the back ( esp . |
| 11 | The sounds were muffled from up on the roof but they still bugged me so I went indoors . |
| 12 | Men in love may offer a great deal but they seldom make such a full commitment . |
| 13 | And it 's not , you know , it 's not really much chemistry in it , especially if they do n't ask you f for this er equation but they just give it to you . |
| 14 | The 1970 treaties with Russia and Poland included the mutual renunciation of force but they also marked an acceptance of the status quo in Europe ( including Germany 's division ) and of the Oder-Neisse border . |
| 15 | Okay cats tend to land on their feet but they also tend to take injuries like erm severe pancreatic injuries if they land from high things , so they do n't just |
| 16 | test the hypothesis that VGP paths cluster around preferred longitudes but they also mix N R and R N transitions , thereby partially randomizing their dataset . |
| 17 | I was doing veterinary for two years and I wrote away to companies but they just were n't all that keen to ge give girls a chance . |
| 18 | Not only were dancing masters expected to follow their own rules of dance but they also had to conform to the rules of the Académie Royale de Musique . |
| 19 | Unless they are hunters , like cats , their eyesight is often the least developed of the senses but they still quickly detect movement . |
| 20 | and people who are prepared to discuss the issue but they just do n't come out the door to where erm , the people are that need the information . |
| 21 | Restrictive trade practices provisions obviously control price-fixing agreements and other abuses by cartels but they also control licensing agreements ; for example , where the proprietor of a patent attempts to impose onerous terms on the licensee . |
| 22 | I ca n't believe I actually bought Benson but they never said that |
| 23 | They apply to different communities , they have responded to different communities ' needs but they also contribute to a ripple effect of achievement at national and international levels which will ultimately benefit the lives of many more children . |
| 24 | The great Fangio ( Arg ) was also in the Maserati team but they only had one race together as team-mates before Fangio moved on to Mercedes . |
| 25 | ‘ They stay with a friend for two or three weeks but they usually fall out and the ex-offender becomes homeless . ’ |
| 26 | As far as APEX is concerned they are OK up to a point but they just want to follow the legal procedures and we want them to take some kind of militant action . |
| 27 | Many fishermen have done well in recent years but they now face great pressure on the fish stocks . |
| 28 | So but I think with this I mean this homework , that 's the only thing I do n't believe in because they 've got ta revise it which is brilliant , I mean , at the moment but they also give them three hours homework a night ! |
| 29 | By the 1920s , the zaibatsu had come to dominate the newer manufacturing sectors like steel , machinery or shipbuilding but they also dominated the financial sector , owning two-thirds of banking and insurance institutions . |
| 30 | The Kalkadoon did not have words for European artifacts and ideas but they soon came up with new words as the need arose . |