Example sentences of "[pers pn] but [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | For their part , Sonnabend agree that Halley has the right to leave them but claim that he should have honoured his verbal agreement to put together the 1991 May show . |
| 2 | Had we but known that money was so scarce , RW&P would willingly have sent round the collection box to gather money to compensate the RFU in return for keeping the England jersey white ( or , for that matter , the WRU for keeping the Welsh jersey red ) . |
| 3 | The driver glanced at him but sensed that Whitlock was n't in the mood to talk . |
| 4 | I tried to turn in behind him but found that I was going to overshoot and pulled away to starboard . |
| 5 | He took her to the airport nurse , who could find nothing wrong with her but agreed that she might be suffering from jet lag and needed only to rest . |
| 6 | Her son , who had scarcely known her but felt that his own throne was conceivably under threat so long as she lived , made no great show of grief when the news was brought to him . |
| 7 | He considered meeting her halfway and warning her but decided that getting coffee into her grandfather had priority . |
| 8 | Eddie wanted Angy to end it but said that she was too soft-hearted . ’ |
| 9 | Now I am 74 and think that i understand it but wish that I did not . |
| 10 | Much of the church 's teaching is based on a concept that implies the need to live ‘ holy ’ lives in this world , without expecting reward or recognition for it but anticipating that the afterlife will reflect something of the quality of this earthly life . |