Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [adj] but [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We do n't know for certain but it was probably to be given to you on your arrival . ’ |
| 2 | Thirty years later my volunteering instinct has come through intact but I still mistrust the American Air Force . |
| 3 | He tried to slip in unnoticed but it was too late . |
| 4 | And Newman revealed : ‘ Lee came in high but there was nothing malicious about it . |
| 5 | Thermoplastic : a synthetic rubber related to resin-rubber but which can be fused by heat and therefore processed into soles by injection moulding . |
| 6 | This is not to say that such proposals must be accepted at face-value but they should be subjected to specific criticism rather than rejected in toto as merely a device for getting workers to ‘ participate ’ in their own exploitation . |
| 7 | I fought like crazy but there were fifteen of the bastards . |
| 8 | I ca n't remember for certain but I think my wage was £2 per week . |
| 9 | For modules which have been requested for offline but which have not yet been copied onto a media item , the estimate will be zero . |
| 10 | Sport has resorted to gimmickry but I suppose some sport is better than none . |
| 11 | You begin by admiring but it soon grows boring . |
| 12 | Stimuli of this sort may still evoke an OR that habituates during pre-exposure but there is no reason to suppose that the loss of the overt components of this response will prevent the subjects from seeing or hearing the stimulus . |
| 13 | Finally , there are other potentially important ways in which the polar ozone destruction mechanism may be perturbed in future but which have not been considered here . |
| 14 | His hair was thinning on top but he had a small ponytail at the back . |
| 15 | The evening is drawing in early but it 's sad how the shadows lenghthen around Melville 's words . |
| 16 | Exactly how it happened we still do not known for sure but you can find examples of the kind of organisms it produced in almost any patch of fresh water . |
| 17 | Bermuda , known for little but its shorts and triangle , is the place where great public servants disappear . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm not asking for advice– but I want to talk through something with you . |
| 19 | But Blackheath administrator Alun Davies said : ‘ The knee is coming on fine but it needs at least another couple of weeks rehabilitation . |
| 20 | ‘ They are a people who ask for little but who are enormously and genuinely grateful for any help ’ , wrote one official who witnessed a terrible drought in Masailand in the early 1960s : ‘ They live a hard life uncomplainingly . ’ |
| 21 | he says he does n't go out so often but it 's more a question of qality and not quantity … its tough to stay on top but he goes out to Florida most years to train and learn the new techniques |
| 22 | Liberal Democrats recognise the importance of the things we own in private but we also know the value of what we hold in common . |
| 23 | The lights had changed to green but nobody was going anywhere unless I moved . |
| 24 | Her weight returned to normal but she began to vomit regularly to keep it stable . |