Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] but [indef pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I , I , as I say , I did follow it up and in fact , I even went to a committee where I sat and spoke to the er the police face to face and they made all sorts of promises but nothing materialized . |
| 2 | ‘ We wo n't know for a couple of days but everything points to her having used large amounts of cocaine , ’ a senior detective told TODAY . |
| 3 | Well , of course , we were full of questions but nobody dared to ask anything . |
| 4 | We had done our best and we lacked the peacocks , the ostriches , the slaves and the pack of hounds but nobody seemed to be worried . |
| 5 | I had n't realized just how much I 'd got out of the swing of things but everyone helped as much as they could and I soon adjusted back again . |
| 6 | There were lots of boyfriends but none became lovers . |
| 7 | ‘ I saw a couple of specialists but nothing showed up . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , I 've got loads of records but nothing to play them on . |
| 9 | I have no time for people who lose their temper with animals but something snapped in my mind then . |
| 10 | Nobody knew they they they said it was something to do with tanks but nobody knew |
| 11 | Thomas was sent for tests but nobody knew what the problem was . |