Example sentences of "[pers pn] but [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When one passes such messages back to one 's constituents , they say , ’ Who will do something to stop this nuisance , which is causing enormous problems not only to me but to the whole area ? ’ |
| 2 | Then the hand got higher and the grip tighter and suddenly Sally was not looking at me but at the old lady in the chair and saying sharply : ‘ Mrs Cody ! |
| 3 | ‘ I used to let the critics get to me but over the past year or so I have learned to relax and not worry . |
| 4 | It was not for them but for the ruling CPP to decide what best promoted the goals Nkrumah outlined . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's been a lifelong ambition of mine to beat him but at the big jump before Ballyboley Corner , Joey whizzed past me and although I tried to catch him again and take a tight line at Ballyboley he had just too much experience and he held on to beat me . |
| 6 | The captain may put on a very good act , convincing not just himself but even some of the passengers ; though whether their floating world will come through depends not on him but on the mad winds and sullen tides , the icebergs and the sudden crusts of reef . |
| 7 | Well I think my mother did a good job but my father was an alcoholic and that 's , that made a difference , not just to him but to the entire family and I think probably to my own children . |
| 8 | She would n't put it past him but in the brilliant afternoon heat she was n't inclined to pursue the matter . |
| 9 | Phaedra , the all-powerful matriarch , conceives a wild passion for her stepson Hippolytus , who rejects her love with speeches hostile not just to her but to the whole erotic faculty . |
| 10 | THE SEABOARD IS a little less Eastern than you might have remembered it but to the enterprising Americans this is not a problem . |
| 11 | It was struck not at the weak man who suffered it but at the strong God who was the man 's master . |
| 12 | You may not like it but under the new licences , ITV is mandated to be a popular channel that gets an audience , earns revenue and sustains business . |
| 13 | Con seemed oblivious of it but in the enclosed space I found it overpowering . |
| 14 | It should not be tethered to subjects that do not interest it but like the whole organism , it must find what is its bent and true interest and follow that all its life . |
| 15 | and nice for us but on the other hand , tomorrow , it will be |