Example sentences of "but [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But to go back to the old ways ‘ would be a colossal mistake , ’ he declared . |
| 2 | I 'll come back to that in a moment because we still only enrol a rather tiny proportion of those active in our sport but to go back to the point about training . |
| 3 | If you do not reply , the PP does not repeat but goes on to the next question . |
| 4 | But when she had washed her hair and dressed in a new pair of designer jeans and a silk shirt that had been a Christmas present and which she 'd never worn before — it was n't to Eva 's house that she went but back down into the town , towards the theatre and the Franz Joseph . |
| 5 | Late in 1743 a messenger was sent to alert James in Rome , and at dawn on 9 January 1744 Charles left the Palazzo Muti in Rome with his brother Henry , who was to serve as a decoy , on the pretence of a hunting trip , but made off to the north , leaving Henry to send off to Rome presents of wild geese supposedly from Charles . |
| 6 | We do n't know in which direction , but made off from the scene . |
| 7 | The edges of the solid alder body are smoothly rounded at the front but squared off on the back , with no comfy contouring . |
| 8 | But ruled out of the squad at the moment are Liverpool 's Ronnie Whelan , Sheffield Wednesday 's John Sheridan and Celtic 's Tommy Coyne . |
| 9 | ‘ Sinead did n't go to the door but crept up to the window . |
| 10 | Major Tzann could not help but pick up on the missing contriteness . |
| 11 | There was a schoolboy excitement about it , but weighed down by the heavy , weird atmosphere of the frozen Gulf . |
| 12 | Area fisheries officer Vaughan Lewis said : ‘ The Wye has a healthy trout population but silting up of the river bed can be a problem . |
| 13 | The impact of tourism stops pretty soon outside the medieval walls of the town , and the dwellings are like those of any impoverished fishing village in Cornwall , Sicily or Provence : low , simple buildings containing no more than the most primitive necessities , but opening on to the turquoise bay , with the Venetian walls on the western side and red cliffs to the east . |
| 14 | but looks down on the unchanged saffron flowers |
| 15 | It was part of the Greek conception of reason , after all , that reason was not just a purely intellectual affair but carried over into the life-world , with considerable practical implications . |
| 16 | She said nothing directly in answer to this , but carried on into the house , saying , ‘ I 'll have to tell her she 's gone somewhere . ’ |
| 17 | Many were designed by French builders but carried out by the local craftsmen . |
| 18 | The idea , according to one report , was for the capital 's defenders to surrender their arms to the UN , for the Serbs to keep theirs but to pull back from the city , and for the UN to create a ‘ security belt ’ between . |
| 19 | Azmaveth did not argue but knelt down on the floor by the bed and laid out the silk square in front of her . |
| 20 | The European Council reaffirmed its willingness to help the Soviet Union but referred back to the Commission the task of submitting before the next Council meeting proposals for decisions to be taken , and also asked it to draw up a plan for a major commercial , scientific and technical co-operation agreement with the Soviet Union . |
| 21 | Erm but to come back to the first criterion which says avoid the greenbelt , I know exactly what you mean when you say avoid the greenbelt , but if in the context of the wording before that where it says to be located beyond the outer boundary of the York greenbelt , do you need to have criterion one ? |
| 22 | She quickly changed her position , so that she was no longer facing him but looking out towards the lake . |
| 23 | But looking out of the window he saw the hills again . |
| 24 | But looking down at the words now , it did not appear so simple . |
| 25 | But looking back to the principles of Beveridge 's plan for welfare , one of the main conditions which the originators made , in order that a workable system might evolve , was that reasonably full employment be maintained . |
| 26 | Julie did n't answer , but drove on towards the traffic lights , glancing again in the rear-view mirror . |
| 27 | Disappointingly , the policemen took no notice of the blood , but drove off in the direction the robbers had taken , with what result I can not say . |
| 28 | Lucie cursed , but dropped down from the cart seat and came to stand behind Gabriel , side-on to the door , snatching sidelong glances at the thing he did not want to see . |
| 29 | He failed to find a seat at the next general election , but came in for the family borough a few weeks later , and acted as teller against his patron 's impeachment . |
| 30 | Significantly , however , this ritual was not allowed to take place within the sacred precincts : the animal was burned whole ‘ outside the camp ’ , its blood was not offered at the altar but burned along with the carcass , and the officiating priest was required to cleanse himself after the sacrifice . |