Example sentences of "but [det] [n mass] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a point when I wondered if someone was having me on , but few people even knew I had written in . |
| 2 | He was scholarly , shrewd and literate ; but few people entirely trusted the ends to which that scholarship and shrewdness were applied . |
| 3 | ‘ It is a particular shame for Neil because there were far worse things going on in the game but some people only want to see the dark side of him . |
| 4 | But some people still thought that actors were dangerous , wicked people . |
| 5 | She was helped into the gardens of paradise by a number 33 bus , which had reversed over her while trying to execute a three-point turn outside the Polka Theatre , but some people still claimed that her death was , in part anyway , due to a broken heart . |
| 6 | This may sound like standard Sunday Sport fare , but some people sincerely believe it , and more than you 'd think — the UFO business can be very big business indeed |
| 7 | But this mink sometimes took as long as two hours to catch one . |
| 8 | ‘ Yes , but these people still have links with Germany , do n't you see ? |
| 9 | Some had pillows and blankets but many people just wrapped themselves in their outdoor cloaks . |
| 10 | In many countries , regular servings of beer , wine and spirits contain roughly the same amount of alcohol — but many people still believe that a measure of spirits contains more alcohol than a glass of beer . |
| 11 | But many people only laughed at these stories . |
| 12 | But those statistics alone do n't tell the full story , for throughout the match he totally out played his opposite number Stuart Barnes and literally never put a foot wrong . |
| 13 | Some people smile when they go past and there 's this woman with a couple of kids over the other side from me , but most people just walk past like they ai n't interested . |
| 14 | But most people just got a headache . |
| 15 | Standard Apaches came with a vacuum pump on the right engine and an hydraulic one on the left but most people also bought a vacuum pump for the left engine as an insurance against loss of instruments . |
| 16 | But most people duly come surely make an appointment ? |
| 17 | But most people never visit the actual kennels , buying their puppy in a pet shop , often on impulse ; the original doggy in the window . |