Example sentences of "but [adv] this [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 He would give me a hearty slap on the back , comment on my expanding girth — ’ Twice the man you used to be , Andreas , eh ? ’ — say that we must meet again ’ for a jar , old man , but just this moment I have to rush , ’ look at his watch , sigh apologetically and shoot off to his next meeting or liquid lunch or whatever .
2 It makes a change to see Patrick playing the victim , but later this year he returns to more familiar territory in the film Love Crimes .
3 But maybe this time they wo n't know exactly what to expect from us . ’
4 But earlier this year she told him she wanted a divorce .
5 But earlier this year she told him she wanted a divorce and flew back to Britain with her children , three year old Shaun and one year old Ashley .
6 Antrim 's former Bank of Ireland All Star had hoped to line out this afternoon against Tipperary in Thurles , but earlier this week he suffered a recurrence of a serious back injury .
7 I mean I only had one bad knee but then this time I got two .
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