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 . |