Example sentences of "but [noun prp] [verb] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His first impression of Galvone had been of a mobster , but Newman had met other reasonably honest Americans holding high positions who had made the same initial impression . |
| 2 | It was bitterly cold in the open jeep , but Taylor had brought an army greatcoat for me to wear . |
| 3 | Whitlock had wanted to remain on duty for the banquet at the United Nations that evening but Kolchinsky had told him to call it a day . |
| 4 | But Pascoe had come to this broken-down hotel in these bleak streets already guessing that Charlie probably was n't Zeno . |
| 5 | But TMC seems bound to add much extra intricacy to the already complicated RDS receiver . |
| 6 | But Victoria had greased herself like an Eskimo with sausage fat , being too young for sentiment . |
| 7 | Locals were told to evacuate , but Duane stayed put . |
| 8 | Luke could have done with more help , but Umberto had barricaded himself into the tack room with another bottle . |
| 9 | lets hope so — but Sunderland has done us before … |
| 10 | Karen had suspected he might be an early member of the Broken Hearts Club , but Jessica had denied it . |
| 11 | But Jessica had caught herself again . |
| 12 | There was nothing that could be used for a cradle so obviously she intended keeping it in bed with her , but Sarah had heard tales of babies being smothered like that and she was surprisingly anxious that her newly expected brother or sister would n't end up that way . |
| 13 | But Sarah had stepped into the railway carriage with relief , unable to feel anything but pity for the curate whose heart she had unwittingly stolen . |
| 14 | But Patrick had deceived her — and that was unforgivable . |
| 15 | But Patrick has proved he can break away from his Mr Menacing image . |
| 16 | But Biff had sat , and thunk . |
| 17 | Movement from scene to scene does not use scrolling as per Lucasfilms , but requires that you completely leave one location and then enter another — this is not as smooth as other game systems , but Sierra have refined it to a fine art . |
| 18 | Stapleton looked hard at him , but Holmes had spoken very seriously and his words sounded true . |
| 19 | Ethel had said something quite else , but Ma had turned on her , and said she was lucky to be healthy , and it was no fault of Lily 's these ideas had overcome her . |
| 20 | But William has had enough . |
| 21 | The guarantee had been approved by Congress in April 1990 , but Baker had refused to sign it because of concerns that Israel would use the funds to settle Soviet Jews in the occupied territories . |
| 22 | Both girls had done well but Sheila had done brilliantly . |
| 23 | But Jezrael had lived more than the 3-D heroine and her admirer . |
| 24 | She started to wrestle with the nearside door , but Ward had locked it and in the end she gave up , lying back again and muttering something about remembering now . |
| 25 | It might be a company with financial problems but ITN has put on a glitzier show . |
| 26 | The thermometer was reading over 100° Centigrade , but Harvey had fiddled with the stove and said it would get hot in a moment . |
| 27 | But Doyle had forgotten another journey that Weaver would shortly be making . |
| 28 | At first he had suggested it might be fairer to everyone if he were to leave Kentucky and find work elsewhere — perhaps even return to England — but Cora-Beth had succeeded in making him see that there was absolutely no need for him to do so . |
| 29 | But Morse had taken over completely , and he held up his right hand with a confident , magisterial authority . |
| 30 | I went off men after my husband left but Jim has changed that . |