Example sentences of "[pron] but [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No no er erm well er there is Prunus that 's a plum I mean a cherry that grows up and various ones like that the only trouble is with these type of things they can be more of a nuisance than the trees that you do have now because those trees growing up those spindly ones as you put it erm some gardeners call them or whatever name they use I but the trouble is bits die in the centre of those and they tend to drop down and they can be in time more far more of a nuisance than the trees they 've got now which seems to me quite suitable . |
| 2 | I know , nor do I but the more you talked about it the more she 'll do it . |
| 3 | Yes and I enlarge my but the trouble is it make we went every day after |
| 4 | So it 's a drain on , on the time , not just his but the knock-on effect . |
| 5 | Last year , it seemed he had matured enough to fulfil himself but a cruel succession of injuries denied him . |
| 6 | Moses had made the arduous climb to the top of the mountain , but on the summit he did not experience God himself but a thick cloud of unknowing . ’ |
| 7 | I could tell he was pleased with himself but a bit scared , just like when he used to keep the half-crown Father gave him on Sundays , rather than put it on the collection plate . |
| 8 | Cloughie probably gets closest to it — not he himself but the No. 9 seems to have his head screwed on . |
| 9 | The user of the vehicle is the owner of the vehicle or the person in whose possession it is under some hiring or leasing agreement ; this is often not the driver himself but the driver 's employer or principal . |
| 10 | It was not the harm he might do himself but the slips he might make along the way which alerted Emlyn . |
| 11 | In the distant past , when the genetic material was being accumulated that makes mankind what it is , nobody but a warlord lived in a dwelling he could not make himself . |
| 12 | Nobody but a fool who believes his luck lies around the corner could be similarly influenced by the likes of Frankie . |
| 13 | ‘ I flatter myself ’ , he wrote on the evening after he arrived home , ‘ that even our American friends must admit that nobody but a ‘ Britisher ’ would have been able to successfully cope with such difficulties . ’ |
| 14 | One of the never mentioned delights of the silent cinema was that you crunched and sucked to your heart 's content , annoying nobody but the piano player . |
| 15 | ( Holly 1971:9 ) Nobody but the teacher can make such decisions or deploy such skills |
| 16 | Then take a limiting case : if nobody but the original painter or painters of the great roof bison of Altamira had ever seen this work ( and comparable work may still be lying undiscovered ) , would any of us wish , on our first sight of it , to deny its status as art because it had not been consciously exhibited ? |
| 17 | Certainly give them , yeah and I said Joan will tell you not only does her but the table that he sits on and the wall around it , |
| 18 | He strongly denies this , of course , but who but a dedicated optimist could have so much confidence ? |
| 19 | And who but a megalomaniac would want to live on the set for a Hammer horror movie ? ’ |
| 20 | It ties in with the fifth principle that ‘ personal data shall be accurate and , where necessary , kept up-to-date ’ — a formidable requirement , if taken literally , in view of the frequency with which personal details ( address , etc. ) can change , and also bearing in mind the possible diversity of sources of information ; and who but the data subject can be the true judge of accuracy — unless of course he may have an interest in falsifying the record ? |
| 21 | ‘ This Act will enslave you , ’ he heard Cameron saying , ‘ and not only the young men among you but every family with a son who is in his prime . |
| 22 | She can spare you but a few minutes , she says — ’ the dowager-duchess had in fact said no such thing ‘ — but will see you at once . ’ |
| 23 | I 'll throw you to the fucking wolves — are you listening , you stupid fuck ? — and there 'll be nothing left of you but a pile of shit and a hank of hair . |
| 24 | ‘ Do n't tell me that you give a damn , ’ she said , ‘ do n't tell me that I 've been anything to you but a brief interlude . ’ |
| 25 | Erm it is I assure you but a fraction of what I 've got . |
| 26 | Changing direction wo n't exactly bring out the Mansell in you but the power steering — in theory the same as that fitted to the others — reacts swiftly and smoothly , and understeer is significantly less than that of the 1.4 GLX . |
| 27 | I do n't need to spell it out for you but the assumption is that he was going back drunk and got hit . |
| 28 | It 's too big to take out with you but the drawings and descriptions of over 300 common British birds are great for teaching beginners what to look out for when trying to identify a new bird . |
| 29 | My child , said Mufaro her father , that is very kind of you but the king is the person who is going to choose . |
| 30 | Many of the meetings listed on that page will be over by the time this gets to you but the details are given as a way of providing a background of work in progress and ideas for future programmes for all the groups . |