Example sentences of "but [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For many years Plugger has specialised in searching out the rare and unusual fish which come into the American hobby , so I came prepared to take fish home with me — but nothing on this scale . |
| 2 | All the lanes must have once been extremely important , but nothing on the map nor indeed on the ground suggests this . |
| 3 | This new phenomenon was n't quickly recognized in the literature and as recently as 1980 , White and Woods 's edited text ( 1980 ) , The Geographical Impact of Migration , included three lengthy index entries on rural depopulation , rural-rural migration and rural-urban migration , but nothing on rural repopulation or counterurbanization , although there were four index entries for return migration . |
| 4 | There was some social and political unrest , it is true , but nothing on the scale seen in Poland , Austria , Germany , Belgium and France . |
| 5 | However , many of my colleagues were a little concerned that they were being told of the final outcome , but nothing on the short term effects . ’ |
| 6 | But nothing on the scale of this . |
| 7 | We know of innumerable kinds of things that could not possibly be the answer to our question ; we know , then , what God is not , but nothing at all of what God is . |
| 8 | There is a small strip of garden at the front but nothing at the back or side , not even a yard . |
| 9 | It says they promise the sunshine , but nothing at all . |
| 10 | But nothing of course would induce me to make a miserable thing out of you and a fool of myself . |
| 11 | It sounds unkind , but nothing of the sort was ever remotely true of Borg . |
| 12 | They tell us the exact positions and brightness but nothing of their distances . |
| 13 | What Odysseus hears is without consequence for him ; he is able only to nod his head as a sign to be set free from his bonds ; but it is too late ; his men , who do not listen , know only the song 's danger but nothing of its beauty , and leave him at the mast to save him and themselves . |
| 14 | Writs have been served for outstanding advertising fees amounting to £16,000 , and it seems unlikely they will be paid — bailiffs were sent to the firm 's place of trading , but nothing of any value was recovered . |
| 15 | It is sometimes supposed , more extremely , that direct acquaintance or introspection is so uncertain or fallible that not merely no analysis but nothing of value can be got by means of it . |
| 16 | Some local societies which had previously formed branches of that organisation may have survived as benefit clubs but nothing of substance is known about these , nor about such non-affiliated organisations as the Liverpool based British Mariner 's Association which in 1857 was to be found at 6 , Columbian Buildings at that port . |
| 17 | Royal Commissions have more prestige but nothing of real consequence flows from this , and the matters which these bodies investigate vary greatly in importance . |
| 18 | But nothing of the kind has happened . |
| 19 | But nothing of that sort happened and matters went on as before . |
| 20 | Bede has much to say about Sigeberht 's Christian patronage within his kingdom ( HE 111 , 18 ) but nothing of Ecgric 's , and the probability is that Ecgric was and remained a pagan . |
| 21 | Everyone is very friendly , but nothing of any substance is happening . |
| 22 | But nothing of this is true in the world in which we live . |
| 23 | He expected to have to face an immediate follow-up attack , but nothing of the sort happened . |
| 24 | " There is nothing there of any great value-some good furniture and old silver , of course — but nothing of fantastic worth . " |
| 25 | But nothing of that survives at all . |
| 26 | ‘ There are tons of leaflets for offenders , but nothing for the witness or the ordinary member of the public , ’ says Ms Reeves . |
| 27 | On the other hand LOEX has always made material available on loan but nothing for retention . |
| 28 | We had enough , we had a roof over our heads and we had enough food and things like that , but nothing for luxuries or little extras . |
| 29 | Even those who demand equality for others but nothing for themselves are not necessarily motivated by pure altruism and disinterestedness , as the following clinical example shows : |
| 30 | But nothing for Glenn the performer , who they offered on a free transfer two years ago . |