Example sentences of "[noun] but to [pron] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried to get a better grip but to my horror my fingers began to run down the door like melting plasticine as I watched from my perilous vantage point . |
| 2 | Annie was hoping he would go in the opposite direction when they got to the end of the path leading from the rose gardens but to her dismay he moved into step beside her . |
| 3 | That one there has a good appearance but to my mind it 's not deep enough . |
| 4 | I turned to look at Sam but to my surprise he was not there . |
| 5 | ‘ Someone in his financial position could easily have got a doctor 's certificate to pull him out of tournaments but to his credit he never even considered it . ’ |
| 6 | There is no doubt that odours do pose a problem for environmental health but to what extent they affect the health of an individual exposed to an odour is difficult to say with any precision . |
| 7 | He hurried out into the garden but to his disappointment he could n't see a pear tree anywhere let alone one with a partridge in it . |