Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] but [conj] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 At the time the offer had thrilled her , not because of the pearls but because it had indicated she would be in his life in the future .
2 The questions involved did not relate to the guilt or innocence of the defendants but whether they had been wrongfully deprived of material which should have been available to them in preparing for the trial and for use at the trial if relevant .
3 He had bent down , his hand among the grasses but as she spoke he straightened up and thrust a grubby fist into his pocket .
4 Prosecutor Mr David Archer told the court that Whitehouse was seen to roll a cigarette by the officers but when they approached , he crunched it up .
5 Correlations calculated this way are generally smaller than those that would have been obtained by correlating the averages but because they do not average out the variance from different subjects they provide a more realistic assessment of the size of an effect for any individual subject .
6 We are planning to get another newsletter out before the next one to give you all the details but if you want to know how to label the stuff before than give me a ring
7 It 's very difficult to break down the stereotypes but if you do that I believe you release a whole new artistic form .
8 Conley picked up the passengers but as he overtook a car on Overdale Road , Park End , Middlesbrough , he lost control .
9 ‘ . Yours is a common-sense interpretation which says that the company is entitled to the exemptions but that it chooses not to use them .
10 I mean , as you say , I cover all the points but because you do n't do them in the right order perhaps you muck them up
11 But er it certainly did a lot for the bakers but as I said it certainly took away the happy family union that we had before .
12 If each member of the legislature who votes for a checkerboard compromise does so not because he himself has no principles but because he wants to give the maximum possible effect to the principles he thinks right , then how has anyone behaved irresponsibly ?
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