Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I told her I would stand over you , but nothing guaranteed . ’ |
| 2 | I knew that telling them would be hard but nothing prepared me for their anger and grief during our final month together . |
| 3 | ‘ I was expecting it to be bad , but nothing prepared me for this ! ’ |
| 4 | Mary tottered up on her perch from side to side but nothing wiped the mild , sweet benignity from her doll 's face as she dropped the dew of her mercy down from heaven on the mortal exiles below wailing and weeping in the vale of tears . |
| 5 | Various schemes had been tried on Easter Monday to raise money — chrysanthemum shows and egg and spoon races included — but nothing had really developed . |
| 6 | But nothing had prepared her for the angry letter she received from the Duke of Edinburgh , says Morton . |
| 7 | But nothing had prepared her for the monumental size and sheer glamour of the building . |
| 8 | It seemed like hours since she had slipped away to find Ace , but nothing had changed much . |
| 9 | He told me he had been a sailor , had known the bitter odour of disease and been a casualty in the wars of the elements , but nothing had been as dire as the loss of his woman to another . |
| 10 | She had been coldly beautiful until the day she died , but nothing had brought her happiness . |
| 11 | The Cabinet had been summoned for 5 o'clock , but nothing had leaked out . |
| 12 | He tried to live an ordinary life , working as a bus driver , and accounts clerk at Harrods and later studying for a zoology degree , but nothing made him content . |
| 13 | But nothing reached her from the other cabin . |
| 14 | They smiled at each other politely in the lift , but nothing passed between them . |
| 15 | I thought of several things to say to him , but nothing sounded right . |
| 16 | But nothing eased the pain . |
| 17 | It was in fact the first time she had thought of such a thing , and it did not seem to be a very good idea , but nothing irritated her more than being addressed in that Listen With Mother voice ( particularly as her daughter-in-law spoke to her children quite normally ) and it goaded her to contrariness . |
| 18 | I walked them for three or four hours a day , but nothing tired them or won their love . |
| 19 | ‘ I did think that there was something between her and Peter Yeo — her partner — but nothing came of it . |
| 20 | He popped up alongside Phil Collins in an early episode of Miami Vice , but nothing came of it . |
| 21 | Seventeen years later the Congregational Union 's Executive called for a Nonconformist equivalent but nothing came of it . |
| 22 | According to Foujita , the dealer 's ‘ method ’ was ‘ to sit reading a paper on the esplanade or to go into hotels , presumably with a rendezvous with a duke or some important person , but nothing came of all this ’ . |
| 23 | In real life , too , there was an intention ( perhaps stronger on her side than his ) that he should marry his landlady 's daughter , but nothing came of that because , on returning to Johannesburg , Herbert met Grace , who was in fact to become his first.wife and John 's mother . |
| 24 | It was proposed that the College should attempt systematically to buy in diseased animals , perhaps appointing a special member of staff for that purpose , but nothing came of this , nor of a linked suggestion that students ' fees should be increased to allow relevant staff increases . |
| 25 | Norman said : ‘ I could hear everyone and every so often I would try to speak out of force of habit , but nothing came out . ’ |
| 26 | He said : ‘ I played one reserve game for Orient when I was 18 but nothing came of it . ’ |
| 27 | When Fred was a kid he sent John Peel a demo tape and John Peel phoned him up , but nothing came of it . |
| 28 | But nothing came of it and he is still kicking his heels at Bramall Lane after drawing a blank in his summer quest to find a new club . |
| 29 | Hayling reported to the unenthusiastic executive committee that he was ‘ favourably disposed ’ , but nothing came of it . |
| 30 | Bismarck followed it up by putting out a feeler to Great Britain , but nothing came of it . |