Example sentences of "but [pron] [verb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But nothing reached her from the other cabin . |
| 2 | I have seen photographs of orca , both still and movie , close-up and underwater , but nothing prepares me for the sight of a real one that scythes out of the water 100 metres or so away from the boat . |
| 3 | ‘ But nothing prepares you for the blinding flash of flares and the noise of the thundercrackers as you run on to the field . |
| 4 | I have not discussed the essays by d " Auzac , Asher , Frowe , McGonigal , Seitz and Gibson , but I recommend them to the reader 's attention . |
| 5 | I ca n't read , but I took it to the priest and he read it to me . ’ |
| 6 | They did n't want him , but I persuaded them in the end . |
| 7 | ‘ I read about it at the time , but I heard none of the details . |
| 8 | but I saw him on the television last week , breakfast T V , not last week , week before , just before I got into work , and this woman on the television asking this stupid question , she said why do n't you put any opposition up in Parliament , and he hit the roof , but what the television did , they did n't switch off when he played bloody hell with 'em , excuse my French er President , but this is how it went , he could n't give a damn about you bloody lot , he kept the television on , it just showed his frustration . |
| 9 | ‘ I have a full staff here but I released them for the fiesta in Palma . |
| 10 | ‘ I never thought it would be so , but I miss her like the devil ! ’ |
| 11 | Carrying a tray of glasses would have been easier if the floor had been stable but I made it to the far end with only a lurch or two and delivered the goods as required . |
| 12 | I disagreed with much of what he had to say , but I welcome him to the House from this Bench and look forward to debating these issues with him on many occasions . |
| 13 | But I left you on the couch . |
| 14 | But I put it at the bottom of the list and consider it can really be done without . |
| 15 | But I put it on the table because it is a risk . |
| 16 | I was bringing my own but I put it in the wrong pocket of my coat and it fell through the lining and smashed . " |
| 17 | I do n't think he meant it , looking back , but I believed him at the time . |
| 18 | But I knocked you to the floor , and the blow was so hard that it made my hand throb for hours afterwards . |
| 19 | I stepped closer and the young woman rose and made to flee but I seized her by the wrist . |
| 20 | That 's what I should have done but I got them in the wrong order . |
| 21 | I am still very critical of my own shape but I console myself with the fact that while it is far from perfect , it is better than it used to be . |
| 22 | My superior self had taken over-call it the result of time-shock , if you will , but I felt myself in the presence of myth and , by association , accepted myself as mythical ! |
| 23 | But I told him about the telly that it 's a bit beyond redemption . |
| 24 | But I told you on the phone did n't I , it rained and |
| 25 | Welford said : ‘ He grabbed me by the lapels and cuffed me across the face , but I shielded myself from the rest of his blows . ’ |
| 26 | I went to punch him but I caught him with the crowbar instead . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ New-fangled ’ ideas , the farmer said , but I convinced him in the end . |
| 28 | This repeated general principles well known to a ( l good teachers , but I wanted them in the Report so there could be no doubt about the kind of teaching we admired . |
| 29 | She struggles , eyes widening further , but I pin her to the sheets with my weight and keep the glove firmly over her mouth even though she is n't making any noise . |
| 30 | But I did it through the love , fo , that I had for the couple , and that because they had waited sixteen year before they eventually found out they could n't have children ! |