Example sentences of "but [pron] [adv] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I also have in mind the massive destruction of delicate , irreplaceable ecosystems ( the rain forests of the world are the most obvious example ) , the massive pollution of the waters of the earth , the massive loss of top soil , the massive contribution to the greenhouse effect , and — lest we forget — the massive assault on human health that can be attributed directly and indirectly to the massive production and consumption of so-called ‘ food ’ animals that characterise our times . |
| 2 | Well , having had to avail ourselves of the help of the officer who got rid of our gigantic wasp nest , I should like to say what a superb job they do , but I just wondered in view of the tremendous number , whether there is some kind of way of preventions . |
| 3 | I picked up my knife and attempted to copy the old lady but I soon got into difficulty . |
| 4 | I know , but I always talk about telly or Madonna . |
| 5 | I thought I 'd exhausted every possibility , rivals of every pedigree from the Nissan Professor of Modern Japanese Studies to a rough-trade gamekeeper out at Shotover , but I never thought of family . |
| 6 | Yes , I was aware of him , but I never managed to lassoo him . |
| 7 | Well er School , but I never went to school not un , at five . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'd like to , ’ said Zach , ' but I never go to church so it 'd be a bit strange if I sing in it , wo n't it , me not even being a Christian . ‘ |
| 9 | But I still rely on intuition and feeling . |
| 10 | It therefore became necessary to adopt a luni-solar calendar in which the months were measured by the phases of the moon but which also kept in step with the sun . |
| 11 | And indeed for the first few weeks there is a manic response of getting up at the usual time and finding things to do , but which gradually subsides into grief and depression . |
| 12 | ‘ But you never got in touch with me after I left … ’ |
| 13 | ‘ But you still got off cocaine ? |
| 14 | ‘ Ca n't or wo n't ? ’ he queried grimly , but she just shrugged in defeat . |
| 15 | I really had thought she would go berserk , but she just trembled from head to toe , and was only calmed slightly by the sound of my voice . |
| 16 | But she still goes to school in Soweto — a journey of two-and-a-half hours each way by train and bus . |
| 17 | But she never lied to Star . " |
| 18 | Mikaela von Koskull , who had originally been selected to sail on Martela OF but who eventually sailed with Maiden , will lead a group that includes Dawn Riley , Claire Russel , Jeni Munday and Nancy Hill . |
| 19 | If you are a fish who basically lives and breathes in water , but who occasionally ventures on land , perhaps to cross from one mud puddle to another thereby surviving a drought , you might benefit not just from half a lung but from one-hundredth of a lung . |
| 20 | Our adversary lets us out from time to time , to visit other houses , but we rarely enter with power and authority into the heart of the city . |
| 21 | But we usually think of time as hours and minutes and seconds too if we are being very exact . |
| 22 | But they immediately ran into criticism from the NRPB about how thorough the survey should be . |
| 23 | Women , erm from men 's departments , cos they just , like she said they , I do n't know why , but they just seemed to sort of |
| 24 | They just like to sort of I do n't know why but they just seem to sort of |
| 25 | 4.5 Consider the following sentences : ( 33 ) we believe the detective innocent Leonard proved the theorem incorrect Atkins will guarantee her picture authentic We can perhaps take it as self-evident that these do not contain attributive adjectives , but they also differ from predicate qualifiers . |
| 26 | In London Whigs and Dissenters not only organised counter-demonstrations , where they burnt effigies of the Pope , the Pretender and Tory defectors , but they also engaged in vigilante activity , as they sought to suppress the activities of the Jacobite crowds . |
| 27 | Port Talbot had a large and vital steelworks , and moonlit nights almost always brought the Luftwaffe , but they also came in daylight . |
| 28 | Again , the songs vary from group to group , but they also evolve over time . |
| 29 | The ostensible objectives of SWAP were scientific but they also allowed for mischief . |
| 30 | The mode of formation of melanins is uncertain ( Lerner and Fitzpatrick , 1950 ) but they probably arise through polymerization of indole compounds which are derived initially from the amino-acid tyrosine by ring-closure and oxidation under the influence of the enzyme tyrosinase . |