Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb past] [indef pn] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1	‘ I read about it at the time , but I heard none of the details .
2	An Irish relative had told her that Ireland was now to be known as Eire but she knew nothing of the reasons for this , or of what was happening in Germany .
3	But she felt none of the joy she had anticipated .
4	‘ But we deserved something from the game .
5	He is n't a cousin or any relation but we thought somebody in the town must know of him or where he went . ’
6	But they had one in the corner you see and I could see the back leg was gone said to Margaret an said I might as well do something of that , you know , to do up it 's the only one that they had there that wanted really wanted repairing , so the feller said ooh I do n't know he said hang on , I 'll look in the book .
7	These were demanded relentlessly by the Russian government and by traders because of their commercial value , but they contributed nothing to the natural economy of the natives .
8	He was a short , precise man with a small moustache which reminded me a little of Hitler 's , but he had none of the German leader 's belligerence .
9	But he had none of the grandiloquence of Vasco Núñez ; he uttered none of the proud formulae Balboa had uttered in the Gulf of San Migud .
10	But he knew nothing of the Pacific 's tides .
11	But he knew nothing of the practical techniques of modelling and carving .
12	Maggie expected him to look annoyed but he did nothing of the sort .
13	She realised at once that he could be forgiven if he reminded her that she had n't been too sugary herself during that phone call : but he did nothing of the kind , though he did allow himself a small smirk before all trace of a smile went from him .
14	The picture was clearly in her head , but it brought none of the old bitterness , because now she was seeing Alain , imagining him , and it wiped away the old grief .
15	But it did nothing for the glass .

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