Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb -s] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 But nothing prepares you for the blinding flash of flares and the noise of the thundercrackers as you run on to the field .
3 but she leaves them with the neighbours or a neighbour , but I mean it 's all different to bringing them up yourself , in n it ?
4 Mr Llambias ' services do not come cheap — they are a combination of a retainer ‘ sufficient to make them think really seriously ’ and a success fee that is a percentage of the fee income of the smaller firm ( sometimes 5% or 7.5% ) — but he prides himself on the longevity of the mergers he arranges .
5 What he has done is describe certain linguistic features of the text which distinguish it from other texts ( he refers to Yeats 's ‘ Phoenix ’ and Tennyson 's , ‘ Morte d'Arthur ’ , as well as instances of non-literary usage ) , and which look as if they may be of some literary significance ; but he leaves it to the literary specialist to determine what the nature of that literary significance is .
6 v. Wilts U.D. , but he addresses himself to the question and uses his intelligence .
7 Oh yes , but he wants them for the whole of the year you see , which is impossible .
8 Well the speeds it achieves wo n't actually take it into the air … but it takes it into the record books .
9 But it does nothing of the sort .
10 At rest the cricket looks like a dead leaf , but it transforms itself at the last moment .
11 But it says nothing about the register being evidence of ownership , and it is not clear what role , if any , it plays in converting an equitable interest to a legal one .
12 but it tells you on the thing , it , a white thing with a line through it
13 I do not think this experience is confined to women , but it symbolizes something of the quality of the Great Mother , and it shows how we have the ability to conceive and carry to birth on a level other than the physical .
14 Mm , so what if could erm , could come up with a policy , that you pay your premiums in , but it covers you for the whole of your life .
15 ‘ Money is my motivation , but what keeps me at the top is that I 'm petrified of losing .
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