Example sentences of "but [pron] [verb] [pron] [prep] [art] " 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 Mills Roberts was a stickler for discipline but everyone recognised him as a good soldier and therefore , for all his shouting , he was a popular figure .
5 But I liken it to an opposition party in a parliament , or a critical press ; acting as a consclence and a brake , but not in power and unlikely to assume it .
6 I have not discussed the essays by d " Auzac , Asher , Frowe , McGonigal , Seitz and Gibson , but I recommend them to the reader 's attention .
7 This was best summed up by Everett , the market gardener : ‘ She were never a gel , but I knew her as a young woman and she were old then . ’
8 Do n't ask me how — but I knew it without a shadow of a doubt .
9 But I , I mean I use it as a , that may be the psychology behind it , but I use it as a bad example of , for obvious reasons , and there 's a real bad example , and there may be some politics behind it , there 's What I think is a good example : ‘ Southeast Arts ’ sorry , ‘ Southeast Tourist Board , South of England Board . ’
10 At planning meetings with the senior management I often had to endure predictable little jokes about Andreas 's ‘ harem ’ , but I took them with a good grace .
11 I ca n't read , but I took it to the priest and he read it to me . ’
12 They did n't want him , but I persuaded them in the end .
13 ‘ I read about it at the time , but I heard none of the details .
14 He recognized that this was contrary to the opinion of the pope and others at the papal court , but he put it forward as his own : ‘ others certainly may have thought of it , but I received it from no one ’ .
15 The Jolly Farmers has been demolished , but I remember it as a brick and pantile structure at the top end of the town .
16 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 .
17 ‘ I have a full staff here but I released them for the fiesta in Palma .
18 That used to be a completely different tune ; I had the lyrics , but I played it on an open tuned National , then when I got the Strat and plugged it into an old Fender Vibrolux amp , it became what it became on record .
19 ‘ I never thought it would be so , but I miss her like the devil ! ’
20 It could be just down to good digestion and calm dreams , of course ; but I take it as a sign of happiness .
21 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 .
22 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 .
23 But I left you on the couch .
24 But I put it at the bottom of the list and consider it can really be done without .
25 But I put it on the table because it is a risk .
26 I was bringing my own but I put it in the wrong pocket of my coat and it fell through the lining and smashed . "
27 I do n't think he meant it , looking back , but I believed him at the time .
28 But I knocked you to the floor , and the blow was so hard that it made my hand throb for hours afterwards .
29 I stepped closer and the young woman rose and made to flee but I seized her by the wrist .
30 That 's what I should have done but I got them in the wrong order .
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