Example sentences of "but [pron] [adv] [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I eventually reached the motorway and headed north . |
| 2 | It did feel strange , but I rather liked the idea . |
| 3 | But I also saw the blood and noise of war . |
| 4 | But I also had the sense that Otto had something to do with Jean-Claude 's need for greater privacy . |
| 5 | That , on its own , was no problem , but I also had the misfortune to fall foul of one of the school bullies . |
| 6 | I enjoyed physical exercise , but I also enjoyed the thought that I was getting away with the sort of behaviour commonly considered inappropriate to a sixteen-year-old girl . |
| 7 | I brought the wine because I like it , which is no way to treat a lady , but I also liked the thought of sitting down with her , talking about interesting things , in the way you do with wine . |
| 8 | Now , I can take a sermon from any pretty woman and Mathilda was no exception , but I also caught the threat in her words . |
| 9 | I knew I was n't being terribly respectful , but I just cupped the telephone , looked her up and down and said : ‘ Well , you could put some shoes on . ’ |
| 10 | I was very , very sorry , but I just left the letter around and did n't see him for about three years . |
| 11 | But I well remember the shock of amazement to hear from the excavator that the trench dug to hold the vertical posts of the building , in the typical military method , was of one period and the vertical posts of another . |
| 12 | " But I finally borrowed the money against four future years " harvests of rice ! |
| 13 | My great fishing love , until then , had been Lady Tweed , but I soon discovered the South Tyne was every bit as good , if not better , than the Queen of Scottish rivers ; and the stretch below our house was far enough upstream and far enough downstream from the main population centres to make it almost completely private . |
| 14 | Crowe offered a pathetic excuse about investigating woodworm infestation for his nature column , but I soon beetled the truth out of him . |
| 15 | ‘ Her particular interest in industrial development issues has been most useful but I fully appreciate the pressure of her business commitments — and in turn the value to the Highlands ’ of her companies ' continuing successes . ’ |
| 16 | So I do n't usually fill it straight away anyway till I 'm finished and but I always put the date like today 's date . |
| 17 | I was really , really tired , I was dead tired and , but I always make the tea . |
| 18 | yeah , but I always get the impression with Jason that he would n't enjoy anything unless he |
| 19 | It has a K-type spectrum , but I always find the colour less pronounced than with most bright K-stars , though binoculars show it to be decidedly ‘ off-white ’ . |
| 20 | I lead a reasonable existence with cheerful and friendly companions , but I always have the feeling that it is n't real and does n't matter , although I 'm very aware of everything around me . |
| 21 | She became , for a short while , my personal manager — we did a radio promotion tour around England on the ‘ Andy Warhol ’ single — but I often had the feeling that they were things that were given to Angie to keep her out of David 's way , to occupy her so that he could sort himself out . |
| 22 | There were a few complaints about the rough was too rough and the coarse was too bad and whatnot , but I quite liked the fact that it was labelled because it meant that Rosemary could and could play the . |
| 23 | It said ‘ Junk Shop ’ outside but I hardly expected the sign to be this literal . |
| 24 | that Robert 's already gone over , but I actually got the impression that erm I that you did n't feel relaxed in what you were doing , you knew what you were talking about but erm you did n't feel relaxed and if I 'd 've been your customer then I , I certainly would n't have felt relaxed either and and that 's the impression that I got which was the completely opposite of Robert . |
| 25 | I 've been looking for you for years , but I only knew the name that she used to call you — Prince Charming . |
| 26 | Patrick married my father 's sister , Catherine Conboy , but I only discovered the relationship after they had both died . |
| 27 | Mr Diplexcito , who has fought for three years to get a suitable house for his family — he has been offered several by the district and regional authorities — said : ‘ My wife and daughters will be staying with relatives , but I only have the car as a roof over my head . |
| 28 | But I now felt the time was coming to move on to another department . |
| 29 | But I now relish the challenge of rebuilding the club . ’ |
| 30 | The character of Ace was the least likeable in the film , but I kinda enjoyed the challenge of that . |