Example sentences of "but [adv] [pron] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These rival proposals for reconciling the legal enforcement of contracts with a fidelity to liberal principles do not purport to derive a justification for enforcement from the value of individual autonomy , but rather they assert a justification which minimizes the conflict with individual autonomy . |
| 2 | Then it would be mixed with the hot water in a possing tub , which was made from wood in the early days , but eventually we acquired a zinc one . |
| 3 | But eventually there comes a time when you ca n't get any more stoned and still be happy . |
| 4 | But eventually he got a horse and cart , and he went into the fish trade . |
| 5 | Jobs were n't easy but eventually he fixed a slot as a night wire man at a Toronto press agency . |
| 6 | But presumably he had a place to go , and he would prefer to keep that problem to himself . |
| 7 | The costs seem to be controlled but suddenly there becomes a demand for more and more money . |
| 8 | For about ten minutes everything was quiet , but suddenly I heard a noise on my side of the moat . |
| 9 | But already they carry a price tag of up to a thousand pounds each . |
| 10 | Clearly it was I who should have spoken these words , but already I had a feeling that I knew what the brown paper and the ribbed cardboard concealed , and I was n't going to say a word until time or circumstance compelled me . |
| 11 | I do not however accept that in addition to the hours of care which she provides at home during the school holidays that there should also be an enabler for twenty hours per week as she suggests that would mean that the number of hours of care , and I appreciate of course , that there is some artificiality in dealing with this in pure terms of numbers of hours of care , but nevertheless it provides a sort of common denominator , which can give some indication , that would mean no less than ninety hours of boarding and care per week fifty during the week erm and twenty during the weekend and a further twenty for the enabler , I think that that er is too great and I make no allowance for an enabler at home . |
| 12 | But not everyone owns a radio telephone , or a way of contacting the shore . |
| 13 | They completed the epic length ‘ The Daleks ’ Master Plan' story as a joint endeavour early in 1966 , but thereafter they expressed a wish to branch outwards and explore new design horizons . |
| 14 | But hardly anybody had a car . |
| 15 | They looked at each other , but still none said a word . |
| 16 | Korg 's A4 is n't claiming to be the last word in processors , but still it offers a lot for the money . |
| 17 | I never met any students who could define what this slogan meant , but usually it brought a look of amusement to their faces . |
| 18 | Because it 's open seven days a week , the restaurant claims much of Sally 's time , but whenever she has a chance , she goes riding with her daughters , Jemma-Jane , now ten , and Abigail , 12 , around the leafy Cotswold lanes . |
| 19 | There is a lack of facilities , but nearly everyone has a car . |
| 20 | So we have two phenomena here , one of which is gating , the opening and closing in a simple on a simple er in simple response to a stimulus , but also we have a phenomenon of inactivation , in which the channel is left in a state where it 's unable to respond . |
| 21 | Some general legal rules do exist , but often they assume a set of medical realities long overtaken by events . |
| 22 | ‘ I tend to shower when I go to the gym , but often I have a bath in the evening with my son . |
| 23 | THESE days ‘ carol ’ means only the festive song heard at this time of year , but originally it denoted a dance . |
| 24 | But now they face a battle to save another from being stripped of trees for a paper and pulp mill . |
| 25 | But now its making a comeback . |
| 26 | Loved by Fenna and by Rachel it had never occurred to her to consider herself unlovable , but now she needed a counter-weight in the real world , and her mother would never be that for her . |
| 27 | I used to love the letters page but now it gets a bit bogged down in one debate — make it a bit longer and keep the ‘ one-off ’ letters/comments . |
| 28 | The little boy had been momentarily subdued in Vitor 's arms , but now he took a breath . |
| 29 | His pace did n't slacken , but now he had a reference point , he could see exactly how far needed to be covered and he felt hopeful . |
| 30 | Preston had been quite keen when he started the project but now he felt a bit shamefaced about it . |