Example sentences of "[noun pl] but [subord] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A speculative look was in her tormentor 's eyes but before he could start working on her she was rescued . |
| 2 | The consumer will be informed to keep the product away from his eyes but if it does get in the eyes , to wash them out and seek medical advice . |
| 3 | In San Salvador , the Committee headquarters is a table under the shelter of three mango trees in the garden of the Archbishopric- Their files are kept in the garden shed where the CDHES has its offices but when it rains , there is no alternative but to close up shop . |
| 4 | Most of these possibilities exclude animals but where they do not ( we might , for example , feel it appropriate to praise the sheepdog by saying that it has earned the right to a good meal ) the attribution is clearly analogical since it is based upon such a slim comparison with human capacity . |
| 5 | Er so we are all very keen to see this get these extra fire fighters but as he has n't identified the source for which they could pay more , this believes that fifty thousand pounds which slices , there is a good way of doing it and suggest that that 's the way we should do it . |
| 6 | Well as long as you do n't mind the high mileage cars but if they 've been going up and down the motorway all the time |
| 7 | At the time the offer had thrilled her , not because of the pearls but because it had indicated she would be in his life in the future . |
| 8 | Stephen opened his mouth to express his thanks but before he could get a word out , Jonadab spoke again . |
| 9 | Recourse is already had to white papers and official reports not because they determine the meaning of the statutory words but because they assist the court to make its own determination . |
| 10 | Now the advice a few years er be from the s solicitor was not in quite the the th precisely these words but if somebody was leaving , I mean if the wife was leaving the husband , the instructions were basically Love , get your furniture out , hide it somewhere , and argue about who owns what afterwards . |
| 11 | But I thought good structure control overall , painted pictures well erm and I think perhaps just probe a bit more just a little bit stronger than you are at painting pictures but as you see a picture paints a thousand words . |
| 12 | Although she felt a little guilty about letting him do it Sally found she quite liked the feel of his fingers stroking her flesh and teasing her nipples but when he tried to put his hand up her skirt beneath her scratchy petticoats she tried to stop him . |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't say they are there for months but when they ca n't find a friend or relative to put them up they have to resort to anywhere to keep out of the wind and rain . |
| 14 | Alright for six months but when it , it gets starting to think oh my God ! |
| 15 | This will probably enrage a number of female readers but since her elevation to the Cabinet after the April General Election , Virginia has seemed a new woman . |
| 16 | you can over do it with the carrots but if you 're a carrot man you might wan na sprinkle some extras on |
| 17 | For example , we would often go on expeditions to Hay-on-Wye looking for French , nineteenth-century pattern books but if you found any yourself you could not possibly claim originality . |
| 18 | ‘ The debate is no longer whether the Technical and Vocational Education Initiative will spread to all schools but when it will . ’ |
| 19 | In other cases involving schools but where there was no report of any request by the judge , coverage split fairly evenly between occasions when the school was named and those where it was not . |
| 20 | The questions involved did not relate to the guilt or innocence of the defendants but whether they had been wrongfully deprived of material which should have been available to them in preparing for the trial and for use at the trial if relevant . |
| 21 | Mr Jones said : ‘ He did make reference to the letter in the speech that he made and he did make positive noises but whether they will translate into positive actions we 'll have to wait and see . ’ |
| 22 | Because now after one hundred metres you 've got two posts after two hundred metres you 've got three posts , after three hundred metres you got four posts , after four hundred metres you 've got five posts but after you 've five hundred metres you 've only got five posts cos that one doubles up . |
| 23 | Generally speaking it is best to avoid complex behaviours with small children and parents but if they are unavoidable ensure that the parents know to break them down into small bits . |
| 24 | Yeah but do n't you think he he he finds , I mean if alright y y you 're not ex always exactly like your parents but if you 've bro , if he 's brought up , his mother 's lazy |
| 25 | The bodice hung in folds but when she pulled the belt good and tight it did n't look so bad . |
| 26 | Anyway a plant , we think , for bigger gardens but if you can get away with growing it in a small space where cutting it back by all means do because it is quite a pretty thing . |
| 27 | She had graduated from dancing to small parts at the Winter Gardens but because there was difficulty in getting money out of certain managements in Berlin , she was now a non-dancing Captain . |
| 28 | CHARITIES are losing money not so much because of the practice of suggesting the amount of donations but because they impose such high postal charges on the goods they offer . |
| 29 | This situation is , of course , only one of an infinite number of models but while it is clearly impossible to generalize about the impact of party politics , any attempt to understand local public administration without reference to the party-political dimension is doomed to failure . |
| 30 | He said : ‘ They were shooting in all directions but as I drove towards them on my tractor they started to run . |