Example sentences of "[noun pl] but [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Obviously there has to be guidelines but we find cycling very compatible with quiet enjoyment of the forest . |
| 2 | I could n't believe my ears but she repeated it : I realized I had not properly understood my own needs . |
| 3 | She could not communicate with their static sky-fires but she watched/felt/learned of the realities of Spiderglass on the Earth of a century before , back when industry meant manufacture or service and did n't encompass its environments or political power . |
| 4 | ‘ It might not be popular with the fans but we 've got to do that to keep our noses in front . |
| 5 | Da Silva said he had tried to reason with the fans but they had drawn guns . |
| 6 | They used to be Bangor fans but I think I have won them over to Glentoran . ’ |
| 7 | Matisse and all the others saw the twentieth century with their eyes but they saw the reality of the nineteenth century , Picasso was the only one in painting who saw the twentieth century with his eyes and saw its reality and consequently his struggle was terrifying , terrifying for himself and for the others , because he had nothing to help him , the past did not help him , nor the present , he had to do it all alone and , in spite of much strength he is often very weak , he consoled himself and allowed himself to be seduced by other things which led him more or less astray . |
| 8 | She opened her eyes but he kept his arm tightly round her , his lips pressed on hers , so she could not move . |
| 9 | He had seen her fall with his own eyes but he doubted any other witness would have disagreed with the description . |
| 10 | Tears again filled Joan 's eyes but she brushed them away . |
| 11 | For a moment , Donna felt tears welling up in her eyes but she fought back the pain , forced the thoughts away . |
| 12 | For a moment he refused to meet her eyes but she said his name . |
| 13 | He tipped up her chin so she had to look him in the eyes but she pulled her face away . |
| 14 | These and other questions emerged from a classical ethology primarily concerned with the evolution , motivation , and function of social signals but which began to focus on ecology as the adaptiveness of social structure to habitat gradually became apparent ( see Crook 1970b ; Crook and Goss-Custard 1972 ) . |
| 15 | By the end of the eighteenth century ready-made coffins were being supplied lined by the manufacturers but one had to purchase shrouds and winding-sheets separately . |
| 16 | of Friday and we looked at the individual steps but we know , everybody says yes we ask the business , we came across and to put Gareth , can you take it through and explain what it is , and explain each stage so let's hear from Gareth then . |
| 17 | She took a couple of tentative steps but he reached out and swiftly held her by the shoulders . |
| 18 | The Japanese authorities have an interest in playing down the importance of earthquakes but I do n't . |
| 19 | There are various ways of improving the lot of hens but we do need to ask the hens themselves rather than make up their minds for them . |
| 20 | Even though I have reached my monthly target I still receive no bonuses but you tell me I am on target for the large bonus in April . |
| 21 | Member countries retain their respective currencies but there exists a parallel currency which circulates side by side with the national currencies . |
| 22 | The nuts were always available for the little animals but we watched intently as the farmer poured the milk into the buckets and the calves started to drink . |
| 23 | The Book of Remembering was for remembering the animals but they had been dead for twenty thousand years . |
| 24 | I have no time for people who lose their temper with animals but something snapped in my mind then . |
| 25 | ‘ Yes , I like animals but I do n't like being told what to think before I 've had a chance to make up my own mind ! ’ |
| 26 | Now people will listen to you and they 'll have had , had their own personal goals but they feel not worthy of expressing it anyway because they think , well I 've had this idea , I 'm probably up the creek , and they never say anything . |
| 27 | Ince , like Palmer , ca n't finish and will never score goals but he does n't need to with Paul Gascoigne and David Platt , Alan Shearer and Ian Wright … so different to Old Trafford where there is terrible pressure on everyone , anyone , to get a goal . |
| 28 | ‘ If I kept scoring at my present rate I would end up with 40 goals but you know you 're going to have a lean spell at some time . |
| 29 | We were leaking goals but I 've plugged the gaps and with McMenemy 's help , got a vote of confidence from chairman Keith Fisher . |
| 30 | He scored some wonderful goals but I wonder how much was due to the number of chances created . |