Example sentences of "but [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But dey are coping |
| 2 | You turned it on but nothing is happening — blank screen , no whirring noise , no beeps , no flashing lights . |
| 3 | ‘ Oh dear , oh dear ’ , said the lady , ‘ Nothing , but nothing , is ever what it seems . ’ |
| 4 | Whitaker ( 1979 : 229 ) records how these ‘ college men ’ are described sardonically at police station level , as ‘ plastic men — who know all about how to hold a knife and fork , but nothing about how to catch villains ’ . |
| 5 | Initially , the infant perceives and the infant acts , but nothing suggests that the infant understands the relation between these perceptions and these actions . |
| 6 | It was a stupid idea but nothing she said seemed to make any difference . |
| 7 | In 1984 , when the InterCity Charter Unit was first set up , it had at its disposal some twenty sets of Mk 1 stock — principally second-class tourist open vehicles — but nothing which could credibly be described as suitable for the VIP trains it was seeking to introduce . |
| 8 | We were all keen walkers , and enjoyed the challenge of remote places , but nothing in Britain could have prepared us for this close encounter of the furry kind . |
| 9 | The first draft has ‘ he thought to himself ’ but nothing about the sister . |
| 10 | But nothing further . |
| 11 | But nothing , and certainly not articulating his words ‘ cheerfully and artlessly ’ , can muffle Tikhon 's diagnosis which is that Stavrogin suffers from ‘ indifference ’ . |
| 12 | but nothing appears much less likely |
| 13 | Bobby Robson was there to assess World Cup candidates , but nothing positive emerged from 90 minutes of scuffling that made one almost yearn for the more measured boredom of Rangers ' European Cup exit in Munich three days earlier . |
| 14 | ‘ There are tons of leaflets for offenders , but nothing for the witness or the ordinary member of the public , ’ says Ms Reeves . |
| 15 | We know of innumerable kinds of things that could not possibly be the answer to our question ; we know , then , what God is not , but nothing at all of what God is . |
| 16 | Of course there have been discussions between the Trust and civil servants but nothing has gone to PESC ( the expenditure talks ) . ’ |
| 17 | But nothing was hitherto known of their work . |
| 18 | But nothing terribly adverse is expected to occur , mainly because of the legislative stewardship of Rep . |
| 19 | They look at a map , draw a line and produce leaflets but nothing is done on the ground to withstand the pressure of hundreds of people following the route . |
| 20 | But nothing much came of it . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | It is a system insidious but extremely powerful , where pupils may end up learning quite a lot about the way of life in ancient Rome and Greece but nothing about the way of life of their fellow pupils who are black . |
| 23 | Suddenly I start puking into the road , but nothing comes up except this slimy stuff . |
| 24 | for most of his life he has been stuck with a reputation for finding the Goons funny , but nothing since that era . |
| 25 | But nothing presented itself . |
| 26 | Something must be done , but nothing could be done , seems a fair summary of the commission 's conclusion . |
| 27 | I knew that telling them would be hard but nothing prepared me for their anger and grief during our final month together . |
| 28 | According to the unions , however , it contains a few minor strings , but nothing like the substantial changes in working practices being asked for nationally by the employers . |
| 29 | But nothing matched it precisely . |
| 30 | I did , but nothing happened . |