Example sentences of "[noun] but [conj] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Joe saw an opportunity to get the couple to visit a branch to pick up a ‘ replacement ’ card but when they arrived the police moved in and detained them . |
| 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 | Daph had decided on cream for the walls of the bedroom but when we went to the paint store she discovered that the word cream covered a multitude of shades . |
| 4 | A new cooker or whatever can be a tremendous boon and investment but before you go out and spend money ask yourself questions about the way you live : is the pace hectic or leisurely ? how many and what sort of meals do you have to provide ? are you far from a good supermarket or freezer centre ? how much time do you have for shopping ? are you out at work all day ? do you grow your own vegetables ? how often do you entertain ? can you spend time on cooking and food preparation or is it always meals in a hurry ? |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | A further situation might arise , however , in which the defendant alleges belief in consent on the basis of the victim 's consent to penetration but where it did not occur to him that she might not understand the nature of the act , although the risk of this was quite obvious . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | He had gone to the airfield intending to buy a car but when he checked it out he discovered it was stolen . |
| 10 | Widnes held Cas and led 4-2 at half-time but once they had the wind at their backs in the second half , they began to dominate . |
| 11 | I would have to bite back my angry words — that better men than he had driven the jeep but that I knew he would share their fate . |
| 12 | HP figures Sun tried its damnedest to come up with a full-featured workstation under $5,000 but when it looked at the margins , dumbed down the box to create the Classic . |
| 13 | Not because she could n't lose weight but because she enjoyed coming along for a weekly work-out session and it helped to keep her weight in check . |
| 14 | 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 |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | I told them that there was no doubt in my mind but that I wanted to be a paratrooper . |
| 17 | I hope he 'll change his mind but if he does n't , I 'll play bass . |
| 18 | Our problem is not that we have the wrong answers to particular doubts but that we do not have the right attitude to doubt in general . |
| 19 | We argued that Western rulers had finally taken out against Saddam not because he was a monster but because he had broken loose and was no longer their monster . |
| 20 | Well I think that 's the intention but as you know it says M in there |
| 21 | Like the they 're names are Swedish sounding but if you put them together like an Asterix book they they sound like something else . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | I was going to garden for some active therapy but when I got there I thought better of it . |
| 25 | Good progress was made on the Saturday but when I looked at what still remained for Sunday , I thought we 'd do well to finish half the distance . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | They stand outside , fidgeting and fighting but once they get it they 're okay . |
| 28 | They stand outside , fidgeting and fighting but once they get it they 're okay . |
| 29 | If it picks an insider or a retiree , then we will all be back to writing the company 's obituary in three months ' time so it has to be an outsider , and one name canvassed that should be crossed off the list at once is that of ‘ Neutron ’ Jack Welch , boss of General Electric Co — not because he does n't have the capability but because he does not have a background in the computer industry . |
| 30 | He wrote not to tell her this nor to send her any kind of greeting but because he wanted her to do something for him . |