Example sentences of "but [pron] [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But nothing eased the pain . |
| 2 | Oh , it brings plenty of its own unique disappointment and despair , but nothing to solve the dilemma of today . |
| 3 | Nearly 30 millimetres of rain was recorded.Flood warnings had been issued … but no-one expected the river to rise so quickly … surging 10 feet above normal levels . |
| 4 | Everyone knows the war has to end before Azerbaijan achieves genuine prosperity , but no-one supports a compromise which would involve the slightest concession to Armenia . |
| 5 | Oh , there are plenty of people who want to eat , but no-one has the money to pay . |
| 6 | But everyone enjoyed the opportunity to relax , socialise and soak up the sun . |
| 7 | I 'm rather dreading that , but everyone has the problem some time , do n't they ? ’ |
| 8 | But I learnt a lot on that job . |
| 9 | Sadly , Kossof is n't there but I knew every guitarist in the world would enjoy playing All Right Now . ’ |
| 10 | But I knew the tune before its television debut , having learnt it from William C. Honeyman 's Strathspey , Reel and Hornpipe Tutor . |
| 11 | But I knew the answer . |
| 12 | But I knew the answer to that . |
| 13 | But I knew the score before I moved to Ayresome Park last summer . ’ |
| 14 | But I knew the score before I moved to Ayresome Park last summer . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Yes , I am now a German citizen but I remain a Russian , all ups and downs . |
| 16 | But I use a lot meself . |
| 17 | But I use a paint scraper . |
| 18 | The intertidal zone is sometimes referred to as the littoral zone , but I use the term eulittoral . |
| 19 | I am grateful to them , but I hope the subject can now be dropped . |
| 20 | it sounds like a Trivial Pursuits question , but I hope the analogy ends there ! |
| 21 | It is all good vote-winning stuff , but I hope the electorate will not be fooled by it ’ |
| 22 | The phrase ‘ the holism of the mental ’ is used in a number of ways ; but I hope the reader now understands what I intend by it . |
| 23 | The plane 's registration number was so faded as to be illegible , but I recognised the machine anyway . |
| 24 | ‘ I came back for pre-season perfectly all right and fit , but I twisted the ankle in the first minute of our first workout game against Brentford at the training ground . |
| 25 | He said : ‘ I knew my club would hit the rock but I popped the ball up to 20ft and two-putted . |
| 26 | ‘ Yes , I drive all right but I prefer a motor bicycle . |
| 27 | Now I 'm not I like I like the thought of but I prefer the thought of in work and how people can work together using this type of thing and think about it in the context of work rather than in the context that it talks about erm and it 'll be interesting to talk to you tomorrow so if to see what you think have the think about the things we 've talked about . |
| 28 | But I prefer the stage really . |
| 29 | ‘ Oh , my ma and pa said exactly the same things to me when I was a kid , but I took no notice of it . ’ |
| 30 | There were lots of other people in there , but I took no notice of them . |