Example sentences of "but [pron] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | But I learnt a lot on that job . |
| 3 | ‘ Yes , I am now a German citizen but I remain a Russian , all ups and downs . |
| 4 | But I use a lot meself . |
| 5 | But I use a paint scraper . |
| 6 | ‘ Yes , I drive all right but I prefer a motor bicycle . |
| 7 | ‘ Now I work mainly in America , ’ says the cube-shaped superstar , ‘ but I bring a lot of money into the UK . |
| 8 | ‘ Now I work mainly in America , ’ says the cube-shaped superstar , ‘ but I bring a lot of money into the UK . |
| 9 | The run used to be three miles but I added a quarter mile spur in order to use the time to best advantage . |
| 10 | Sarah Burge was a Barnardo child , who was photographed in eighteen eighty three — in fact we 've just passed the centenary , I realize , of this occasion — at eight years old , and I 've seen the photograph and it was , of course , used for fund raising purposes , but I wrote a poem to this obviously long dead girl . |
| 11 | ‘ It was before I came here , but I heard a bit from Bee Moore … |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm not as bitter as I was , but I heard a lot of evidence about these war crimes and it really shook me as a young lad . |
| 13 | CALL ME old , call me antiquated , but I remember a time when The Railway Children were , if not quite press darlings , then at least going on the occasional date with the media . |
| 14 | ‘ No , but I saw a sketch of her . ’ |
| 15 | But I saw a doctor there , a Doctor , |
| 16 | Nothing could be heard above the noise of the engine , but I saw a lark spring skywards out of the heather , and another , a few minutes later , sink to its rest . |
| 17 | ‘ Of course , but I delegate a lot now . ’ |
| 18 | Our children , 9 , and , 10 , are still asleep , but I take a cup to my wife before leaving home in time to arrive at the Grain Terminal before 7.00 am . |
| 19 | I walk out to the bus , I get on the bus at the end of Care Street , I walk right along Care Street , right up Dawsons Street , brisk walk and then I 'm walking around the garage , I do n't do that much walking now , the bloody car , but I take a walk at lunchtime and I walk down to the bar , walking , if you walk , that would be total couple of miles a day |
| 20 | Oh blimey , the Euphoria one was the only one which grabbed me on the day , but I 've a lot of attachment to The Orb … |
| 21 | I 've been very lucky , I 'm not being charitable , but I 've a lot of luck . |
| 22 | Yes , take her — I 'll check with Hawick 's office that it 's all right if you come mob-handed , but I 've a feeling in my water about this one . |
| 23 | ‘ She 'll be safe enough , but I 've a feeling it will be a long job to get her back on an even keel . |
| 24 | ‘ More or less , but I 've a feeling Nevil was holding the car door at the time . ’ |
| 25 | Hopefully Rocky will be playing but I 've a feeling it will be Hodge . |
| 26 | I 'd rather get Leeds tickets for it of course , but I 've a mate over from Norn Irn for a few days ( ex Larne and Crusaders player ) and he 's not a LUFC member . |
| 27 | No but I get a message , will you tell my brother , no do n't tell my brother , they said , she said to one of the nurses and they said , your brother ? |
| 28 | I know he talks to you about what goes on in this office , but I get a feedback about you . ’ |
| 29 | , but I mean a downstairs one would n't be quite so bad |
| 30 | But I mean a mother that could n't sleep all night , and get up the next day , having to cope with the family , erm you know , thing things like that , they 're very difficult . |