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Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	I did n't want to at all , but nothing would make her change her mind .
2	She knew she was clutching at straws but nothing would get her up the West End .
3	He 'd got thinner and the blue eyes were getting watery , but nothing would persuade him to rest .
4	Barbara knows all this , but nothing will deter her from blaming Ben for everything she does not like . ’
5	People try to beat that misery with barbiturates , but nothing can cure it because you 've taken away from yourself all chance of feeling pleasure .
6	After Titania 's quatrains — the most artificial verse-form in drama , presupposing as it does that the speaker has four lines already prepared , with rhymes , confident of not being interrupted — Bottom 's prose truly belongs to the world of unromantic everyday appetites : Bottom may have been ‘ translated ’ in shape , but nothing can elevate him to verse and romance — apart , ironically enough , from his role as Pyramus , out of whose Pistol-like doggerel he is ever ready to step in order to explain the play : ‘ She is to enter now , and I am to spy her through the wall .
7	But nothing could stop her from breathlessly anticipating the next light , accidental caress .
8	But nothing could stop him now .
9	‘ I know you were promised to Craig , but no-one would blame you for trying to forget him . ’
10	No doubt she had her own share of secrets , but no-one would suspect her .
11	It is rumoured to contain many answers but no-one can open it . ’
12	‘ I do n't think we should win but everyone would think we were nicer people . ’
13	No I know but everyone would think she was called Samantha and she 'd be pissed off for the rest of her life .
14	It 's not as good as we can do in England , but it 's the Inspiral attitude : we wo n't make any profit because we 're bringing a boatload of gear over , but everyone will remember it . ’
15	Tall claustrophobics wo n't like the hotel 's narrow passageways , uneven floors , low ceilings and even lower beams , but everyone should love them .
16	‘ But I dare say we could get around that .
17	Her gaze distant , as though she was looking back into the past , she continued , ‘ It would n't have been easy , staying here , but I dare say we would have managed .
18	But I dare say you like apples .
19	But I dare say you wo n't believe that .
20	" But I dare say he 's impatient , " thought Hazel , " or he may have come off worst in some scuffle over a doe and taken it hard .
21	I 'll not need anyone till about lunch-time so you have your sleep in , but I may ring you up after that .
22	But I ought to report him !
23	But I would do it rather than
24	‘ But I would prefer them to stay on land .
25	Now so what you 're going to do you work together but I would prefer you in twos and threes I think third person 's redundant .
26	you know , and so I avoided her , but I would tell her , but if I saw her I would say Jenny I must admit I did see you going in The General but I did n't come out because I was so upset , but I , I wonder what she 's doing , cos she , I heard she 's got her own business , but I ca n't see that .
27	Some might accuse it of looking like a wedding cake , but I would suggest it has just the right amount of decoration .
28	It 's bound to improve the quantity but I would suggest it will also improve , improve quality and care that we 're providing .
29	I am not entirely out of sympathy with what the right hon. Gentleman is saying on this , but I would remind him that we have seen disturbances recently at the prison at Full Sutton , near York , which is not even full ; there are still empty cells .
30	Sadly I think that our time has run out for this particular session , but I would remind you that the seminars this afternoon , erm , are , offer other opportunities to explore both some of the issues that have been raised er , through your questions now , and also others that you may wish to raise , er , with the members of staff , the leaders of the groups .