Example sentences of "but [pron] [adv] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The paint surface grew a little cracked and mouldy , but nothing else seemed to be happening . |
| 2 | Their lascannon ball turrets swivelled alertly but nothing else seemed to be in the vicinity . |
| 3 | There was talk of Minton in addition illustrating a book for Elek on South London but nothing ever came of this . |
| 4 | We made lots of plans , but nothing ever came of them . |
| 5 | Shortly after this Marty Stone , our second engineer , and I re-enacted the whole thing for the benefit of two Daily Mirror journalists who were supposed to be writing an article about the work of the Cutter Service , but nothing ever came of this . |
| 6 | Robin and Jenny were the ones who had adventures , fell walking or sailing on the lake , always coming home with hair-raising stories ; but nothing ever happened to Ruth . |
| 7 | John , with his weight , could get up momentum ( and courage ) enough to go hurtling and somersaulting off the end ; but everyone else came to a halt before the end , despite desperate jerks , which added no more than inches to the length of their slide . |
| 8 | They drive me to distraction : at first I refuse to fight back , on the grounds that life is sacred and it is not their fault that they are mosquitos , but I eventually join in the swatting that punctuates the quiet every so often . |
| 9 | For a little while I was afraid I was going to land in the middle of a town , but I mercifully drifted to the edge of this . |
| 10 | He expected me to ask questions but I carefully refrained from showing interest . |
| 11 | But I also began by raising the question of Milton 's sense of dedication because I want to talk a little bit about the egoism of creation . |
| 12 | But I also have in mind the massive destruction of delicate , irreplaceable ecosystems ( the rain forests of the world are the most obvious example ) , the massive pollution of the waters of the earth , the massive loss of top soil , the massive contribution to the greenhouse effect , and — lest we forget — the massive assault on human health that can be attributed directly and indirectly to the massive production and consumption of so-called ‘ food ’ animals that characterise our times . |
| 13 | But I also agree with Randy here , and with Fred and Hal , that I 'm not so sure about the UK side of the plan . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I might be a Christian , guv' , but I also believe in ghosts . ’ |
| 15 | I care for Emma more than I can say , but I also care for you and I 'm really sorry if you were hurt . |
| 16 | I care for Emma more than I can say but I also care for you and I 'm really sorry if you were hurt . |
| 17 | He made as if to say something , but I just beamed at him and he had to let it go . |
| 18 | Well I can have one every sort of , but I just get into the bath just after the water is slipping out . |
| 19 | Well in our district , why I suppose other folk had different ways but I just speak about our lot , aha . |
| 20 | When the man came from I would n't know , but I just felt as a op coopted parish councillor that I should make my voice heard on behalf of all the people that complain to me . |
| 21 | But she was saying this that and the other but I just felt like saying oh , listen I know more than you anyway ! |
| 22 | But I just say to my honourable friend I do n't think er compulsion er is the route with that we should follow . |
| 23 | And she called me later , and said , ‘ Excuse me , but I just talked to Fred and I told him the story , and he 's invited you to tea tomorrow at his house . ’ |
| 24 | Well , having had to avail ourselves of the help of the officer who got rid of our gigantic wasp nest , I should like to say what a superb job they do , but I just wondered in view of the tremendous number , whether there is some kind of way of preventions . |
| 25 | But I just arrive in La Paz and I think , whew , here I am . ’ |
| 26 | I did those , I did those , but I just want to oh , yes sir . |
| 27 | But in latter days they came with a tank and they put it out and put it in a trailer you see but I just worked with bags when it was the first of it . |
| 28 | near , well not quite seven so I mean I do n't have to do a lot but I just liked to er take my time and you know |
| 29 | Outside there were several neighbours obviously listening to what was going on in our house , but I just pushed through them . |
| 30 | Actually , I 'd been waiting for somebody else but I just happened to be on hand and I could n't just stand there and watch her struggle with all those boxes , suitcases , typewriters , bicycles , stereo systems and so on . |