Example sentences of "but [conj] [pron] [vb past] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A spokesman for the club said yesterday that the players realised the serious nature of their action , but that they wanted their fate in their own hands . |
| 2 | He said that social security benefits , which are tied to movements in the Retail Price Index , would reflect the change , but that he recognised its particular impact on people with low incomes and therefore Peter Lilley would take it into account when benefits were uprated next year . |
| 3 | By this I do not mean that he did no experiments , but that he explained his results by hypothesizing the existence of entities for which he had no direct evidence . |
| 4 | But although she opened her mouth to make it quite clear to her infuriating parent that she was not , never would be , and never wanted to even think about being in love with Luke Hunter , somehow the words would n't come . |
| 5 | One of the officials with whom I had dealings was John Hampden , who years later was to become a colleague ; but although he did his best to be co-operative , it was the men who held the purse-strings that counted , and , going between the MOI and Faber 's , I could not extract from officialdom any commitment and Eliot naturally needed certain specific undertakings regarding finance before Faber 's could think of commissioning a book , which also needed the Ministry 's imprimatur . |
| 6 | In 1941 he stood as an independent candidate in four by-elections ; but although he retained his deposit on each occasion , there was to be no political comeback for this highly cantankerous patriot . |
| 7 | But if they changed their portfolio balance , they would have lost out on this upturn , ’ said . |
| 8 | You could be James Bond , he thought , but if something had your number on it … |
| 9 | I did n't approve of what he was doing , but if I refused his money I would be more and more visible , so I took it , and when he had gone off in relief back towards the dining car I gave it to the barman . |
| 10 | The windows were obscured by curtains , but if I strained my eyes I thought I could make out the shadow of a figure standing behind them , never moving . |
| 11 | But if she restrained her imagination and waited until he showed his hand , surely the misunderstanding could be cleared up and they could part as friends ? she thought forlornly . |
| 12 | Weakly she willed him not to , but if he sensed her resistance he ignored it , his mouth tantalising her with its warm desirability . |
| 13 | But if he rubbed his eyes that late afternoon it was more from surprise than from exhaustion . |
| 14 | But if he knew his Commander as well as he thought he did , there would be little chance of that . |
| 15 | But if you saw their scorching live performance of Leave Them All Behind on Top of the Pops a few weeks ago then there was little else here to be surprised at . |
| 16 | But if you had your name and year at the top you could actually put a simple statement along the bottom because you 'll only be issuing it for year nine |
| 17 | One of them might dare to do something but if you used your head — you learn in time — you 'd be all right . |
| 18 | Er but if you did your work they were very fair , probably ten minutes before time they would say er Righto , you can go now . |
| 19 | Edward , elder son of the late king , was the rightful sovereign , they told themselves , but until he attained his majority , Richard of Gloucester , his uncle , was exercising his proper authority in keeping his nephews in a place of safety . |
| 20 | But unless we improved our competitiveness our balance of payments position would become disastrous . |
| 21 | But they ( the French ) did not beat us physically but because we lost our cool … and there were worse problems , especially the lack of a leader . |
| 22 | Anna Martin showed that some working class women also distrusted state intervention , not on principle , as was the case with middle class feminists , but because they feared its effects on their husbands ' incentives to work and on their own pivotal position in the family . |
| 23 | Visits by RCM workers were liable to be resented by foster parents — not necessarily because they had anything to hide , but because they felt their housekeeping and parental capabilities were being questioned . |
| 24 | This experience , Mr. Johnson said , was ‘ wonderful — not only because he communicated with me , but because he kept his promise . ’ |
| 25 | It appears that he published Mary Leapor not only because he thought she would be a commercial success , but because he admired her work . |
| 26 | Many of us had our suspicions , but because he covered his tracks so well no one has ever been able to prove anything . |
| 27 | He promised the Turks assistance not because he wished to establish a protectorate over them , but because he wanted their regime to survive and Britain had been unable to assist them . |
| 28 | If you had n't your uniform on , you could play it , but because you had your uniform on |
| 29 | But while I waved my tiny sword in the air , the King and his lords laughed loudly . |
| 30 | She wore nothing beneath other than cami-knickers , but before they followed her dress he nuzzled her graceful neck , and stroked her striking red hair . |