Example sentences of "but [verb] [indef pn] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jones was in his room in the Cabinet Offices , carrying on the routine business of a Labour Government , of which paradoxically he was throughout his life a consistent voting supporter , but enjoying none of the intimacy with MacDonald which he had achieved with each of the three preceding Prime Ministers . |
| 2 | Aline had sat throughout this colloquy listening attentively to every word , but contributing none of her own . |
| 3 | Occasionally we would be treated to performances by visiting groups who had actually broadcast on the wireless , such as the Bainbridge Brothers , Lance and Jack , and the Swaledale Singers , who sang a varied programme of real life and beauty but created something of a problem with their final number . |
| 4 | They had a look in the river and on the banks but found nothing of course . |
| 5 | Sue normally drives an estate car but found plenty of room in the Volvo 460 — just as well with all three children home for half-term . |
| 6 | Maclagan — jogged silently down the lock 's east wall but found none of the expected demolitions at its gates . |
| 7 | So many mixed feelings of guilt and anxiety , love and hate can blur the issue that it may be important to adopt the suggestion of one therapist and discuss all the issues with a wise counsellor , perhaps a minister or some other friend of the family , who knows most of the people concerned but has none of the strong emotional involvement of a family member . |
| 8 | Russell is a young kid , but has lots of ability . |
| 9 | Beyond it , the west wall opened on to a wide balcony shaded by deep eaves supported on slender lotus-columns , which gave a view down across the city to the broad grey sweep of the river , sluggish and low at this time of year , but sacrificing none of its dignity . |
| 10 | ‘ Forgive me , Lady Theodosia , but I could not help but overhear something of what has transpired in this room . ’ |
| 11 | In the end an expensive system is installed not to fulfil the task but to do lots of other fascinating things that do not need doing . |
| 12 | She has grown into an elegant and gracious woman , but lost none of the spark that made her such an endearing young bride . |
| 13 | ‘ But suppose none of us matches ? ’ |
| 14 | But having lots of brothers and sisters can have its benefits . |
| 15 | I was allowed no anaesthetic because I was so drunk , but felt nothing of the emergency dental surgery or stitches . |
| 16 | What did she know of this man who was now her husband , and what was to become of them , two strangers who had begun to be familiar with each other 's bodies but knew nothing of the thoughts and emotions that lay within . |
| 17 | Gandalf remarks at the same time that he sent Gwaihir the eagle to watch the River ; presumably he was the eagle Aragorn saw , but thought nothing of , as he stared out from Amon Hen on the first page of The Two Towers . |
| 18 | ‘ People barely had enough food to live on , but thought nothing of bringing him into their homes and feeding him and giving him somewhere to sleep . |
| 19 | They will wince at the idea of paying for their children 's school books or having their gallstones removed , but think nothing of spending half a year 's income on a car . |
| 20 | Go easy on fatty foods and avoid adding extra sugar but include plenty of fruit , vegetables and cereal foods in your diet . |
| 21 | Go easy on fatty foods and avoid adding extra sugar but include plenty of fruit , vegetables and cereal foods in your diet . |
| 22 | For those who can not afford this sort of treatment , but have plenty of time to spare , co-counselling may represent a viable alternative . |
| 23 | Using daughter boards , he said , protected customer investments in the box and power supplies : it means that DEC has to redesign the ASICs on the motherboard , but leaves plenty of room for additional cache on the back side of the board . |
| 24 | Radcliffe 's description of the period 1788 – 1803 for Lancashire cotton weavers mingles experience and myth but conveys something of the style of the good times : " Their dwellings and small gardens clean and neat — all the family well clad — the men each with a watch in his pocket , and the women dressed to their own fancy — the church crowded to excess every Sunday — every house well furnished . " |