Example sentences of "but [pron] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The thin man complained and continued to argue but no-one took notice but Michael , who growled tersely at his cowardice . |
| 2 | But everyone took care of her , from the brassy madames to the scruffy young page-boys and the sinister young bartenders . |
| 3 | But everyone had soup , ’ he added defensively . |
| 4 | Walker 's ex-wife , Anna Somers Cocks , editor of the Art Newspaper , says : ‘ Oxford had its Brideshead element , of course , but everyone smoked dope . |
| 5 | But everyone has breakfast in bars . |
| 6 | But everyone needs support to deal with a highly demanding environment . |
| 7 | It looks best worn casual and scruffy , but everyone seems intent on continually dressing it up . |
| 8 | But I meant content rather than presentation . |
| 9 | Even those of us who are keen to return the residents to London can not turn the clock back to those days , but I recommend Tower House to someone who would like to see Malmesbury go more gently into the future . |
| 10 | Now I was talking to Dad I wanted to tell him about how Mum and I had found Granny and what wicked things Mum had done , but I knew Mum 's eyes were on me so I thought better of it . |
| 11 | But I hope Madame does n't expect me in a hat and gloves . ’ |
| 12 | Constance had barely heard of it but said , with much more confidence than she was feeling , ‘ No , but I hope Ludo will take me there soon . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't mind where I go , but I prefer opening , and the main thing is that you know where you are . ’ |
| 14 | The progressive Dreamers Delight touched off the useful Texan Tycoon in a fast time at Newbury two weeks ago and deserves the greatest respect , but I prefer SATIN LOVER . |
| 15 | I know my modus operandi does n't find favour with everybody at Mephistco , not to mention with the unmentionable and unemployable Anya , but I prefer collaboration to outright conquest . |
| 16 | Obvious cracks soared to the left and right , reminiscent of Fairhead in Antrim , but I craved subtlety after the brutal corner we 'd just climbed . |
| 17 | But I remember Kielder Valley before it was flooded , when it was but a gleam in the developer 's eye ; and I remember the futile protests and the sadness of the communities who lost their homes . |
| 18 | But I remember Puzznic very fondly as a game that I could actually get my head around ( it 's very flexible you know ) ; even a thicko like me can understand the concept of joining corresponding icons together . |
| 19 | But I saw judgement in your face , and it shattered me , precisely because I know I must seem to deserve the very worst that anyone could imagine . |
| 20 | Accordingly this is schedules on page forty three , they overlap in numbers for their schedules three and four , erm come out at er the first of schedule three , thirty five thousand , six hundred and eighty six pounds seventeen per annum times thirteen and seven thousand , two hundred and eighty pounds per annum times thirteen as I er hope is correct arithmetically , but I invite correction in due course , adding all the figures for future care together , one gets to a figure of six hundred and fifty two thousand pounds , two , sorry , sixty hundred and fifty two , two , one zero , from that an agreed sum of thirty nine thousand , six hundred and ninety one pounds for disability living allowance , Paul 's to be deducted leaving six hundred and twelve thousand , five hundred and nineteen pounds . |
| 21 | The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to say that the schemes have been highly successful , but I take issue with him on his assertion that the matter should be taken out of the hands of the district council and placed in the hands of the Scottish Office . |
| 22 | The Jubilee line extension will be a major new additional part of the infrastructure and will serve certain parts of south London , but I take note of my hon. Friend 's other comments . |
| 23 | ‘ But I 've money in the post office , ’ he said . |
| 24 | ‘ You 'll have to excuse me , Pa , ’ Patsy said rising , ‘ but I 've business to do . |
| 25 | The Design Controller does n't have a program written especially for changing the pattern but I 've spend some time wondering if any of the programs could be used for this purpose , even if they were n't originally intended to be ; however , I 've had no success . |
| 26 | You might ask yourselves why I bother writing this , but I get kind of worried when I hear such news . |
| 27 | I try doing it , but I get sort of tangled up . |
| 28 | No but I mean conversation , it 's conversation with my friends and conversation with my parents |
| 29 | And I mean it is your sort of second home , and the guys that you work with every every week , I mean sort of become , I mean it 's a bit of a cliche to say , but I mean part of a family that you living out there that you live with out there and it is a real I mean when you think of the number that was lost , I mean there were a lot of close friends involved in it . |
| 30 | But I mean stuff like memos small memos and things like that by the time I 've sat and written it out I could 've put it straight onto a word processor myself and got it typed . |