Example sentences of "but [pron] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah a big like that but nothing just have a plain one , and two little kids . |
| 2 | The paint surface grew a little cracked and mouldy , but nothing else seemed to be happening . |
| 3 | Their lascannon ball turrets swivelled alertly but nothing else seemed to be in the vicinity . |
| 4 | Hurt it might , but nothing else happened . |
| 5 | The Golden Lion is said to have had a gallery but nothing now remains , though it has been referred to by word of mouth over many years . |
| 6 | He watched the door for a bit , but nothing more happened . |
| 7 | I sat up for the next few nights , my head poking out of the back skylight of the loft , my ears straining for the tinkle of glass breaking or muffled curses , or the more usual signal of the birds being disturbed and taking flight , but nothing more happened . |
| 8 | There was talk of Minton in addition illustrating a book for Elek on South London but nothing ever came of this . |
| 9 | We made lots of plans , but nothing ever came of them . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ But nothing ever proved ? ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ But nothing ever happened , ’ said Stevie . |
| 14 | Day after day Charles sat waiting for something to happen , but nothing ever did . |
| 15 | But nothing really happened . |
| 16 | Judge Hart said Munn confessed all when interviewed by police but no-one else had been charged with the robbery . |
| 17 | To me , well , John Entwistle 's great but no-one else has provided such fluid , simple counter-melodies … ’ |
| 18 | But no-one yet knows why this is happening . |
| 19 | Actinic Degradation This is the breakdown of ( mostly synthetic ) flysheets through prolonged exposure to the sun , but no-one really knows why it affects some tents and not others of the same make and model . |
| 20 | True , you can offer advice when it 's asked for but no-one really wants advice — particularly if it 's 20 years out-of-date . |
| 21 | It was a game in the bower , for the cup would be returned empty after a while , but no-one ever saw where the milk went . |
| 22 | Buddie had been very angry , but everyone else had laughed at Frankie and called him a snivelling cissy . |
| 23 | The band was tight , but everyone else had seemed to be making it up as they went along . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Ellen was still awake , talking in the stateroom with Rickie , but everyone else seemed asleep . |
| 26 | He writes that people ‘ choose ’ yakhtaru ) members of committees ( see chapter I , ‘ Popular congresses and people 's committees ’ ) ; but everyone else called these choosings ‘ elections ’ ( intikhab ) : older people had experience , younger ones the tradition of elections under the monarchy ; and they assimilated these procedures . |
| 27 | Piggy felt that everybody else had held onto their civilised upbringing like himself and he was always very surprised when nobody tried to steal the conch , right to speak , from him , but everyone else knew that democracy and civilisation on the island had ended , and the conch had lost all of its power and worth . |
| 28 | ‘ No , but everyone else does . ’ |
| 29 | Unfortunately , his teammates did not provide much support ; Tavaré managed an incredibly laborious 42 but everyone else failed . |
| 30 | It is so simple that anyone can do it , but everyone else has missed the key . |