Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb past] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Various schemes had been tried on Easter Monday to raise money — chrysanthemum shows and egg and spoon races included — but nothing had really developed . |
| 2 | Norman said : ‘ I could hear everyone and every so often I would try to speak out of force of habit , but nothing came out . ’ |
| 3 | For a moment he thought that Terry was going to say something important , because his mouth started to form a word , but nothing came out . |
| 4 | But nothing went right for Leeds as they pounded down on Liverpool 's goal . |
| 5 | The Luton goal was hit by a landslide of shots … crosses and headers but nothing went in … |
| 6 | ‘ I saw a couple of specialists but nothing showed up . |
| 7 | They waited but nothing happened so they made a fuss . |
| 8 | When , in 1989 , we started to explore the involvement of this mechanism in passive avoidance learning , there had already been a lot of speculation in the molecular neurobiology literature about whether it would be possible to show that c-fos and c-jun were specifically activated during memory formation ; but no-one had yet done the key , unequivocal experiment . |
| 9 | The money would pay for everything anybody needed , but no-one had more than five or ten dollars in their pockets . |
| 10 | Various people came after Kathleen , but no-one came anywhere near taking her place for either of us . |
| 11 | But no-one knew where he was . |
| 12 | She said : ‘ I went round to her house a couple of days later to see her but no-one knew where she was . |
| 13 | But no-one complained about yesterday 's figures , which sent the shares soaring 25p to 334p in a plunging stockmarket . |
| 14 | At the wedding , everyone but everyone came up to me to say , ‘ It wo n't be long before it 's your turn too , ’ or something similar , and each time somebody said it , I grew increasingly resentful . |
| 15 | James has always recalled this as a happy period in his racing career : F3 was friendly , money was short , but everyone mucked in together and drivers were friends , not just gigantic slot-machines into which money was to be poured . |
| 16 | I had n't realized just how much I 'd got out of the swing of things but everyone helped as much as they could and I soon adjusted back again . |
| 17 | ‘ We 're working on them , but everyone moved about so much except poor young Mr Vickers , who was in his workroom all the time . ’ |
| 18 | But I meant only to gain your consent — if I could . |
| 19 | But I meant how did you get word down to Blair Gowrie ? |
| 20 | At the rime his Jewish appearance did not strike me as peculiar because I had not yet got used to the idea of people thinking racially , but I learnt later that he was half Jewish and that he did this job to keep his Jewish wife out of trouble . |
| 21 | ‘ I was fighting the way I felt , but I knew deep inside what was happening to me . ’ |
| 22 | But I knew differently . |
| 23 | ‘ I shouted for someone to get him out , but I knew instantly that he could n't be saved . |
| 24 | ‘ I shouted for someone to get him out , but I knew instantly that he could n't be saved . |
| 25 | How far all this was homesickness or a defensive strategy against ( anticipated ? ) rejection by the surrounding community , or just sheer stubbornness , I now ca n't tell , but I knew even then that it had nothing to do with the world in which I was trying to live . |
| 26 | When they left , however , and I made the decision to stay , I knew it might be hard for me but I knew also that I was doing the right thing . |
| 27 | But I knew why . |
| 28 | After he 'd gone Dad said he would consider what Mr Vulcan had said but I knew already what I wanted and I knew Dad would n't object . |
| 29 | But I knew where her father lived . |
| 30 | ‘ But I knew where I was with you ! ’ he says irritably . |