Example sentences of "but [pron] is [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Took a walk in the fields saw an old wood stile taken away from a favourite spot which it had occupied all my life the posts were overgrown with Ivy & it seemed so akin to nature & the spot where it stood as tho it had taken it on lease for an undisturbed existance it hurt me to see it was gone for my affections claims a friendship with such things but nothing is lasting in this world last year Langley Bush was destroyd an old white thorn that had stood for more than a century full of fame the gipsies shepherds & herdmen all had their tales of its history & it will be long ere its memory is forgotten . |
| 2 | You turned it on but nothing is happening — blank screen , no whirring noise , no beeps , no flashing lights . |
| 3 | I think we have to try and keep this in in proportion , we are really into a we are really into a gesture here an important gesture possibly , but nothing is going to change overnight and in fact very little will happen erm , for years , for years to come . |
| 4 | It sounds very nice but nothing is changing . ’ |
| 5 | Watchful , though not wary , their guard may be down , but no-one is taking advantage of anyone else here . |
| 6 | It 's not yet known exactly what the chemicals are , but no-one is taking any chances . |
| 7 | But no-one is claiming this as a major export deal . |
| 8 | You may produce the cheapest typewriters , but everyone is moving to word-processors . |
| 9 | England prop Jeff Probyn revealed : ‘ Nobody in the side is shining so far , but everyone is pulling in the same direction . |
| 10 | ‘ If we have to go ten times a day , we will go , but everyone is saying that the things should be knocked down . |
| 11 | Ian says , ‘ It 's an incredible challenge for the team but everyone is working hard against the odds . |
| 12 | He might have the will to fight back , but everyone is asking the same question : ‘ Does he have the way ? ’ |
| 13 | He might have the will to fight back , but everyone is asking the same question : ‘ Does he have the way ? ’ |
| 14 | But nobody is ignoring it . |
| 15 | But nobody is paying for the increasingly large amount of work we do for the childbearing and professional public at large . |
| 16 | Rob played very well , but nobody is going to make a decision on one game . |
| 17 | In other words it 's a new it 's something which is not done directly from the computer but which is using information the computer provides . |
| 18 | It is this tradition which I suspect has been handed down over the generations in particular families , but which is dying out . |
| 19 | She feels too old to be sharing a tub with Xanthe , but she is staying the night at her grandfather 's , as often happens , and this is the drill , bath-time , bed-time , together . |
| 20 | Mrs Thatcher has rightly chosen to focus upon improvement here in her third term , but she is meeting an opposition to change that is more wily than the one she was offered by the miners . |
| 21 | But she is settling in much better now and looking forward to the best Christmas dinner money can buy . ’ |
| 22 | But she is taking her time . |
| 23 | But she is gathering herself . |
| 24 | ‘ Rupinder may be working in America , ’ Mrs Puri would tell her friends at their monthly kitty parties , ‘ but she is loving only our Punjab . |
| 25 | QUALITY assistant Liz Stephens won a car in a competition — but she is sticking to her foldaway bike . |
| 26 | ‘ Not exactly ; but she is having an operation today — a serious one . ’ |
| 27 | She says the company is risky after the recent fraud sensation but she is banking on there being no more nasties lurking in the woodwork . |
| 28 | I glance fearfully at Enid , but she is smiling at us like an indulgent mother . |
| 29 | ‘ But she is missing . ’ |
| 30 | But she is breathing unaided now and the doctors say she will be okay . ’ |