Example sentences of "but [pron] [adv] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | To me , well , John Entwistle 's great but no-one else has provided such fluid , simple counter-melodies … ’ |
| 3 | But no-one yet knows why this is happening . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | True , you can offer advice when it 's asked for but no-one really wants advice — particularly if it 's 20 years out-of-date . |
| 6 | ‘ No , but everyone else does . ’ |
| 7 | It is so simple that anyone can do it , but everyone else has missed the key . |
| 8 | He wo n't believe it was a trick , but everyone here knows it was , ’ he said.A spokeswoman for Sizewell B said : ‘ We believe it 's not a wind-up , but if it is his friends will get a good ticking off ! ’ |
| 9 | ‘ But everyone always denies everything . ’ |
| 10 | But I still thinks it 's just best to leave that on there . |
| 11 | Yeah Donna does , but nobody else does , so do n't go yelling it tomorrow at school , keep quiet |
| 12 | Yeah but nobody else thinks that . |
| 13 | So whether we 've but nobody else seems to have noticed anything like this . |
| 14 | He may be right , but nobody else has a chance to provide any input into the decisions which affect everybody in F1 . ’ |
| 15 | But nobody else looks as though he might suddenly emerge . |
| 16 | but nobody else knows . |
| 17 | Mm No that 's er making me jolly cross , not like myself I do n't do anything like , not as much as I used to do at the hall , I mean I used to do a lot as you know , but I , I know how much you have done , but nobody else knows |
| 18 | I do n't mind teaching one year though , but nobody else wants to move down , I move down and Liz moves down that 's this places Jo erm , Jan they wo n't want to move down , they move down that the next two , they do n't wan na move , Terry does n't want to go down any lower |
| 19 | The racing clash of the century , but nobody even breaks into a canter . |
| 20 | But nobody really knows . |
| 21 | I do think answer for that one er erm I 'm not aware of any paper that 's published presenting that and we came as close as we could to answering that but nobody really knows for sure . |
| 22 | Apparently they 're up to here in woolies , but nobody ever remembers that homeless men need underpants too . |
| 23 | But nobody ever sees things the way I do . |
| 24 | These days people bring hamsters and terrapins and rabbits and dogs , but nobody quite has the nerve to pin them down on a slab and cut their throats . |
| 25 | True , silicon is involved in the formation of bones and connective tissue — tendons , ligaments and cartilage — but nobody quite knows how . |
| 26 | D'yer know that Billy o' mine do n't take a blind bit o' notice when Daniel talks to 'im , but 'e soon listens ter me . |
| 27 | ‘ He breathes good country air and must have t'best of everything , but 'e only looks frail . ’ |
| 28 | There is also a third form of competition , one which comes neither from the academy , nor from the laity , one by which we are all influenced but which rarely receives the attention it deserves : novelists , journalists , film-makers and dramatists are , at least in part , also professional students of the social world . |
| 29 | Parents , too , particularly when their freedom to choose and change their children 's school is a central tenet of the organization of post-1980 education , will feel less difficulty in understanding a school which is an effective competitor but which nevertheless co-operates with others for the sake of ensuring a wider curriculum . |
| 30 | Still , there is an alternative tradition in Western thought , one which has never become ‘ official ’ but which nevertheless arises spontaneously from experience . |