Example sentences of "but [pron] [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But nothing is simply given and immediate . |
| 2 | I have fiddled about with bits of cork but nothing is really satisfactory . |
| 3 | I have fiddled about with bits of cork but nothing is really satisfactory . |
| 4 | The summer promised to be delicious , but nothing is ever perfect . |
| 5 | The police kept up their enquiries and one or two likely candidates rose to the surface , but nothing was clearly actionable . |
| 6 | It contained various bits of junk that had been stored there over the years , but nothing was even remotely useful in the present crisis . |
| 7 | but nothing was there in her . |
| 8 | A few years later in the ice-packed snow outside Moscovy , but nothing was as chilling as that short , desperate run in Paris . ] |
| 9 | But nothing was hitherto known of their work . |
| 10 | But nothing was ever said to the rider . |
| 11 | The growth of beliefs over many centuries , during which new ideas were added to earlier ones but nothing was ever discarded , resulted in what appears to be a mass of confusing and sometimes contradictory elements . |
| 12 | His financial dealings led to a number of lawsuits and accusations of fraud , but nothing was ever proved against him . |
| 13 | ‘ If I did , I would have told the King 's Justices , but nothing was ever discovered about them or their dreadful deaths . ’ |
| 14 | The warning was stark enough , but nothing was ever done . |
| 15 | She included in her discontent each miscarriage of her own generosity , but nothing was so bad as what she had seen in the farmyard . |
| 16 | But no-one 's yet sure how it will handle . |
| 17 | But no-one 's ever put me under pressure . |
| 18 | It was a good knock about but no-one is any the wiser at the end of it . |
| 19 | ‘ They say that he is very tall and very thin , but no-one is really sure , ’ I said . |
| 20 | But no-one was very sure that any specific biochemical processes , apart from the rather general one of protein synthesis , had yet been unequivocally linked to memory formation , and the community had become distinctly cautious about evaluating any new claims . |
| 21 | He hastily looked down the corridor , but no-one was there . |
| 22 | He glanced to and fro as he walked back across the road , but no-one was there . |
| 23 | Thames Valley police say they visited Lady Blandford 's home in Kiddington today following a call but no-one was there . |
| 24 | Thames Valley police say they visited Lady Blandford 's home in Kiddington today following a call but no-one was there . |
| 25 | But like I said if it if you , if you do that then it 's for them and for yourself but them being up your arse is irritating if you just fucking carry on as if nothing had happened , but you 're aware of the th them doing that then I think it 's a fucking I 've that 's a psychological edge over them anyway it 's just the personalities obviously , but er |
| 26 | ‘ But everyone is just trying to cope the best way they can with the injuries before them . |
| 27 | cos you 've got an opinion and you 're gon na stick to it but everyone is totally different , everyone 's got a totally different view on things . |
| 28 | Firemen originally thought that workmen who are refurbishing the building were trapped inside , but everyone was eventually accounted for . |
| 29 | But everyone was uncomfortably aware of last night 's scene . |
| 30 | ‘ It 's a stunning setting but everyone was so silent it was like playing in a church . |