Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew that telling them would be hard but nothing prepared me for their anger and grief during our final month together . |
| 2 | ‘ I was expecting it to be bad , but nothing prepared me for this ! ’ |
| 3 | He tried to live an ordinary life , working as a bus driver , and accounts clerk at Harrods and later studying for a zoology degree , but nothing made him content . |
| 4 | But nothing reached her from the other cabin . |
| 5 | It was in fact the first time she had thought of such a thing , and it did not seem to be a very good idea , but nothing irritated her more than being addressed in that Listen With Mother voice ( particularly as her daughter-in-law spoke to her children quite normally ) and it goaded her to contrariness . |
| 6 | I walked them for three or four hours a day , but nothing tired them or won their love . |
| 7 | but nothing stirred their animosity more than the treatment of General Dyer after the massacre at Amritsar . |
| 8 | But nothing presented itself . |
| 9 | He racked his brains till he finished teaching , and he racked them while he tried to sleep , but nothing presented itself . |
| 10 | But nothing matched it precisely . |
| 11 | All the promises of help from the LTA failed to materialise , but nothing clouded her ambitions or her aspirations . |
| 12 | But nothing gave me the right to say it now . |
| 13 | Everyone loved him , but no-one realised he was special . |
| 14 | The US Seniors ' Tour may outstrip the USPGA Tour in terms of waistlines and average age , but no-one expected its leading money winner to also claim higher earnings . |
| 15 | They told people for years that they lived like brother and sister — but no-one believed them . |
| 16 | The others got a dummy plaster , but no-one knew which they had . |
| 17 | Later be became giddy , sick and weak and had to go to hospital twice , but no-one knew what was wrong with him . |
| 18 | A phone rang in the office beyond the desk , but no-one answered it . |
| 19 | The phone rang , but no-one picked it up . |
| 20 | As a Class 2 Port Operator , Driver Oliver had already played a full part in the discharge of many of the vessels , but everyone took their turn at sentry duty in the trenches protecting the squadron location . |
| 21 | Mills Roberts was a stickler for discipline but everyone recognised him as a good soldier and therefore , for all his shouting , he was a popular figure . |
| 22 | Should have been a goal , but everyone knew we had a game . |
| 23 | Manuel had not been able to improve on par the first day but everyone knew he was capable of making up a lot of leeway with one of his famous ‘ charges . ’ |
| 24 | But everyone advised me to forget about it as soon as possible . |
| 25 | Some loved him , others hated him , but everyone respected what little they ever found out about this strange ‘ refusenik ’ who was part of no group or establishment , yet managed to affect so many people 's lives . |
| 26 | ‘ But everyone thought you would rent poor Mr Boldwood 's farm and manage it yourself ! ’ |
| 27 | Gran was lovely — I know she was old and had awful clothes , but everyone loved her and she had a lovely face , like a statue . ’ |
| 28 | Not surprisingly , in view of the dangers and discomforts of a life at sea , the navy could still only be kept up to strength by the press gang , but everyone did his best to obstruct the activities of the pressmaster , as one , writing from Hull on 13 May 1694 , made all too clear : |
| 29 | Aged from eighteen to eighty , some had n't rung a bell for almost fifty years , but everyone pulled their weight on this historic occasion . |
| 30 | The tea was much appreciated but everyone urged her not to leave the cellar again . |